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Birmingham band The Musgraves have musical instruments stolen - Birmingham Post.net

The group recorded their appearance for the BBC1 show on Monday, despite the theft of a van containing all their kit in Lichfield during the day. However, the performance went ahead with the band borrowing instruments to become the first unsigned act to ... More...

Lichfield Festival market day gets a new sponsor - Westmidlands.com

Lichfield Festival’s popular market day is to get a new name and new backing for 2012, with the announcement that Florette UK, the bagged salad specialist which has its UK headquarters at Fradley Business Park, Lichfield, is to become its major sponsor. More...

Lichfield Cathedral unveils 'grotesque' fundraising idea - BBC News

Fundraisers hoping to pay for repairs to Lichfield Cathedral have unveiled a "grotesque" way of raising cash. Instead of sponsoring a friend or an animal, schools in Staffordshire and Shropshire can adopt a gargoyle. The project aims to raise around £ ... More...

Robert Rock 'didn't do anything wrong': Tiger Woods - Calgary Herald

For a one-time tutor at Lichfield's Swingers Golf Centre - we should resist any Tiger-related ribaldry - such a feat defied belief. It was rare, if ever, that Woods had headed into the final round of a tournament in the lead and lost. In 60 previous ... More...

Valentine's Day: Top 10 places to take your loved one in Staffordshire - This is Sentinel

Lichfield’s famous son is Samuel Johnson, best known for his Dictionary of the English Language which he produced in the 18th century. For inspiration why not visit his birthplace museum and bookshop which stands in the centre of the historic city. More...

Letters: Costa Concordia – searching for the truth amid the tragedy - The Guardian

Ian Jack commits an understandable error in making Lichfield the birthplace of EJ Smith, since it was in the city's Beacon Park that the statue to the captain of the Titanic was ceremonially unveiled by his daughter in 1914. The official reason ... More...

Nine-try England Women defeat Scotland - Rugby Football Union

Staniford, double try scorer Merchant and Burnfield were also joined on the scoresheet by Bristol’s Marlie Packer and Isabelle Noel-Smith and Lichfield duo Natasha Hunt and Emily Scarratt. England Head Coach Gary Street said: "This is a great result to ... More...

Shoppers up in arms as car park clamps down - Burton Mail

Motorists using the St Peter’s Retail Park, off Lichfield Street, have been handed £70 penalty tickets — despite shopping at stores based on the park and staying within the two-hour limit. They say signs which forbid motorists from leaving the ... More...

Snowy scenes from around the UK - BBC News

Snow has hit Southern Scotland, the Welsh Valleys and England's north and Midlands, and Met Office severe weather warnings apply to much of the UK. This footage shows some of the snowy scenes in south Wales, Leeds, Rochdale, Lichfield and on the M5. More...

England Women’s team announced for Six Nations opener - Rugby Football Union

Lichfield Number 8 Sarah Hunter is vice-captain. Street has named a young looking England side with uncapped lock Emily Braund on the bench. Lichfield’s Harriet Millar-Mills, Saracens’ Hannah Gallagher, Bristol’s Isabelle Noel-Smith and Worcester’s ... More...

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