All news on the topic: Staffordshire

Crime

06 Jul 2026 797

Teen girl raped at beauty spot as police hunt attacker

A 17-year-old girl has been raped at a popular beauty spot in Stoke-on-Trent, with police hunting for the attacker.

News

01 Jul 2026 473

Escaped cows bring UK’s busiest rail line to a standstill for four hours

Leaves on the line, flooding on the tracks and rails are too hot – they’re all reasons we’re used to hearing for delays on the train.

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18 Jun 2026 807

River Trent samples show faecal contamination worse than pub toilet water

Exclusive testing shared with LBC found repeated signs of serious faecal contamination, with every sample from downstream of an outlet on the River Trent returning higher levels of E.coli than a sample taken from a pub toilet.

Crime

09 Apr 2026 599

Drunk driver jailed after bragging she drives “like a bad b****” before horror crash with children in van

Video footage captures the frightening moment a drunk and high mom told her van full of children that she drives “like a bad b****” before crashing.

News

28 Mar 2026 813

Landmark mill destroyed in suspected arson as community shaken by blaze

Residents were forced to evacuate their homes last night as the inferno engulfed The Big Mill in Leek, Staffordshire, could be seen for miles around.

News

18 Nov 2025 684

Chemical spill at Biddulph High School sends five to hospital

Five people have been taken to the hospital after a “chemical spill” at a school.

News

14 Aug 2025 866

New Waterworld owners express condolences after death of 4-year-old girl at water park

Waterworld’s new owner issued a statement after a four-year-old girl tragically died when she was found unconscious at the UK’s biggest aqua park

Crime

12 Aug 2025 972

Staffordshire Police release e-fit of suspect in child rape at The Bridge Inn pub

Police are seeking to speak with a man believed to be between the ages of 45 and 65 in connection with an alleged rape at The Bridge Inn, High Green, Brewood, Staffordshire. They have provided a description of him.

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10 Jul 2025 967

Teenagers and the hacker mafia: Group arrested in UK over cyberattacks on M&S, Co-op and Harrods

Four arrested on suspicion of breaching Computer Misuse Act, blackmail, money laundering and joining activities of organised crime

Crime

01 Mar 2025 698

Mother of five found dead in her home will be ’forever missed’ as a man is charged with her murder

A family has paid tribute to a mum-of-five found dead in a home and described her as the ‘baby of our family’.

Crime

06 Feb 2025 617

Three teenagers tragically die in a horror crash on a country lane after attending a house party

Dafydd Huw Craven-Jones only had his driving licence for less than six months prior to the crash in Penkridge, Staffordshire, which killed him and passengers Morgan Jones and Sophie Bates.

Crime

18 Nov 2024 799

Newborn baby dies after being exposed to heroin and cocaine by mother

A mother has been jailed after exposing her baby daughter to heroin and cocaine before her death from a cardiac arrest.

Crime

18 Oct 2024 746

Jay Line drugs gang that exploited children to sell heroin and cocaine sentenced to 29 years in prison

A drugs gang who used children to peddle heroin and cocaine from the Midlands across the UK have been locked up for more than 29 years. The ’complex network of dealers’ supplied their stash of drugs using the AB Line and Jay Line.

News

16 Sep 2024 752

Girl died from sepsis after being sent home twice by her GP

An eight-year-old girl died from sepsis after she was sent home from the GP twice in four hours, her parents said.

News

28 Jun 2024 839

Police ‘not looking for anyone else’ after two found dead in Staffordshire

Bodies of Lauren Evans, 22, and Daniel Duffield, 24, were discovered at a house in Hednesford, Cannock, on Tuesday

News

09 May 2024 813

Dozens instructed to evacuate immediately following large fire near retail park

A huge fire has broken at a warehouse in Staffordshire today with nearby residents ordered to immediately evacuate. Footage shows plumes of smoke rising into the sky close to Kingswood Lakeside in Cannock, near Orbital Islands retail park. Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said the fire started at a distribution warehouse called Super smart Services, which ‘contains a variety of different materials for delivery’. In a post uploaded to X: ‘We have a very large scale incident close to the orbital islands in Cannock.

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