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Drayton Manor Park throws 21st birthday bash for Inca the Tapir!
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TAMWORTH'S Drayton Manor theme park and zoo threw a very special party this week as one of its residents celebrated her 21st birthday. Drayton Manor Park’s oldest South American Tapir, Inca, was the centre...
Plan your journey in advance and enjoy the summer holiday getaway
Appears in: / Staffordshire/ Transport/ UK News
PEOPLE are being advised to plan their journey if heading away on one of the busiest weekends for travel of the year. Roads are expected to be busy from today as the school summer holidays...
‘Lookout Lion’ aims to teach children how to dial 999 in new video
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AS children prepare to break up from school for the summer holidays, a new video has been launched which is designed to educate youngsters on how to make a 999 emergency call. The video, which...
Great reasons to staycation in and around Tamworth this summer
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FAMILIES are being urged to get out and about and explore the many local attractions over the summer school holidays. Whether it’s thrilling rollercoasters, an arts festival, family cycle rides in beautiful countryside, or a...
Fairground fun is coming to Ankerside kids’ club
Appears in: / Business/ Staffordshire/ Young People
KIDS’ Zone - Ankerside Shopping Centre’s new activity for young visitors, commences on Saturday 20th July, and it promises all the fun of the fair. Children and their families are invited to the free, kids’...
Staffordshire Officers nominated for bravery award after tackling woman with two machetes
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TWO Police Officers from Staffordshire Police have been nominated for an award for their remarkable bravery during an incident on Christmas Eve involving a woman with two machetes.PC Matthew Salt and PC Katie Ratcliffe...
Foundations for new jobs being laid as county maintains near full employment
Appears in: / Education & Employment/ StaffordshireHeadline
FOUNDATIONS are being laid for hundreds of new jobs in Staffordshire as the county continues to see low unemployment. Work is now under way to extend one of the county’s top employment sites, where there...
Woman found seriously injuries near Stafford dies
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ Incidents & Appeals/ Staffordshire
A WOMAN who suffered serious injuries in Stafford at the weekend has sadly died in hospital. The 44-year-old woman was found with serious head injuries at around 8pm on Saturday (13 July) on the Isabel Trail, off...
Fight against Tobacco crime continues
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ StaffordshireHeadline
MORE than 6 million illegal cigarettes and 350kg of hand-rolling tobacco were seized last year by local authority Trading Standards services across the West Midlands region despite ingenious efforts to hide them. Sophisticated concealments using...
County’s top carers recognised at special awards
Appears in: / Health/ StaffordshireHeadline
THE County’s top carers were recognised at a special awards ceremony on Wednesday and Fiona Pattyson-Johnson from Stafford is celebrating after being crowned as Dignity Champion at the Staffordshire Dignity in Care Awards. Fiona was one...
Burntwood Man Sentenced for Defrauding Elderly Victim of £12,000
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ StaffordshireHeadline
A BURNTWOOD man has been jailed for defrauding an elderly woman out of thousands of pounds. David Cope, aged 68, was sentenced to a total of 32 months at Stafford Crown Court after he pleaded...
CMPG officers get a lift up to help with enforcement
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ Staffordshire/ Transport
POLICE officers from the Central Motorway Policing Group (CMPG) used one of Highway England’s HGV ‘supercabs’ to spot drivers committing offences this week. As part of Operation Tramline, CMPG officers using the supercabs spotted offences...
Tamworth chuffed with steam train trips
Appears in: / Entertainment/ Leisure & Sport/ Staffordshire
A HUGE 77-year-old steam locomotive that once hauled heavy freight trains through the Midlands will pull a special passenger train from Tamworth this summer. Stanier Class 8F engine number 48151, which is 63ft (19metres) long and...
Still Time for Carers to Have Their Say
Appears in: / Health/ StaffordshireHeadline
TIME is running out for Staffordshire carers to have their say on how the county council prioritises their needs. Staffordshire County Council and the NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups in Stafford have issued a draft strategy...
Deadline extended for 10th Midlands Family Business Awards
Appears in: / Business/ Community & Charity/ North Warwickshire
FAMILY-OWNED businesses now have an additional two weeks to enter the 2019 Midlands Family Business Awards as the deadline has been extended to Friday 26 July. The extension will cater for the high volume of...
Closing Date Approaching for Biodiversity Project Grants
Appears in: / Community & Charity/ Environment/ Staffordshire
SOUTH Staffs Water’s grants for projects that enhance biodiversity is closing for applications at the end of July. The South Staffs Water PEBBLE fund, ‘Projects that Explore Biodiversity Benefits in the Local Environment’, offers grants...
Operation Disrupt launched to crackdown on crime across Staffordshire
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STAFFORDSHIRE Police is launching a major crackdown this summer to tackle the high threat and harm issues affecting people living in the county, including serious and violent crime and drugs. Operation Disrupt will tackle crime...
Health partnership organises additional listening events in Tamworth following high public demand
Appears in: / Community & Charity/ Health/ Staffordshire
TOGETHER We’re Better (TWB), the health and care partnership for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, has organised additional listening events for local people in response to public demand. Last month’s events in Stafford (3 June) and Tamworth...
Apprentices to be recognised at graduation
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APPRENTICES from across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are invited to attend a special graduation ceremony to celebrate their achievements. Apprentices from over 15 sectors, from Accounting to Mechanical Engineering will come together with their family and...
County Council: “£5m pothole pledge already seeing results”
Appears in: / Politics/ Staffordshire/ Transport
An additional £5m ploughed into tackling potholes on Staffordshire’s roads is already seeing results, the County Council have said. Staffordshire County Council have said that more than 300 defects have been fixed across the county...
Cocaine Seizure in Tamworth leads to Town Centre arrest
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COCAINE and a large amount of cash were seized following a search in Tamworth yesterday (July 5).Officers stopped a Nissan X Trail in the town early yesterday afternoon and seized a quantity of cocaine...
Police name student paramedic who died in Burton collision
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STAFFORDSHIRE Police are now in a position to name the woman who sadly died following a road traffic collision in Needwood, Burton-upon-Trent, yesterday (3 July). Emergency services were called to the Anslow Road junction...
Witness appeal after pensioner killed in Rugeley collision
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OFFICERS from the Staffordshire and West Midlands Serious Collision Investigation Unit are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision in Rugeley this morning (4 July). West Midlands Ambulance Service received a 999 call...
Witness appeal following fatal road traffic collision involving Ambulance
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OFFICERS from Staffordshire Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision in Needwood, Burton-upon-Trent, this evening (3 July). Emergency services were called to the Anslow Road junction with Belmot Road at around...
Arrests Follow Car Stop and Search in Glascote Heath
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A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of drugs offences after a car was stopped and searched in Tamworth today (July 3). Officers stopped a black Renault Megane in Bancroft just before 11am and...
View from The House – 3rd July 2019
Appears in: / Politics/ StaffordshireHeadline
HELLO and welcome to my weekly View from the House for Tamworth Informed. Every couple of months all of the Staffordshire MPs get together and discuss the issues relating to us our county. The Monday...
Mental health is a key area of discussion in public conversation on health in Staffordshire
Appears in: / Health/ StaffordshireHeadline
WITH one in four of us likely to experience a mental health problem at some point in our lives, it’s important we all make our views heard about how these and other health and care...
Liverpool Man Charged Following Incident Where Police Dog Was Stabbed
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A 29-year-old Liverpool man has been charged with causing unnecessary suffering to a police dog under the Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Act 2019 after a Police Dog was stabbed during an incident in Stoke-on-Trent on...