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• MP writes to police over hospital
  An MP writes to police to ask if there is a basis for a criminal inquiry into activities at Stafford Hospital.
  
  
• Two arrested over drugs seizure
  Two men are arrested after cannabis plants and class A drugs are found in Stafford.
  
  
• Troops stage home-coming parade
  The 2nd Battalion Mercian Regiment parades through Oldbury to mark its return from Afghanistan.
  
  
• Former hospital fire 'deliberate'
  A fire in the tower of a derelict hospital in Stafford is believed to have been started deliberately.
  
  
• Hospital self-assessment queried
  A Panorama investigation finds that 60% of hospitals inspected gave inaccurate information to the government in assessing their own performance.
  
  
• Crews fight disused hospital fire
  A large fire starts in a derelict part of St George's Hospital in Stafford.
  
  
• Redditch United v Ilkeston Town
  Redditch United manager Gary Whild looks to make home advantage count when his side host Ilkeston.
  
  
• Loach signs extended Watford deal
  Watford keeper Scott Loach signs a contract extension, keeping him at Vicarage Road until 2013.
  
  
• Johnson has trial run for Argyle
  Trialist Jermaine Johnson played for Plymouth Argyle in their reserve match against Tiverton Town on Tuesday.
  
  
• Late penalty secures Redditch win
  Redditch United ease their Blue Square North relegation fears with a vital 1-0 victory at Stafford Rangers.
  
  
• Football 'needs to rethink pay'
  Football clubs should consider performance-related bonuses and lowering player salaries, a sports finance expert says.
  
  
• New Presbyterian moderator chosen
  North Belfast minister Rev Norman Hamilton is elected as the new moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
  
  
• Presbyterians to elect moderator
  Ireland's Presbyterians are meeting later to elect a moderator designate to succeed Dr Stafford Carson.
  
  
• Leona and Katie - the new 'Welsh' stars
  Forget Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey, Tommy Lee, Katie Price and Leona Lewis are among the lesser known 'Welsh' celebrities who should be celebrating St David's Day.
  
  
• Mystery car crash witness appeal
  Traffic officers investigating a fatal road crash in Uttoxeter ask the driver of a car which stopped near the scene to speak to them.
  
  
• Trust says it is acting on report
  Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust says it has acted "urgently" on findings of the report into failings at Stafford Hospital.
  
  
• What the papers say
  A look at what's making the headline in Thursday's morning newspapers.
  
  
• Papers disgusted by care report
  A damning report into the catalogue of failings of care leading to the deaths of up to 1,200 patients Stafford hospital horrifies the papers.
  
  
• Garden hen Matilda lays huge egg
  A hen in a garden in Ipswich lays an egg which is four times the size of a normal egg, says its owner.
  
  
• Jury decides killer was provoked
  A man is cleared of murdering a man in Stoke-on-Trent, but convicted of manslaughter through provocation.