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Award success for pupils as healthy living pays off

Pupils Pippa Peet and Victoria Pickering celebrate scooping the award.

A LICHFIELD primary school is celebrating after scooping an award for pupils' efforts to be healthy. Staffordshire's deputy lieutenant...

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M6 Toll charges are on the rise

The price of using the M6 Toll is set to increase.

CHARGES for cars, vans and lorries to use the M6 Toll are set to rise, although the tariff for motorbikes will stay frozen at the curre...

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£1.8m safety upgrade begins at blackspot at Pipehill

County councillors Erica Bayliss and Terry Finn cut the first sod on Monday as work began on Pipehill junction. (TS7040-2431LM)

WORK started this week on the long-awaited £1.8 million upgrade on a key road linking Lichfield and Burntwood. Monday saw the...

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Reservoir drained for urgent repairs

Before and after the valves were opened on Monday.

A BILLION gallons of water have started to drain out of Chasewater Reservoir, to allow essential safety improvements to take place....

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Sport

Charlie: 'It will go to the wire'

Right: Scott Embury wheels away after his winner against Cammell Laird and far right: celebrates with Charlie Blakemore. PICTURES: DAVE BIRT

CHASETOWN boss believes the battle for the UniBond South title will go to the wire in what is one of the tightest leagues in recent memory.

Just one point separates the teams in the top five promotion and play-off spots – and there are only eight points between leaders Chasetown and 12th-placed Leek.

The Scholars maintained...

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Lichfield CC are dusting off their pads

LICHFIELD CC begin their winter training on Sunday with the first of four intensive sessions at Warwickshire's Edgbaston County Cricket ground, writes Joshua Hayward . The venue was used by...

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Points blow shocks City

Lichfield City boss Dean Gilbert (right) and assistant Andy McRobbie suffered an unexpected points deduction this week. PICTURE BY KEVIN GRICE

LICHFIELD City boss Dean Gilbert intends to look on the bright side after the Brownsfield Avenue men suffered an unexpected blow last...

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Ladies give a 'howdy' to Limestone Cowboy

Front row: Elaine Hutchings (LCFC captain), Bob Anderson, Dawn Hutchings (LCFC vice captain) and back row: league chairwoman Marion Toon, secretary Jean Bird and treasurer Alison Fisher. PICTURE BY VIV BAILEY

BOB Anderson – the 1988 world champion – was the guest of honour as the Lichfield and District Ladies Darts League held its...

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It's 'doh' in Doha for golfer Rock

ARMITAGE golf star Rob Rock was hit by inconsistency at the Qatar Masters in Doha last weekend. Rock failed to make the cut, having recorded a first round score of 81. His second round was...

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