Staffordshire News:
Biopsy ‘contributed’ to woman’s death
A biopsy performed on a leukaemia sufferer from South Staffordshire contributed to her death at a Wolverhampton hospital, an inquest has heard.
JCB-sponsored £22m academy opens
A £22m JCB-sponsored academy school, specialising in business and engineering diplomas, opens in Staffordshire.
From the archive, 1 September 1930: Obituary: Dr WA Spooner
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 1 September 1930 The death occurred at Oxford on Friday evening of Dr. William Archibald Spooner, who was for twenty-one years Warden of New College, Oxford. Dr Spooner was born on July 22. 1844, and was the son of a Staffordshire County Court judge. He was educated at Oswestry and New College, of which he became a scholar in 1862 and a Fellow ...
Ex-Headteacher Faces Jail For Abusing Boys
A former boarding school headteacher is facing jail for abusing boys in Norfolk and Suffolk during the 1970s and 1980s.
Former head guilty of sex abuse
A former boarding school head teacher is found guilty of more than 50 counts of sexually abusing and beating boys at schools in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Boarding school head Derek Slade guilty of abusing boy pupils who he punished with 'a sexual motive'
Derek Slade, 61, was convicted of more than 50 offences. He hit boys with a slipper, a table tennis bat and his bare hand then ordered youngsters to write about 'whackings'.
Charm is all set for army tour
Man's best friend is a Staffordshire soldier's best ally as she prepares for a six-month tour of Afghanistan.
There Is Still Too Much Aluminium In Infant Formulas
The aluminium content of a range of the most popular brands of infant formulas remains high, and particularly so for a product designed for preterm infants and a soya-based product designed for infants with cow's milk intolerances and allergies, researchers have found. A study by a team at Keele University in Staffordshire, led by Dr Chris Exley with Shelle-Ann M Burrell, demonstrating the ...
Trio miss England women's series
Sarah Taylor, Katherine Brunt and Holly Colvin miss the England women's tour to Sri Lanka.
Boss hurt in boating accident
A Staffordshire businessman is in intensive care after being thrown overboard from a motorboat and hit by its propeller.