Staffordshire news

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General news from the BBC web site:

TV talent shows investigated Talent shows are popular viewing and reporters from two schools have decided to investigate this further.

No prosecutions over coach crash The Crown Prosecution Service decides there is insufficient evidence to prosecute over a fatal crash near Alton Towers.

More hoard items going on display More items from the Staffordshire Hoard are going on display in Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent and London.

Woman dies as car hits lamppost A woman is declared dead at the scene of a crash where a car went into a lamppost and wall in Staffordshire.

MP writes to police over hospital An MP writes to police to ask if there is a basis for a criminal inquiry into activities at Stafford Hospital.

Two arrested over drugs seizure Two men are arrested after cannabis plants and class A drugs are found in Stafford.

Baby-find paramedic alert delayed Paramedics say they were not called to a mosque until an hour after police found an abandoned baby, who later died in hospital.

Man cleared of dog attack murder A man is cleared of murdering a 16-year-old boy who allegedly had two dogs set upon him before he was stabbed to death.

Anti-social behaviour cases down Incidents of anti-social behaviour in the Staffordshire Moorlands area have fallen by more than 20%, figures show.

Today: Tuesday 9th March The Ulster Unionist Party says it will reject the final step of the Northern Ireland power-sharing deal despite an intervention by the former US president, George W Bush. And dog owners may have to take out insurance under government proposals to crack down on dangerous breeds.

Post-mortem test on abandoned boy A post-mortem examination is to be carried out on a baby boy left at a mosque in Stoke-on-Trent.

Puppy stolen during raid at house A Staffordshire Bull Terrier puppy is stolen by three men who burst into a house in Oxford and threatened the occupants.

Former hospital fire 'deliberate' A fire in the tower of a derelict hospital in Stafford is believed to have been started deliberately.

Man in hospital following attack A man suffers a serious head injury when he is attacked by up to five people in Stoke-on-Trent.

Police under fire over baby death A member of a mosque in Stoke-on-Trent where a newborn boy was left in a bag claims 45 minutes elapsed before police physically examined the child.

Staffordshire Hoard display shuts The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery welcomes its 50,000th visitor to see the Anglo-Saxon hoard on its final day of exhibition in Stoke-on-Trent.

Baby left at Muslim centre dies A newborn boy found outside an Islamic centre in Stoke-on-Trent, is declared dead in hospital.

Crews fight disused hospital fire A large fire starts in a derelict part of St George's Hospital in Stafford.

V Festival tickets sell out fast Tickets for this year's V Festival sold out in a record one-and-a-half hours, organisers say.

Wife killer 'had attacked before' A man is found guilty of murdering his wife, months after being released from prison on licence for wounding his former partner.

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