The Latest Breaking News from Staffordshire Police

Jealous woman who stabbed ex in heart on Christmas Day guilty of his murder

Kirsty Carless, 33, took a knife in a taxi in the early hours of December 25 last year to stab Louis Price, 31, after seeing his Tinder profile.

Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2025

Police investigation after skeletal human remains found in wood

Staffordshire Police said the ‘unsettling’ discovery was made by a member of the public on Sunday.

Evening Standard · Mar 3, 2025

Young driver and two passengers died after he ‘lost control of car and hit tree’

Three teenagers were killed in the crash after a house party in Staffordshire in May last year.

Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2025

Woman, 33, arrested on suspicion of murder after man’s death on Christmas Day

The man died after police were called to Elm Road, Norton Canes near Cannock, in the early hours of Christmas Day

The Independent UK · Dec 25, 2024

Father who threw beer cans at officers and was bitten by police dog is jailed

Tommy McQuaker, 29, took part in a ‘siege’ on a hotel housing asylum seekers in Tamworth in the wake of the Southport stabbings.

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2024

XL bully owner appears in court over death of man attacked by dogs in Staffordshire

Ian Price, 52, died after being attacked by two XL bully dogs in September 2023

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2024

Teenagers among those in court over UK riots as arrests surge across the country

A string of arrests were made along with an array of court appearances after rioting across the country in the past week

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2024

Murdered student nurse was ‘beautiful inside and out’, says family

Bodies of Daniel Duffield and Lauren Evans discovered by his ambulance service colleagues in Hednesford

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2024

Staffordshire Police 'not looking for anyone else' in connection with death of paramedic and woman

Student nurse Lauren Evans, 22, and paramedic Daniel Duffield, 24, were found dead at a house on Tuesday

Evening Standard · Jun 28, 2024

Man seriously injured in ‘out of control’ XL Bully attack as two people arrested

Two dogs have been seized by Staffordshire Police following incident in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2023