The cast of the 12-part web-only series Blood & Bone China celebrate at the Trentham Estate in Stoke-on-Trent - where some of it was filmed. Directed by Chris Stone and starring TV's Rachel Shenton, the gothic drama is drawing favourable reviews.
The woman who dumped this waste at the Burton Square recycling site in Stafford has been caught and fined. Bread rolls, bacon and other material were left by the takeaway-business owner. Unfortunately for her, in the waste were some of her business cards.
This painting of the Fauld bomb-making depot in east Staffordshire, painted during WWII by the artist David Bomberg, was auctioned by Bonhams in early March. The depot itself was later the subject of a huge explosion, in 1944.
Cheers! A beer named after The Staffordshire Hoard has been judged a national champion for 2011 by the Society of Independent Brewers. The owner of the Brownhills brewer Backyard Brewhouse Austen Morgan (left) looks suitably pleased…
Members of South Staffordshire Sailing Club are overjoyed after being crowned National Club of the Year at the RYA Show. The Gailey Reservoir-based club was praised for the work and dedication of its many volunteers.
This old photo of Wolstanton Colliery was just one of the exhibits in Newcastle Museum’s exhibition of the area’s coal mining history, Changing Landscapes, which ran until early March.
This van is just one of those seized by police in a crackdown on unsafe and unlicensed vehicles in South Staffordshire. More than 50 were pulled over on the A34 in Cheslyn Hay; more than thirty were found to have issues.
Margaret Robinson of Alton in north Staffordshire stands by her entry ‘Morning Light’, which has won her the first prize in Keele University’s Three Counties Open Photography Competition 2011. More than 250 photographs were submitted.
Soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Staffords) are preparing to head out to Afghanistan. Outside the Regimental Museum in Lichfield are Private Ben Bryce, Pte Sean Reynolds, Sgt Wez Dale, Cpl Paul Minor, Pte Jason Swindley and Cpl Tom Bryan.
A new documentary about M’lita Dolores, the Stoke-born variety star, was previewed at the Stoke Film Theatre in late February. Film archivist Ray Johnson has found hundreds of original photos and other memorabilia, which have been freshly digitised.
Pete and Morgan are safely ensconced at the newly-started Potteries Guinea Pig Rescue Centre in Meir, SoT. This and the sister unit in Kidsgrove are the only ones of their kind in north Staffordshire.
The annual pilgrimage by nature-lovers across the UK to one of the most spectacular displays of snowdrops in the North West continued as usual in 2011. The display at Rode Hall Gardens in Scholar Green in south Cheshire was as spectacular as ever.
Tributes flooded in with the news that former BBC Radio Stoke presenter, Sam Plank, had lost his battle with cancer at the age of 62. Sam had been a local radio legend in north Staffordshire and south Cheshire for three decades.
Burton-on-Trent became the centre of attention for the cream of the world's beer industry as it hosted the Brewing Industry International Awards. Dubbed the 'brewery Oscars', they returned to the east Staffordshire town after a six year absence.
Following its Platinum Award at the regional festival, The Glebe Symphonic Winds group, based in north Staffordshire, has been invited to play at the National Wind Band Festival Finals. The orchestra also gives a charity concert in Hanley in June.
These workers helped out with the huge restoration project on the Lady Chapel and the famous Herkenrode glass of Lichfield Cathedral. It will shortly be open to the public.
Love is in the air for Elton and David, who are set to spend their first Valentine's Day together. The pair of male spider monkeys have been inseparable since they got together last year at Drayton Manor Zoo in Staffordshire.
Dr Diego Garro, who lectures Music Technology at Keele University, is heading to Kenya to help on a charity project. He will be building a classroom for a primary school in Marafa, near the coastal town of Malindi.
County councillor Matthew Ellis received national recognition at the Local Government Information Unit awards in London. The member for Lichfield Rural East was Highly Commended for ensuring his constituents are updated and informed online.
A boxing match between Staffordshire police officers, and supported by local businessman, John Caudwell, raised £34,500 for the Blue Lamp Foundation. This charity was set up by PC Rathband - the policeman shot and blinded by Raoul Moat.
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