A motorcyclist has been killed and another seriously injured in North Staffordshire. A young biker collided with with a car on Kidsgrove Bank. Despite efforts by paramedics to revive him, ... more
A new twenty two million pounds Staffordshire school, specialising in engineering opens its doors to pupils for the first time today. The JCB academy in Rocester allows teenagers to get ... more
A sixteen year-old Staffordshire swimmer has set her sights on the 2012 London Olympics. Rachael Kelly from Ashley, has just returned from the Youth Olympics in Singapore with a bronze ... more
A motorcyclist has been killed in Winsford. A fifty three year-old man collided with a lorry on Swanlow Road. He was taken to Crewe's Leighton Hospital but later died. The ... more
The International Cricket Council has "provisionally suspended" the three Pakistan players accused of taking part in a betting scam. more
The Israeli and Palestinian leaders have agreed to meet again every two weeks during initial Middle East peace talks that have been described as "productive". more
Fears of another fuel spill in the Gulf of Mexico following a fire on a second oil platform have been ruled out after the coatguard said there was no evidence ... more
A fuel tanker carrying around nine million litres of diesel has run aground in the far north of Canada and is at risk of spilling its cargo into the Arctic. more
Vivienne Westwood handbags worth thousands of pounds have been stolen in a smash-and-grab raid on a London store. more
An team of professionals held an urgent meeting about a severely disabled pensioner who repeatedly threatened to kill himself seven months before he went to Switzerland to die, it has ... more
The parents of a Muslim teenager suspected to be the victim of an honour killing have been arrested on suspicion of her murder. more
A man who met a woman on a dating website and then raped her 14-year-old daughter has been locked up indefinitely. more