Shenstone5 Apr 2024Mother's plea after son killed by speeding driver"There is no need for anyone else to know what this pain feels like," Jakki Hartland says.5 Apr 2024Birmingham & Black Country4 Dec 2023Repairs to 13th Century tower completeHundreds of thousands of pounds were raised by campaigners to restore Shenstone Tower.4 Dec 2023Stoke & Staffordshire16 Nov 2023New safety law call after 1993 M40 school bus crashTwelve pupils and a teacher died when their minibus ploughed into a lorry on the M40 motorway.16 Nov 2023Hereford & Worcester1 Nov 2023Four arrests after protest at drone factoryActivists occupied the roof of the plant in Staffordshire and let off smoke canisters.1 Nov 2023Stoke & Staffordshire10 Nov 2022Former monastery among at-risk buildings savedHistoric England says 13 sites in the West Midlands were removed in 2022 from the At Risk Register.10 Nov 2022Coventry & Warwickshire24 May 2022Fly-tipping probe after waste piles dumped in lanesThree piles of rubbish are being sifted through for evidence after blocking roads in Staffordshire.24 May 2022Stoke & Staffordshire30 Sep 2021Grant of £400k awarded to save 13th Century towerThe tower is all that remains of a medieval church demolished in the 19th Century.30 Sep 2021Stoke & Staffordshire21 May 2021Arrests at pro-Palestinian drone factory protestA man and woman are arrested near the factory as the protest goes into its third day.21 May 2021Leicester