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Benefit cheats made to pay up in crackdown

Thursday, September 02, 2010

FIVE benefit cheats who between them fraudulently claimed over £40,000 of public money have been taken to court. This summer, Lichfield District...

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Tributes to Leslie, the teacher who did so much for so many

Thursday, September 02, 2010

AN ADMIRED Lichfield man who taught at Lichfield's King Edward VI School for 36 years has died aged 92. Leslie A M Brannan was a senior master at the...

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Vote for Kyle in his bid for £100,000 TV talent prize

Thursday, September 02, 2010

A TALENTED young Shenstone musician is appealing for your votes after reaching the semi-final of a prestigious TV talent competition. Pianist Kyle...

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Sheriff saddles up for ride that retraces city's history and pushes the boundaries

Thursday, September 02, 2010

THIS Saturday marks the 457th consecutive year of the Sheriff's ride around Lichfield, in accordance with the charter given to the city by Queen Mary...

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Husband attacked his wife after she saw him kissing woman in pub

Thursday, September 02, 2010

A CARPENTER who battered his estranged wife after she saw him in a Chasetown pub with another woman was jailed for a year. Stephen Cotton set about...

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Painting a new portrait of the beauty queen concept

Thursday, September 02, 2010

"I SEE art as just another tool of communication, just like music or film or theatre," says Yasmin Moghaddam. And the former deputy Bower Queen, who...

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Daughter's work now a mission to thank hospice for caring for dying mum

Thursday, September 02, 2010

FOR many of the families of patients cared for by St Giles Hospice, it becomes a personal mission to give something back to the local charity as a...

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Army heroes to benefit from leap of faith

Thursday, September 02, 2010

A SPECIAL sponsored bungee jump in Lichfield has raised more than £4,000 for Help for Heroes. The event, organised by the Lichfield Lizards...

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Lucia is living proof of hospice's value

Thursday, September 02, 2010

FOR many of the people cared for by St Giles Hospice, little things can make a big difference – and this was certainly the case for Alrewas...

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Park proms promise to be 'fantastic night'

Thursday, September 02, 2010

Andy Kerr THE 65-piece British Police Symphony Orchestra is putting the finishing touches to its musical line-up for the Lichfield Proms in Beacon...

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