Crime and thriller genres show no sign of going out of style as they continue to dominate Staffordshire Libraries’ most borrowed books of 2025.

Work to prepare a key development site as part of a major regeneration scheme in Stafford has begun.

A major upgrade to a main road junction in Lichfield to provide access to a new housing development has been completed.

Illegal vapes, dangerous counterfeit children’s toys and thousands of pounds of illicit cigarettes are amongst the items seized by Trading Standards officers in Staffordshire this year.

Work on a scheme to improve pedestrian and road user safety on a main road outside a Kidsgrove high school begins in the new year.

Councillors have backed calls to lobby central government on creating a coherent land-use policy for solar development.

Trading Standards officers at Staffordshire County Council have been working in partnership with Staffordshire Police and Tamworth Borough Council, who have secured a closure order on Ezee Shop on Bolebridge Street in Tamworth.

Following the critical incidents declared at the county’s hospitals, people in Staffordshire are being reminded to get their flu jab ahead of the Christmas break, along with the steps they can take to stay well and alternatives to visiting A&E.

One of Staffordshire County Council’s main libraries is reopening its doors after a major renovation.

Plans to install a temporary footbridge in Burston, so that a popular footpath can safely reopen, have now been given the green light.