12/01/2008
Dairy axed with loss of 250 jobs (BBC News)
A dairy firm announces it is to close its Staffordshire site with the loss of more than 250 jobs.
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12/01/2008
Car components factory axes staff (BBC News)
A motor industry component factory in Staffordshire is to make 200 more people redundant.
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12/02/2008
Tonawanda Baby in Hospital After Being Attacked By Dog (WKBW-TV Buffalo)
A three month old baby was attacked in his own home on Gath Terrace in the City of Tonawanda during Sunday afternoon. Police say one of the family's dogs, an American Staffordshire Terrier, attacked the baby after the mother briefly left the child in a room that was gated off.
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12/01/2008
Quarry site golf course plans (Express and Star)
A nine-hole golf course is to be built on a site earmarked for a quarry on the Dudley-Staffordshire boundary. The course, complete with driving range, could open as soon as next autumn, the Express & Star can reveal.
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12/01/2008
Pet of the Week (Grove Sun Daily)
My name is Buster. I am a young male Staffordshire Terrier mix looking for a new home. People call me beautiful, happy, and loving. A volunteer took me home for a few days to see how I would do around a family.
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12/01/2008
Nature reserve and school to get grant (Express and Star)
A Staffordshire nature reserve and school are to benefit from thousands of pounds worth of grants thanks to a ‘Forest Schools’ challenge which is supported by TV gardener and author Chris Beardshaw. The scheme saw a panel of judges hand out cash … [visit site to read more]
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12/01/2008
Traffic fears over Lapland festival (Express and Star)
A mini Lapland complete with a real ice rink and reindeers is being created on a South Staffordshire field normally used for car boot sales. But the 18-day festival planned for Essington has sparked controversy about traffic clogging up the small village, with organisers expecting 5,000 carloads of visitors a … [visit site to read more]
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12/01/2008
Factory will axe 200 jobs (Express and Star)
Around 200 staff will go at Staffordshire engineering firm ThyssenKrupp Tallent, it was revealed today. A dramatic fall in business has forced a fresh wave of cuts by the German-owned company which supplies the car industry.
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12/01/2008
Dumped for dead (Redditch Standard)
RSPCA officials are trying to trace the owner of an abandoned dog which was left for dead in a bag next to Arrow Valley Lake last week. The young red and white unneutered male Staffordshire bull terrier was found on Tuesday (November 25) in a sports bag by a couple out walking.
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12/01/2008
Dog Attacks Baby In City of Tonawanda (WKBW-TV Buffalo)
A three-month old baby boy is attacked by a Staffordshire Bull Terrier in the City of Tonawanda this afternoon. He suffered injuries from his chest to his lower abdomen.
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