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Tamworth car dealership staff help raise cash for diabetes charity.

STAFF at Heartlands Ford’s Tamworth dealership, and neighbouring dealerships, have helped raise £8,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.Read

County Councillors allowances will not rise in Staffordshire.

COUNTY councillors’ allowances will not rise for a fourth year in Staffordshire.Read

New plans for a wind farm near Tamworth set to be submitted.

PLANS for two wind turbines near a Midland village are poised to be re-submitted.Read

Big freeze 2012: Gritting under way in Birmingham as snow expected across West Midlands

GRITTING is under way on Birmingham's roads following forecasts of snow later today in the region.Read

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Motorway chaos as pensioner drives wrong way down M5 and M42

Police had to ram into a pensioner as he was driving “erratically and dangerously” the wrong way down two busy Midland motorways. Read

Lichfield group calls for more contemporary artists to join them

LICHFIELD Contemporary Artists group is inviting more artists to come to its monthly meetings.Read

Children's trail this half term at Cannock museum.

CHILDREN’S trails inspired by Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland are just some of the half-term activities on offer at the Museum Of Cannock Chase.Read

Apprenticeships to be celebrated in Staffordshire.

AS part of the celebrations for National Apprenticeship Week, Stafford MPJeremy Lefroy will be catching up with local apprentices on the county council’s apprenticeship scheme tomorrow.Read

Burntwood Library to host free routes to work event.

BURNTWOOD Library is hosting a free Routes to Work event for peopleRead

Rising folk stars to perform at Lichfield's Guildhall.

RISING folk stars The Young’uns will perform at Lichfield’s Guildhall on February 18 at 8pm.Read

Nine Lichfield groups get cash injection of over half a million pounds.

NINE groups have been given a shot in the arm of more than half a million pounds.Read

Voting for the best 101 picture in Staffordshire Police contest is underway.

STAFFORDSHIRE Police have opened public voting for their online photograph competition to promote the new non-emergency crime number 101.Read

Cheslyn Hay Library's re-opening is delayed.

A MOVE to the centre of Cheslyn Hay for the village library has been delayed.Read

St Giles Hospice celebrates 15th birthday of its weekly lottery.

ST Giles’ Hospice is celebrating the 15th birthday of its fundraising lottery this year.Read

Tamworth Library to hold book and media sale.

TAMWORTH Library will hold a book and media sale on February 20 to 27 during normal library hours.Read

A crackdown has been launched following a spate of break ins in Cannock.

RESIDENTS in Cannock Chase are being urged to check that their sheds and garages are secure after a series of break-ins.Read

Lichfield MP's call to firms if bills are not paid swiftly by Governmenet.

LICHFIELD MP Michael Fabricant has urged city firms to get in touch if any Government department is slow in paying its bills.Read

DVD produced to encourage more women firefighters in Staffordshire.

WOMEN in the Midlands are being urged to consider a career as a firefighter.Read

Cannock benefits team is the third quickest in the UK.

CANNOCK Chase Council bosses are applauding its benefits team after it won the accolade of third quickest in the country.Read

A pedestrian crossing gets the thumbs up in Tamworth.

A PEDESTRIAN crossing has been given the thumbs-up by shoppers.Read