Transport and Logistics Network
Masked men made off with cigarettes, alcohol and vapes – after spending more than an hour looting a convenience store. And the raiders, who were dressed in black, also swiped a laptop during the prolonged burglary at the Spar in Stafford.[1]
Now Staffo…
A “fiercely independent” 84-year-old woman has died after her car left the road and crashed[1] down an embankment into woods.
Isobel Hughes, from Madeley Heath, was discovered in her overturned vehicle on Sunday morning, just off the A531 near Bowsey W…
An 84-year-old described as “fiercely independent” died when her car left a road and travelled down the embankment on Sunday morning (October 1). Isobel Hughes had campaigned to make the same road, the A531 between her home in Madeley Heath and Chorlto…
HS2 was touted as the UK’s biggest infrastructure project, supposed to transform public transport between London, the Midlands and the North.
But it is becoming synonymous with political football, disappointment, delays and spiralling costs.
The latest…
A man who spends his spare time travelling[1] to all of the UK’s 95 service stations and rating them for his online blog has revealed the unusual hobby[2] sets him back £10,000 a year.
Racking up 20,000 miles a year, 25-year old Rich James Cross spends…
A suspected car crash has caused ‘significant damage’ to a South Derbyshire bridge used by hundreds of motorists every day. Willington Bridge has been hit by the damage after what police have described as a ‘large incident’.
It comes after a number of …
Here are the latest cases from the region’s courts:
STAFFORD:
Thirty-six-year-old Mark Andrea has been hit with a £511 court bill after he assaulted police officers and stole from a shop. Prosecutor Lee Stone told North Staffordshire Justice Centre[1] …
Police in a Derbyshire village are investigating a “large incident” that has caused significant damage to a bridge. Officers from the Swadlincote Safer Neighbourhood Team[1] (SNT) have received a number of reports that an incident on Willington Bridge …
Police found and arrested terror suspect Daniel Khalife on the fourth day of a hunt for his whereabouts.The search for the 21-year-old concluded after officers found him on Saturday in Chiswick, west London, following “intelligence-led activity”, and c…
A reported sighting of on-the-run terror suspect Daniel Khalife “could be very significant”, the Metropolitan Police’s counter-terrorism commander has said.
The force is offering a £20,000 reward for anyone with information that leads to the arrest of …