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Glancing Back Burntwood; Heritage group looks wide for its interest

Burntwood Chase Heritage Group celebrates its 10th anniversary this year Read

Tragedy spurs Burntwood mum to slimming success

A Burntwood woman who suffered an awful tragedy managed to turn her life around with the help of a local slimming club. Read

Glancing Back Burntwood; All the right notes hit in the past

Music has always been a part of our area’s way of life. Read

Mystery remains over Burntwood knife death

A Burntwood man died from blood loss and damage to his heart from a kitchen knife wound to his chest, an inquest has revealed. Read

Glancing Back Burntwood; Make hay while the sun shines

The recent fine weather brings to mind the tradition of ‘making hay while the sun shines.’ Read

MP Tony Wright receives apology for false expenses article

Chase MP Tony Wright has received an apology from The Sunday Times after printing false claims about his expense arrangements for his second home in London. Read

Glancing Back Burntwood; Trains are still on track

This is a milestone year for Chasewater Railway. Read

Fall complications led to Cannock man's death - inquest

A Cannock pensioner died after developing complications following a fall, an inquest heard. Read

Glancing Back Burntwood; Focus on area's pubs

There has been a good response to various photos shown over the last couple of weeks, but no new information forthcoming. Read

Glancing Back Burntwood; A look at leisure of the past

Nearly into June and I finally went out without a sweater on this Bank Holiday! Read

Glancing Back Burntwood; Town's history is a grave business

Burntwood`s graveyards contain some interesting headstones and Christ Church has its fair share. Read

Funding boost for Muckley Corner Common

A series of improvements will be taking place at Muckley Corner Common thanks to £30,000 funding. Read

Paedo-busting medium Patrick Hutchinson to come to Chasetown

A spiritualist medium who claims he helped unearth a paedophile at one of his shows is coming to Chasetown. Read

Birthday bash sparks Burntwood UFO alert

A simple 18th birthday gesture has sparked a UFO alert in Burntwood. Read

Burntwood beauty Michelle Chalmers set to join Bennetts Bike babes

A Burntwood beauty has beat off competition from hundreds of entries across the UK to earn the title of ‘Bennetts Babe’. Read

Glancing Back Burntwood; Do you recognise this van?

With the lighter nights and holiday season ahead of us we held our Nostalgia Night last week - the last one until September. And we had a full house. Read

Life's a beach in Burntwood

Life’s a beach in Burntwood this week thanks to a drop in water levels at Chasewater. Read

Glancing Back Burntwood; Pictures from a different world

This week’s photos are courtesy of a friend who prefers to stay anonymous. Read

Horror as dogs maul swan to death at Chasewater

The horrific mauling to death of a swan at Chasewater last week has seen a backlash from wildlife fans campaigning for tighter restrictions and management of the park. Read

New health centres on the cards for Burntwood after councillors campaign

Ambitious plans for Burntwood could see the town gaining two health centres after councillors argued the population was growing too fast for it to be served by only one. Read

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