BBC News | England | Staffordshire | UK EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.Dip-sticks test underage drinkers- July 18, 2008 Police will use dip-sticks to try to stop young people who disguise alcohol in soft drinks.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7514359.stm Board will examine city council- July 18, 2008 Councillors in Stoke-on-Trent vote to set up a board to look at introducing changes to the council.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7513935.stm Delayed road opens with new name- July 18, 2008 A new bypass designed to take traffic away from a town centre opens more than 10 years after it was proposed.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7513257.stm Thirteen tax offices will close- July 17, 2008 A total of 13 tax offices are to close across the West Midlands as part of a major shake-up by the department.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/7512403.stm Man charged with Moira's murder- July 17, 2008 A 32-year-old man appears at Glasgow Sheriff Court charged with the murder of 40-year-old Moira Jones.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7512500.stm Lay-by death man named by police- July 17, 2008 A 47-year-old man who died after being found seriously injured in a lay-by is named by police.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7511781.stm Footpath 'is attracting vandals'- July 17, 2008 Residents urge councillors to shut a public footpath to their homes after a spate of attacks by vandals.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7511233.stm 'Wide variations' in Ritalin use- July 16, 2008 Stoke-on-Trent has the lowest prescription rate for the attention-deficit disorder drug Ritalin.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7509576.stm |