• Staffordshire Hoard: more than £21 million cash stashed in Stoke-on-Trent homes

  By shepherdpr at 10:00 on 24/05/13

  

  More than £21 million of cash is being hoarded in Stoke-on-Trent homes, it has been estimated. Research by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has found that £5.2 billion is being stashed away across the UK – equivalent to £196 per household, not counting money in pockets, purses and wallets. Ian Cameron, of Wolstanton-based independent financial advisers Newell Palmer Associates, said:...

• Young driver dies after car crash

  By CarlyBaldwin at 11:19 on 14/05/13

  

  A woman seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash has died, the Sentinel reports. The 23-year-old, from Uttoxeter, lost her fight for life late on Sunday night at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire. She was driving a white Citroen Saxo which collided with a black Hyundai 4X4 on the B5013 Abbots Bromley to Uttoxeter Road at Willslock at 4.40pm on Saturday. The woman's family are being offered support by a specially-tr...

• Tributes paid to JCB student

  By CarlyBaldwin at 10:46 on 13/05/13

  

  A 17 year-old student died after falling unconscious at the JCB Academy in Rocester. Tributes were today pouring in to the 'promising' teenager, who was taken to hospital but died shortly after arriving. He has not yet been named but it is believed he was from Staffordshire and that his father also works for the engineering company. Police say they are not treating the death as suspicious. JCB declined to comment until the...

• Plans to reduce accidents on Rocester danger road

  By CarlyBaldwin at 09:58 on 10/05/13

  

  Two roundabouts are set to be built outside a JCB factory to reduce congestion on an accident-plagued road, the Sentinel reports. Staffordshire County Council has made a £1.7 million bid to the Department of Transport to carry out the work at Rocester on the busy B5030 which runs between Uttoxeter and Alton. The authority wants to replace the T junctions at Station Road and High Street, with traffic islands to prevent delays...

• Show Me Your Mug And Make It Snappy!

  By PaulDMH at 10:41 on 02/05/13

  

  Douglas Macmillan Hospice are calling on their supporters to see how far their mug can go this bank holiday weekend. People who have snapped up a special edition mug designed by Churchill 1795, for the Hospice's 40th Anniversary, are being asked to take photographs of the mug in as many exotic locations across the globe as possible. The commemorative mugs are part of Churchill's Charity Challenge for Dougie Mac, which will...

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