Emergency services were called to a block of flats on Chase Road on Monday evening. Five other flats were evacuated, but no-one else was injured.

Man in critical condition after explosion and fire at flat 

One man from Wolverhampton has launched a charity and a woman from Burntwood has written and published three books during the pandemic.

Losing my job due to Covid-19 has been a “blessing in disguise”

Police were called to reports that two people had got into difficulty while in the water at Chasewater Reservoir in Burntwood. 


Stephen was diagnosed with incurable bowel cancer when he was 15, and passed away at the age of 19 in 2014. 

His mum announces she is to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in October to continue her son’s legacy. 

A memorial tree launched last year to remember teenager Stephen Sutton, has been lit up for the second year running.

Residents of Burntwood in Staffordshire are tying yellow ribbons all over the town in memory of Stephen Sutton MBE.