All news by author: Flora Byatt

Lloyd Bradford was high on monkey dust when he tried to murder his friend, who he knew through Stoke-on-Trent's drug-using community, in a shocking knife attack

Georgian Constantin was found guilty of murdering his estranged wife Valentina Cozma in Stoke by setting her on fire and jailed for life over the sickening fireball attack

Staffordshire Police have launched an investigation after a family of an 11-year-old boy claim he was approached by two men who called him 'mate' before trying to put him in their car

A 21-year-old Staffordshire woman was found dead at the end of her mother's bed after a night of watching Britain's Got Talent. Investigations continue into her death as tributes are paid.

Staffordshire PC Jack Reay, 26, went into cardiac arrest while on holiday with friends in Mallorca, with tributes describing him as a "ray of sunshine who was popular with his colleagues"

Neil Stretton and his partner Ellie thought he had contracted the flu but it was actually Klebsiella pneumonia, which spread to his bloodstream causing sepsis - days later he died

Stoke-on-Trent building consultant John Sale couldn't believe his eyes when he went to a client's house only to find a massive no no inside when renovating the toilet

An inquest into the death of Timothy Southern, from Lichfield, Staffordshire, heard that the 53-year-old died after taking part in a marathon drinking contest at his hotel in Jamaica

In a house in in Dresden, Staffordshire, time has stood still as it appears to be out of the 1960s with original decoration remaining after the occupant died

Chloe Caton, 21, died in her sleep on June 1, leaving her family heartbroken. Her mum Ami Caton said Chloe 'had the most infectious laugh on the planet' and was 'very bubbly'

Relief worker Atiqur Rahman, owner of Yahya's Indian Grill in Stoke-on-Trent, was staying at Diplomatic Office for Turkey as part of his work for charity Global Relief Trust when it hit

Family are praying for Rosalie Heatherington's survival and her mum Beth Hetherington has barely left her side. She has had two heart operations and a third more concerning operation is still to follow

The driver told the little girl's father to 'go away' after he pleadedfor his help when Minaal, 5, was run over outside her school gates leaving afterschool club