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Alien abductions, cryptid creatures, secret government programs, portals to other worlds, cattle mutilations – the San Luis Valley may be the strangest and most terrifying place you've never heard of.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/CattleMutilationsFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: We've had several episodes before about mysterious locations that are host to strange, paranormal activity. Skinwalker Ranch, for example, or The Bennington Triangle, or even the harsh terrain of Alaska. Perhaps one of the locations that appears to persistently slip under the radar is the San Luis Valley in Colorado. The region is home to very much the same variety of paranormal activity as other apparent hot spots. UFO sightings here are in abundance, for example. As are cases of cattle mutilation, sightings of strange creatures, and even alien abduction. In short, the San Luis Valley could be one of the most interesting locations in the world.LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“The Paranormal, Extraterrestrial, and Otherworldly Explanations for Cattle Mutilations” by Marcus Lowth for UFOInsight.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/66a64hu5, https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/vhykeezp(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: March 2022Weird Darkness devotes a full episode to Colorado's San Luis Valley, moving from Native American creation myths through the 1967 mutilation of a horse named Lady, decades of Bigfoot encounters, and a global run of cattle mutilation cases tied to UFO sightings, secret government programs, and alien abduction.It opens with the valley's own history: the region passed from Mexican to American territory after the 1846-1848 Mexican-American War, and archaeological evidence places human habitation there for roughly 7,000 years across close to a dozen Native American tribes. Several of those tribes describe the surrounding peaks as the Sipapu, a place of creation and emergence, and the Navajo specifically name the Blanca Massif as the point where "star people" enter this world aboard what their oral tradition calls flying seed pods, a phrase researchers have since compared to modern disc-shaped UFO reports. The same traditions include legends of shapeshifting beasts roaming the valley, stories some investigators now link to the Bigfoot sightings still reported there.From there the episode turns to the case that first brought cattle mutilation into national headlines: the September 27, 1967 death of a three-year-old Appaloosa mare named Lady, discovered by Harry King and his mother, Agnes, on land belonging to his sister, Nellie Lewis. The horse's head had been stripped completely to the bone with surgically precise cuts, no blood was found anywhere at the scene despite the wounds, and a strong chemical odor hung in the air near the body. Investigators also noted that the horse's own tracks stopped abruptly about 100 feet from where she was found, that scorch marks including a distinct circular pattern marked the ground nearby, and that Agnes King recalled an unidentified object flying over her house in the days before the discovery. The Aerial Phenomena Research Organization investigated, and pathologist Dr. John Altshuler, examining the remains, found the heart, lungs, thyroid, and abdominal organs removed with medical precision and the body completely drained of blood. Alamosa County Sheriff Ben Phillips attributed the death to a lightning strike without visiting the site, and the Condon Committee later reported no evidence of abnormal causes, addressing neither the missing blood nor the burns. Press coverage mistakenly named the horse Snippy, after her sire, and the name stuck permanently. Researcher Christopher O'Brien would go on to document more than 200 further mutilation reports in the San Luis Valley alone, estimating the true, unreported total closer to 1,000.Next comes a survey of the valley's stranger residents, starting with a 1992 sighting known regionally as the Woman in Red, in which a driver picked up a hitchhiking woman who vanished after he noticed she had goat-like legs and hooves. The same stretch of the episode covers a wave of Bigfoot encounters that struck a seven-square-mile radius between late December 1993 and early January 1994, including a December 31 sighting with footprint tracks clear enough to show toenail impressions and partially captured on police video, plus a 2000 report from two ATV riders near Blanca Peak who tracked a seven-foot, brown-haired creature before losing it in the trees. Christopher O'Brien's files also record a white buffalo that appeared and then vanished without a trace near Winchell Lake in the early 1980s, a 1993 wave of legless, slug-like creatures locals call prairie dragons, and a report of an out-of-place platypus. The segment also revisits the Old Scratch legend, a century-old story of a well-dressed stranger who appears in a cantina during Lent and reveals claws, cloven hooves, and a tail before fleeing when confronted, last reported in 1984, then covers mid-1960s witness Robert Whitting, who claimed a craft pulled alongside his car and telepathically warned him of a dead black dog in the road ahead. It closes at the modern UFO Watchtower, a platform built for its 360-degree view of the valley that still draws UFO sightings and researchers year-round.The episode then widens its scope to cattle mutilation as a global phenomenon, opening with a 1606 case recorded in the court records of England's King James I describing sheep found with only their tallow and inner organs removed, and a Texas horse whose entire nervous system was surgically extracted in the same territory that saw a wave of sheep mutilations in 2013. It cites an FBI report from the late 1970s tallying roughly 8,000 mutilations in Colorado alone and lays out the pattern researchers keep finding: animals drained completely of blood, organs removed with surgical precision, unusual chemical readings in tissue samples, and a consistent absence of scavengers at the scene. From there it crosses to Cannock Chase in Staffordshire, England, where in 1985 a father and son watched a silent, triangular craft with three underside lights hover over a field, followed two days later by a duck hunter who saw a similar object stop over grazing cattle and fire light beams in his direction as he approached.A string of British cases follows, beginning with the 2010 mutilations of sheep near Shrewsbury, England, where animals were found with faces skillfully stripped of flesh and drilled holes where their brains had been removed, witnessed in part by a 16-person investigative team who reported both UFOs and apparent laser-style attacks on the flock in March of that year. It moves next to a 2011-2012 wave of mutilated horses across the United Kingdom, tentatively tied by some researchers to an equine herpesvirus type 1 outbreak rather than to ritual dates such as St. Winebald Day, then to Wales, where the Animal Pathology Field Unit spent twelve years, from 2001 to 2013, investigating sheep mutilations and, through investigator Phil Hoyle, concluded extraterrestrial involvement was the most likely explanation. The segment also returns to the 1977 discovery of 15 mutilated wild ponies in Cherry Brook Valley, Dartmoor, found by Alan Hicks, a case later investigated by Jonathan Downes of the Center for Fortean Zoology, who reported suspicious interference and elaborate hoax calls resembling Men in Black activity. It ends with Rob Lea's account, given to researcher Nick Redfern, of a Bristol-based group he called the Cult of the Moon Beast, allegedly performing animal sacrifices in Newport, England since the late 1980s to summon entities from a coexisting dimension on behalf of wealthy patrons.Back in North America, the episode covers Manuel Sanchez's discovery of a fourth mutilated calf on his Colorado ranch in December 2009 and Tom Miller's similar March 2009 find near Trinidad, Colorado, both missing tongues, udders, and eyes with no blood or tracks at the scene. It continues with Kit Metzger's decades of mutilations at the Flying M Ranch in Arizona, dating back to the late 1970s and clustering between June and October, and with the 1978 case of Manuel Gomez's bull in Dulce, New Mexico, examined by officer Gabriel Valdez, whose lab tests found the heart and liver reduced to a mushy, peanut-butter texture with abnormal zinc, phosphorus, and potassium levels and no copper at all. The segment covers a summer of 1990 mutilations on Richard Fazio's land in Vancouver, Washington, which Oregon State University matched to laser-type electrosurgical injury, alongside Christopher O'Brien's own assessment that mutilations are "more complicated than aliens" and more likely tied to covert environmental monitoring. It closes with 2013 sheep mutilations in Texas tha

Freemasons, family members and friends from Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire came together at three Acorns Children's Hospices to restore outdoor spaces used by children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions.

Following a shocking killing in the Staffordshire village of Norton Canes, investigators uncover a family tragedy shaped by economic hardship, declining mental health and the limited understanding of psychiatric illness during the 1930s…*** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was written by Rosanna Fitton. Research by Benjamin Fitton. Illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton. Audio editing by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.Narration, additional audio editing and mixing, additional writing and script editing by Benjamin Fitton.To get early ad-free access, including Season 1, sign up for They Walk Among PLUS, available from Patreon or Apple Podcasts.More information and episode references can be found on our website https://theywalkamonguspodcast.comSOCIAL MEDIA: https://linktr.ee/TheyWalkAmongUsSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/theywalkamongus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Bill is joined by Elizabeth Johnson, owner of Rough to Regal in Staffordshire, to discuss the difficult experiences, health scare and sheer determination that led her to finally open her own salon.She shares the reality of launching a business with no customers waiting outside, financial pressure mounting and very few people believing she could make it work. From handing out leaflets in the pouring rain to learning how to say no to unsuitable clients, she explains how she built her business without relying on heavy discounts or competing with the cheapest groomers in her area.They also explore pricing, customer experience, money mindset and the importance of building a business around your own values. Elizabeth reveals how she moved from overdrafts and survival mode to savings, holidays and a steadily growing salon that is now working towards £90,000 in turnover, cat grooming and VAT registration in its third year.This is a wonderfully open conversation about resilience, confidence and what can happen when you stop building somebody else's dream and start backing yourself.As always, we'd like to thank the podcast sponsor, Lopay, the low-cost payment platform that helps you keep more of the money you earn.You can find out more and sign up for Lopay here:https://merchant.lopay.app/ref/PETPASSION2500Listeners of this podcast get £2500 of fee-free transactions.

In this episode, Bill is joined by Elizabeth Johnson, owner of Rough to Regal in Staffordshire, to discuss the difficult experiences, health scare and sheer determination that led her to finally open her own salon.She shares the reality of launching a business with no customers waiting outside, financial pressure mounting and very few people believing she could make it work. From handing out leaflets in the pouring rain to learning how to say no to unsuitable clients, she explains how she built her business without relying on heavy discounts or competing with the cheapest groomers in her area.They also explore pricing, customer experience, money mindset and the importance of building a business around your own values. Elizabeth reveals how she moved from overdrafts and survival mode to savings, holidays and a steadily growing salon that is now working towards £90,000 in turnover, cat grooming and VAT registration in its third year.This is a wonderfully open conversation about resilience, confidence and what can happen when you stop building somebody else's dream and start backing yourself.As always, we'd like to thank the podcast sponsor, Lopay, the low-cost payment platform that helps you keep more of the money you earn.You can find out more and sign up for Lopay here:https://merchant.lopay.app/ref/PETPASSION2500Listeners of this podcast get £2500 of fee-free transactions.

What happens, at a psychological level, when a person develops a close relationship with AI? Can AI love them back? And what does this attachment reveal about human desire, projection and responsibility?A groundbreaking study into the ethical and psychological implications of human-AI relationships, AI Intimacy and Psychoanalysis by Dr Agnieszka Piotrowska, academic, writer and filmmaker – addresses the hugely topical, but hardly new, question of our emotional bonds with machines.To find out more about this I caught up with Dr Agnieszka Piotrowska when she was recently in Dublin.Agnieszka talks about her background, her new book, Freud, AI models and more.About Agnieszka Piotrowska:Agnieszka Piotrowska, PhD, is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, trained psychologist, and psychoanalytic life coach. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and supervises doctoral students at Oxford Brookes University and the University of Staffordshire. Her documentary work includes Married to the Eiffel Tower ( 2008), a critically acclaimed and internationally broadcast film exploring unconventional human attachments, which established her international reputation as a filmmaker working at the intersection of psychology and human experience. She is the author of The Cinema of Agnieszka Holland: Anger and Ethics (Routledge, 2026), Psychoanalysis and Ethics in Documentary Film (Routledge, 2014 & 2023), and The Nasty Woman and the Neo-Femme Fatale in Contemporary Cinema (Routledge, 2019).

Raise your hand if you saw this one coming. LIV Golf has been downright invisible for more than a month.  The last action featuring the upstart golf league took place on June 7 in Spain. The next LIV Golf event (perhaps) is expected to take place next Thursday, July 23 in the United Kingdom.  August will feature three tournaments in New York, Indianapolis, and Michigan to end the 2026 season. In case you missed it, the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) has already told the LIV Golf players that Daddy Big Bucks won't be around to lose another billion or more next year to support the league. There has been chatter during this one month LIV Golf lull that the Saudis might even pull the plug prior to next week's golf tournament in Staffordshire, England. Stay tuned! This week, the fourth major golf tournament of the year is being held at The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale (located 50 miles northwest of Liverpool, England). After two rounds, nine members of the LIV Golf contingent have made their presence known at The Open – loud and clear Leading the Open after two rounds was none other than LIV Golf's Lucas Herbert at eight under par.  Who dat, you ask?  The unassuming Herbert is an Australian golfer who participates as a member of the LIV Golf's popular “Ripper GC” team. Lucas Herbert is only 30 years old.  He won a single PGA Tour event in October, 2021 in Bermuda against a less-than-stellar field.  Herbert then moved over to LIV Golf in January, 2024 to team up with fellow Aussies Cam Smith, Marc Leishman, and Elvis (Smiley, that is). Herbert (whose caddie looks like a guitar player for ZZ Top) won the May, 2026 LIV Golf tournament in northern Virginia.  His blazing 24-under par total produced a four-shot victory. Lucas Herbert tied the Open record on Friday with a second round 8-under par 62.  He missed a three foot birdie putt on the 18th hole which would have given him a new record with a sizzling 61. He told the assembled press afterwards, “It's a pretty good problem to have – to be disappointed you shot a 62!” When the second round ended, Herbert took a one shot lead into the weekend over fellow LIV Golf star and team captain of the “Crushers” team, Bryson DeChambeau. Well, at least for a few minutes… Bryson DeChambeau rolled in a 16-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole on Friday to post a 7-under par total and take solo second place.  He was expecting to be paired with LIV Golf's Lucas Herbert on Saturday as he walked off the 18th green following Round 2. Royal & Ancient tournament officials visited with Bryson DeChambeau as soon as he walked toward the clubhouse to sign his scorecard.  They wanted to discuss a possible rules infraction which happened way back on Hole #5 of the second round Friday. Bryson DeChambeau bombed a long tee shot, but it was far off line to the right side of the fairway.  His golf ball landed in a marshy area surrounded by knee-high fescue grass.  As DeChambeau walked around and then behind the ball to line-up his second shot, he accidentally stepped onto some of the fescue behind the ball.  The rules officials deemed the temporarily depressed grass to give the golfer an unfair advantage. DeChambeau gave a passionate explanation of his version of the story.  He pleaded with the officials that the shot he played was not affected by the squished-down nearby grass.  No matter.  He was still assessed a two shot penalty to balloon his bogey 5 into a triple bogey 7 on Hole #5. Those extra two shots changed his second round total score from -7 to -5.  It dropped DeChambeau from solo second place into a three way tie for fifth place. Afterwards, he said, “Obviously disappointed with the ruling.  I don’t agree with it, but it is what it is.  This fires me up.  Onto the weekend.  Let’s get it!” It wasn't the only time that DeChambeau was in the news this week at The Open Bryson DeChambeau is a former US Amateur champion and has won two US Opens.  His unusual golfing style (extremely long drives, a set of irons which are all the same length, and a wonky upright putting stance) make him easy to notice on the golf course.  His bright smile and affable personality have added to his popularity – especially with younger golf fans. One former golfer who isn't enthralled with DeChambeau's golf style is former champion Nick Faldo. Earlier in the week, Faldo took to the microphone to say that Bryson DeChambeau had little or no chance of winning the Claret Jug trophy which goes to the winner. The six-time major champion commented, “I’d say it to his face.  DeChambeau has zero clue of strategy.”  He added, “He (DeChambeau) said last year, ‘I’m going to go out and attack the links.’  Well, I’ve never attacked the links.  You thread it…feed it down the fairway.” To his credit, Bryson DeChambeau didn’t directly respond to Nick Faldo’s barbed remarks. LIV Golf’s “Hot Temper Twins” haven’t disappointed, either What’s the first thing you think of when I say, “Terrell Hatton?” Some might say, “Who?”  Golf fans like me think of “Hot Head Hatton.” The club-flinging, four-letter-word-hurling Hatton found himself at -3 heading into Saturday’s third round. The LIV Golf competitor was paired with Scottie Scheffler (-4) and Bryson DeChambeau during the first two rounds at this year’s Open.  The cameras found Hatton on the verge of club-chunking a few different times during Thursday’s opening round. Then there’s LIV Golf’s $300 million bonus man, Jon Rahm.  Like Hatton, the intense Spaniard has a long history of temper eruptions on the golf course. Friday’s second round featured Jon Rahm (-4 for the tournament) flinging an iron which bounced off the tee box on the par-3 15th hole. Rules officials handed Rahm an official warning afterwards. The four major golf championships are (yeah, right) cracking down on bad behavior on the course.  Rules officials now have the option of issuing a warning, a two shot penalty, or, if warranted, a disqualification. With Rahm being a two-time major golf champion, he was fortunate not to be assessed a two-shot penalty after Friday’s latest temper outburst. A LIV golfer may not hoist the Claret Jug on Sunday, but they’ve stolen the show The other five LIV Golf players who made the cut at The Open were Thomas Detry, Josele Ballester, Victor Perez, Peter Uihlein, and Laurie Canter. You can say a lot about LIV Golf, but several of the nine players who made the cut at this year’s Open Championship have definitely spiced-up this week’s competition. A perilous financial future lies ahead for LIV Golf at the end of August (assuming they are still in business at that point). The economics of the league are not sustainable.  Saudi’s fat wallet (now more than $5 billion lighter) will be unavailable soon after enduring four years of massive losses.  Defections by Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed this season have also hurt LIV Golf.   Don’t forget that Bryson DeChambeau’s contract expires at the end of 2026. All signs point to a rough landing ahead for LIV Golf. Let’s enjoy their contingent of talented and spicy golfers this weekend at The Open – while we still have time. The post It's a LIV Takeover at the Open Championship! appeared first on SwampSwamiSports.com.

Send us Fan MailThis week we had some excellent news..we've made the Longlist of the #BritishPodcastAwards 2026 in the factual category.. your time listening and suggestions for stories are really appreciated! Welcome to this episode where young reporter George Woodward and dad Tony catch up with Paul Middleton aka 'Piglet' the Director of Mechanical Engineering at North Yorkshire Moors Railway during filming for his new Channel 4 television series 'Steam Train Diaries'Sharon Gregory  takes a 'Railway Rideout' to Amerton Railway in Staffordshire and finds out about the 'Railway that never was' and Alasdair Stewart heads to one of London's hidden railway gems The Kempton Waterworks Railway to find out about its origins carrying coal to feed the triple expansion steam pumping engines that supplied water to London, through to the dedicated volunteers who are operating and developing it today!LISTENERS' CHOICE AWARDS #BRITISHPODCASTAWARDSWe are thrilled to be on the this year's Longlist of the British Podcast Awards 2026.If you would like to vote for us in the Listener's Choice Category you can do so  HERE . The first round is open until July 23rd 2026Links below to the Railways and Organisations we have mentioned:Steam Train Diaries Channel 4Paul Miller aka 'Piglet' - North York Moors Amerton Railway Hampton & Kempton Waterworks RailwayMWB No4 - Project websiteThis podcast is produced by Laura Raymond and presented by Alasdair Stewart and Sharon Gregory. Our 'Making Tracks' music is with kind permission of composer and musician Richard Durrant. It is a unique piece inspired by the rhythm of the historic rolling stock on the Ffestiniog Railway on the scenic journey from Harbour Station to Tan y Blwch. You can listen and download the full 'Tan y Bwlch' Ukulele Quartet here: Thank you to voice artist David King - for the Railway Ride outs voice over. Ukulele Quartet No. 1 "Tan y Bwlch"  Ukulele Quartet No. 1 "Tan y Bwlch" Richard Durrant · Single · 2019 · 3  songs.    

He was in your living room every night. He played the first gay character most of us ever saw kiss another man before watershed on Channel 4. Men still message him today saying his character saved their life.Behind the scenes, he was drinking alone on his kitchen floor on a Tuesday afternoon, waiting for someone to deliver drugs, freshly divorced, trapped in a cycle he thought was freedom.This is James Sutton. And this conversation went somewhere neither of us expected.We talk about:Growing up in Staffordshire — working class, post-industrial, no investment, no futureMoving to Liverpool and becoming John Paul McQueen on HollyoaksPlaying TV's most iconic LGBT character as a straight man — and the weight of that responsibilityThe guy who watched in secret in his bedroom, and is now married with two adopted children"I was sat on the kitchen floor with a bottle of wine. Someone was going to deliver drugs. My wife had left me."The gradual collapse — not a rock bottom, just the same bad day on repeatLeaving Hollyoaks after 22 years — why autonomy mattered more than safetyBuilding Protocol: weekly letters, keynote speaking, a course for men, and a book called How To Become Reliable AgainThe man crush segment that broke us both — Michael B Jordan, Ryan Reynolds, Declan Rice, Xabi Alonso, Paul Brunson, Henry CavillCasting a UK Friends — Alan Carr, Zach Polanski, Paloma Faith, Olivia Dean, Lauren Lo SungDating at 43: "I like redheads. I'm terrified. I don't know what I'm doing."Marvyn offers to matchmake him live on airThree tips each for men who feel stuck — gym, talking, service, self-trust, and making peace with your parents"Stop making promises to yourself that you're not going to keep"This is the best podcast I've ever done. His words. Not mine.Welcome to The Marvyn Harrison Podcast — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us Fan MailKathleen Richardson is the Author of Sex Robots The end of love, Professor of Ethics and Culture of Robots & AI at De Montfort University. Kathleen joined our afternoon panel at the Derby Women's Festival in May 2026 - an event organised by the Women's Rights Network Derby and Staffordshire group.Kathleen chaired our morning session - Mother - and gave a speech in our afternoon session on the Child with her talk Abolishing child abuse: building a politics of love through I-you attachment.The event gave Kathleen the chance to debate and network with the audience and other speakers  - Sorcha Nic Lochlainn from The Countess, Ruth Lewis from MoMa Breastfeeding Lexi Ellingsworth from Stop Surrogacy Now, Jennifer Gourley from Protect and Teach, and Stephanie Davies-Arai from Transgender Trend#DerbyWomensFestivalJoin your local Women's Rights Network https://www.womensrights.network/join-wrnIf you enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to hear more, go to womensrights.network/wrn-podcast to listen, download and subscribe to more of our episodes.  And if you'd like to join our conversations, go to womensrights.network/join-wrn

Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Hixon Memorial Hall, Staffordshire.

A pioneering partnership is taking a preventative approach to supporting the mental health of young people involved in or at risk of becoming drawn into crime and violence in Staffordshire. The Violence Reduction Team Wellness Project sees MPFT's Lauren Cockroft working closely with Staffordshire Police to identify vulnerable individuals and intervene in helping them access the right help when it's needed. The project funded by the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Violence Reduction Alliance is already seeing real success in addressing the root causes of violence and crime among the young people it supports and is helping to turn dozens of lives around. We're really pleased to be joined by Lauren for this edition of The MPFT Podcast where we discuss the impact the partnership is having.- You can watch the video version of this episode at: https://youtu.be/ZfvEFX2gCqY- You can read the transcript for this episode at https://www.mpft.nhs.uk/application/files/7217/8162/4407/The_MPFT_Podcast_Transcript_115_-_Supporting_young_people_through_the_Violence_Reduction_Team_Wellness_Project.docx

We are excited to host Grace Blest-Hopley on this episode of the Mangu.tv podcast. Dr Grace Blest-Hopley is a neuroscientist with over a decade of research into cannabinoids and psychedelics, and the founder of Hystelica — the world's first research organisation dedicated to understanding female biology for safer, more effective psychedelic use, delivering both original research and education in the field. She holds a PhD in Neuroscience from King's College London, and now serves as Chief Scientific Officer at NWPharmaTech and Research Director at Heroic Hearts Project, where she leads work supporting military veterans living with trauma. Grace has spoken internationally as part of her advocacy for women's representation in psychedelic science.   Grace discusses her upbringing on a Staffordshire farm, her connection to horses, and how experiences in India led her to study neuroscience. She and Giancarlo explore the therapeutic potential of cannabinoids, the challenges of cannabis research, and findings from neuroimaging studies of long-term users, particularly those who started young.Their conversation also covers the rise of psychedelic-assisted therapy, the importance of preparation and integration, and Grace's work with the Heroic Hearts Project, where she witnessed the benefits of Ayahuasca ceremonies with the Shipibo people. Grace explains how psychedelics may create a window of increased neuroplasticity, offering opportunities to rewire the brain. She also discusses her research into women's health, examining how hormonal fluctuations throughout the menstrual cycle can influence psychedelic experiences and their therapeutic potential.

A Day at the Hunt by Ingrid Murphy, made in 2016, is a white and gold ceramic Staffordshire flatback with interactive companion film linked by QR code. It is 33 cm high and 20 cm wide and depicts Ingrid and her father Brendan as two hunters. The uncanny likeness was created through the 3D scanning & 3D printing of Ingrid and her father's heads and slip casting them onto a replica of the original Hunter flatback from the 19th Century. A flatback is a sculptural decorative figure that is three dimensional from all sides except the back, which is flat, designed to be positioned on a mantlepiece. Ingrid and Brendan's heads have been printed in proportion to the rest of the work, and don't seem out of place. Both figures are wearing traditional hunting costumes, consisting of knee length tunics, knee high boots, sashes across the body, and hunting horns. There are gold leaf highlights at the top of the collars of the coats, the top of the boots, belt buckles, and hunting horns. In the background between the two figures is a textured old tree trunk. Brendan is seated on the left, he has short, cropped hair and looks to be quite elderly, with a kind and thoughtful face. He gazes directly ahead, his left hand on his knee. Ingrid stands on the right, she has short, bobbed hair, and her body is turned towards her father, her eyes are gazing down at him in admiration. Her right arm is raised, holding up a square sign, onto which a black QR code is printed. The piece is interactive, as when you scan the QR code, a five-minute companion colour film plays of Ingrid and Brendan visiting the Hunt Museum, Ireland, in June 2016. The car journey with her father was central to this work. Initially, Ingrid had thought it would be about the museum visit, but watching the footage she realised it was actually about the journey, because that was their life together. The light-hearted film is punctuated with humorous interactions between father and daughter. For instance, there is a miscommunication when they pass a shop called Mace next to a church; Ingrid is looking at the shop and Brendan is looking at the church and she speaks about Mace and he comments on Mass. They get lost on the journey; there are touching moments of Ingrid's dad just being himself, he walks into a room and looks around as if he's going to say something amazing. Then he says ‘Jesus, they got new carpets I'd say', oblivious to the beautiful objects they are surrounded by on the walls. On the drive home, a farmer is trying to catch cattle which have escaped a field onto the road. Brendon was a butcher and in Ingrid's family there is a running joke whenever something happened with cattle, they would always say it was their revenge, they were coming back for him! Ingrid Murphy's work focuses on augmenting ceramic artefacts with a range of interactive technologies. She exploits and plays with the boundaries of ceramic material to create innovative and playful interactions and experiences. She uses sound, humour and autobiographical elements, creating engaging and playful ceramic works, which also bring to life the deeper historical and social histories of ceramic objects and their intended uses. A Day at the Hunt was commissioned by the Hunt Museum, Ireland, to be part of the Irish Contemporary Ceramics Collection. A version of this work was acquired by Glynn Vivian Art Gallery through the Wakelin Award 2022 in partnership with the Friends of the Glynn Vivian, selected by Swansea based artist and lecturer, Catrin Webster.

In this sixth volume of Strange Mysteries, we delve into ten of the most baffling and diverse enigmas from across history and the cosmos. From the eerie woods of the UK to the far reaches of intergalactic space, this episode explores accounts that defy conventional explanation. Featured Stories: The Cannock Chase Glimmering Man: An investigation into the "invisible" rippling entities sighted in Staffordshire. The Kentucky Meat Shower: The bizarre 1876 incident where red meat fell from a clear sky. The 1952 Washington D.C. UFO Flap: When radar-tracked objects swarmed the U.S. Capitol. The Oak Island Money Pit: A centuries-long treasure hunt plagued by complex flood tunnels. The Panama ET: The 2009 discovery of a hairless, alien-like creature in Cerro Azul. The L-8 Ghost Blimp: The mystery of a Navy blimp that returned to shore without its pilots. The Great Attractor: A massive gravitational anomaly pulling the Milky Way across space. Gef the Talking Mongoose: The "extra-extra clever" entity of the Isle of Man. The Miracle of the Gulls: How a massive flock of birds saved the 1848 Mormon harvest. The San Antonio Ghost Tracks: The legend of unseen hands pushing cars over haunted tracks. Join us as we peel back the layers of these incredible stories. Are they mere coincidences, urban legends, or something truly beyond our understanding? #StrangeMysteries #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueScaryStories #HighStrangeness #UrbanLegends #ParanormalInvestigating #CreepyHistory #stevestocktonBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/missing-persons-mysteries--5624803/support.

A Bay of Plenty family is desperate to get back two emotional support dogs they fear have been stolen from their farm for breeding. The pure bred blue english Staffordshire bull terriers went missing on Tuesday from Glue Pot road in Oropi near Tauranga. Owner, Amanda Hacche, says the dogs are more than pets. She spoke with Lisa Owen.

Water is a main topic of conversation amongst farmers at the moment - because it's in short supply. Memories of the wet winter have been dried out by the recent hot weather and those growing crops or indeed relying on grass to feed their animals are all talking about rain which hasn't materialised. Environment Agency figures show that rainfall across England last month was 38% of the long term average. However, some areas got far less. We speak to an expert about what this means for water abstraction and growers who irrigate their crops over the summer using water from rivers or aquifers.Food prices keep rising - industry bodies suggest an increase of 9 or 10% by the end of the year. The cost of energy, diesel, fertiliser and other farming inputs have been on the rise – with more inflation expected to come. All week we've been looking at local food systems. It isn't always easy to connect households on a limited budget with fresh, healthy produce, but a farming family from Staffordshire have made that their mission. They've set up Farm Fresh Revolution, a project which delivers discounted fruit, vegetables and meat to local schools to inspire families to eat more healthily.Presenter = Charlotte Smith Producer = Rebecca Rooney

Send us Fan MailWe met Sorcha Nic Lochlainn of The Countess at the Derby Women's Festival in May 2026 - an event organised by the Women's Rights Network Derby and Staffordshire group.The Countess is a non-profit, volunteer-led organisation formed to promote the rights and interests of women and children in Ireland. Sorcha was with us to discuss the importance of language with her talk, ‘These words belong to us: why language matters'.She described her day at the Festival as  “brilliant”  with the opportunity to debate issues throughout the day with the audience and fellow speakers. She joined the morning panel with Lexi Ellingsworth from Stop Surrogacy Now and Ruth Lewis from MoMa Breastfeeding. In the afternoon she joined the audience to hear Jennifer Gourley from Protect and Teach, Stephanie Davies-Arai from Transgender Trend and Kathleen Richardson Author of Sex Robots - The end of love, Professor of Ethics and Culture of Robots and AI at Leicester's De Montfort University.Find Sorcha on X @TheCountessIE and for further information take a look at the website https://thecountess.ie/ #DerbyWomensFestival #LanguageMattersIf you enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to hear more, go to womensrights.network/wrn-podcast to listen, download and subscribe to more of our episodes.  And if you'd like to join our conversations, go to womensrights.network/join-wrn

Send us Fan MailLexi Ellingsworth, co-founder of Stop Surrogacy Now UK, joined us at the Derby Women's Festival in May 2026 - an event organised by the Women's Rights Network Derby and Staffordshire group.Lexi was here to tell us why we should ban all forms of surrogacy and what people can do to work towards this aim. Lexi spoke on  ‘Surrogacy - Erasing Mothers: the exploitation of women and denial of the mother baby dyad.'The festival speakers were able to debate the issues with the audience and listen to talks by Stephanie Davies-Arai from Transgender Trend, Ruth Lewis from MoMa Breastfeeding, Sorcha Nic Lochlainn from The Countess, Jennifer Gourley from Protect and Teach and Kathleen Richardson Author of Sex Robots - The end of love, Professor of Ethics and Culture of Robots and AI at Leicester's De Montfort University Find Stop Surrogacy Now on X @WombsNotForRent and for further information take a look at the website https://stopsurrogacynowuk.org/ #DerbyWomensFestivalIf you enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to hear more, go to womensrights.network/wrn-podcast to listen, download and subscribe to more of our episodes.  And if you'd like to join our conversations, go to womensrights.network/join-wrn

Thrill seekers Claire in Staffordshire and Paul in Chorley are on the quiz highway!

Jonny and Richard pay a belated 100th birthday tribute with a surprising fact about Sir David Attenborough. Also in this episode, a lizard for a car alarm, a strimmer mishap, the Peugeot 1007 and James Bond, the PR power of swans, a haughty lady and a pastry, two delightful roofless cars from Car & Classic, the Morgan Supersport, Jello Biafra's Celica, Tiffany in Staffordshire, and midnight vacuuming. WARNING: Around 50 minutes into this episode there is a chat about mental health and a recent incident that some listeners may find distressing. There is a warning in the show when it's coming up. If you're struggling, or you know someone who is, there are some links below to places that can help and people you can talk to. For early, ad-free episodes and extra content go to patreon.com/smithandsniffTo buy merch and tickets to live shows go to smithandsniff.comThis episode is sponsored by Car & Classic https://candc.li/uc1yqz To get 10 percent off any order of Duramat garage flooring got to duramat.co.uk and use discount code SSG10CALM: https://www.thecalmzone.netThe Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org or call 116 123 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jess Bunyard returns to discuss her latest work as a freelancer, including some cool work with Staffordshire in the Gill Burns County Championship! We discuss all the latest in international women's rugby, looking at Tigers involvement in Pac4 and the Six Nations U21s as well as a general discussion on the Six Nations. We also chirp into the Size 4.5 debate. In more Tigers-related news there was another win for the U23s over Sale, and then hear our wildly inaccurate theories on a Tigers Women announcement scheduled after record. Enjoy!

The Shugborough Inscription is one of the most tantalizing "unbreakable" codes in the world. Carved into an 18th-century monument in the grounds of Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire, England, the sequence of eight letters—O U O S V A V V—bracketed by a D and an M, has survived the scrutiny of the world's most brilliant minds. From Charles Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood to the legendary codebreakers of Bletchley Park who cracked the Nazi Enigma, no one has definitively unlocked its meaning.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/missing-persons-mysteries--5624803/support.

Send us Fan MailWe reveal the hidden change in Amendment 4 that's set to push up the cost of solar installs……you're filling in your EICRs incorrectly, say industry experts……and we meet the Staffordshire electrician who skipped work one day, and ended up stunning the world…Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with Anker Solix, the world's number one plug-and-play home solar battery storage brand.======================Show Notes:Catch all the stories, links, and product info from this episode - it's all waiting for you in the show notes at

Our bonus episode this week is a conversation with Dr Robert Strivens, Banner of Truth Trustee and Director of the recently set-up Reformed Baptist Study Centre. We hear more about Robert, the work of the Banner trustees, and the hopes for the new study centre in this interview recorded at the recent Banner Ministers' Conference in Staffordshire.    Robert's recommendations:  D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, The Puritans: Their Origins and Successors Iain H. Murray, The Life of Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1 volume) Iain H. Murray, D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (2 volumes) John Murray, Redemption Accomplished and Applied   Find out more about the Reformed Baptist Study Centre and its events:  https://rbstudycentre.com/    Be Part of the Next Chapter of the Banner of Truth:  More information about our building project, and how you can pray and give, can be found here:  https://banneroftruth.org/uk/nextchapter/    Explore the work of the Banner of Truth: www.banneroftruth.org Subscribe to the Magazine (print/digital/both): www.banneroftruth.org/magazine Leave us your feedback or a testimony: www.speakpipe.com/magazinepodcast

In this sixth volume of Strange Mysteries, we delve into ten of the most baffling and diverse enigmas from across history and the cosmos. From the eerie woods of the UK to the far reaches of intergalactic space, this episode explores accounts that defy conventional explanation.Featured Stories:The Cannock Chase Glimmering Man: An investigation into the "invisible" rippling entities sighted in Staffordshire.The Kentucky Meat Shower: The bizarre 1876 incident where red meat fell from a clear sky.The 1952 Washington D.C. UFO Flap: When radar-tracked objects swarmed the U.S. Capitol.The Oak Island Money Pit: A centuries-long treasure hunt plagued by complex flood tunnels.The Panama ET: The 2009 discovery of a hairless, alien-like creature in Cerro Azul.The L-8 Ghost Blimp: The mystery of a Navy blimp that returned to shore without its pilots.The Great Attractor: A massive gravitational anomaly pulling the Milky Way across space.Gef the Talking Mongoose: The "extra-extra clever" entity of the Isle of Man.The Miracle of the Gulls: How a massive flock of birds saved the 1848 Mormon harvest.The San Antonio Ghost Tracks: The legend of unseen hands pushing cars over haunted tracks.Join us as we peel back the layers of these incredible stories. Are they mere coincidences, urban legends, or something truly beyond our understanding?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/missing-persons-mysteries--5624803/support.

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Hello! Welcome to this month's edition of Answer Us Back, full of your feedback on AMTs old and new. Today: Following AMT416's discussion of meat fondue, Amanda gives us meat fondue tips amassed from four generations of her family's festive flesh fondue.  Also apropos of AMT416, Rebekah - and several other people! - notes the existence of a 9/11 musical: Come From Away.  AMT306 inspired Matt from Birmingham to try the chicken kyiv sandwich, which has comforted him during many major life events since.  Chris from New Zealand wants an update on AMT376's message from the then 38-year-old Olly to his future fortysomething self ie present day Olly. We heard from so many of you about  World Book Day! Katy has a clever way to keep your kid's costume obligations extremely light.. Joe in Minnesota sees your World Book Day and raises you the Children Pretending To Be Historical Waxworks Day of his own childhood. Neil from Staffordshire is haunted by an AMT jingle from 15+ years ago. If you've been haunted by thoughts about AMTs 1-416, exorcise them by sharing them with us for future episodes of Answer Us Back. And as always, send in your questions, in voicenote or written form to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. All new AMT417 will be in your podfeed 30 April 2026.  Help keep AMT going by signing up at patreon.com/answermethis, where highest tier gets access to our ENTIRE back catalogue, including the paywalled episodes, the special albums, the Bonus Bits of Crapp on the AMT App (RIP) and all the Retro AMT episodes. AMT is sponsored by: • Saily, flexible eSIM data roaming plans for when you're abroad. Download SAILY in your app store and use our code amt15 at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase. For further details go to saily.com/amt15. • The London Review of Books, the twice-monthly literary mag full of essays, reviews and more by excellent writers. Get a 6 month print and digital subscription for just £12 at LRB.me/answer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jon Woolley spent nearly a decade at Vantage Consulting. He opened their US arm, built a team of eight, and scaled it to $1.6 million. Then, three weeks before his third child was born, he walked away.No team. No clients. No pipeline. Just £30,000 in savings and a niche most recruiters have never heard of: industrial automation. The people who programme the machines that make the stuff, from pharmaceuticals to Amazon warehouses. Average fees of $20,000 to $22,000 a placement.Year one at Candid Talent he billed £112,000. Year two, $500,000. And then Q1 of year three: over $350,000 in a single quarter. Solo. From a farmhouse in Staffordshire. Three kids under seven. 25 hours a week. Almost all inbound from LinkedIn."Honestly, it's wild. Compared to the stress of year one... coming into year three with that kind of quarter. It's awesome."This week on The RAG Podcast, Jon breaks down how he went from employed recruiter to solo founder billing over $1 million in just two years, whilst being more present for his family than he ever was in agency life.We Cover:How Jon built a $1.6M US desk for someone else before going soloWhy he left a senior role three weeks before his third child arrivedThe reality of year one: £112K billed, three months to land the first deal, and constant self-doubtHow industrial automation recruitment works and why the fees are three times higher than UK averagesWhy almost all of his business now comes inbound through LinkedInThe lifestyle model: 25 hours a week, from home, present for school runs and gymnasticsHow he plans to grow from solo to six to ten people without an officeWhy he invested £30K in The Boardroom two years into building his agencyJon Woolley is not running a massive agency. He's not chasing headcount or office space or awards.He's building a business that lets him be present for his family whilst billing more than most teams.If you've ever wondered whether you could leave an established desk, start solo, and build something that works around your life rather than the other way around... this episode has the blueprint.__________________________________________Episode Sponsor: Remote RecruitmentHiring shouldn't be slow, stressful, or expensive. That's why there's Remote Recruitment — the smart hiring partner for modern businesses. They don't just help you find great people. They help you access elite South African talent that's ready to deliver. No PAYE. No NI. No bloated overheads. Just trained, remote professionals who integrate seamlessly into your team. Their process handles everything: sourcing, shortlisting, onboarding, and retention. Fully managed. Fully supported. Fully remote. And now, Remote Recruitments has entered a new chapter. From ops to admin, sales to strategy, we're helping businesses scale smarter with people they trust, at a cost they can afford. Clients have seen: * Up to **60% productivity boosts** * **300% ROI** on BD roles * **30% faster completion** of operational tasks No overhead burden. No talent shortage panic. Just growth-focused hiring that makes business sense. Remote Recruitment is your flexible hiring solution for the modern era. **RAG Listeners:** Get 5% off your first hire + a free strategy session at www.remoterecruitment.co.uk/rag

From over-worked medics to bent coppers, for the last 30 years Jed Mercurio has been responsible for some of the UK's most successful TV series, including Cardiac Arrest, Bodies and Bodyguard. But Line of Duty is arguably his biggest hit, and recording has started for the much-anticipated seventh series.The award-winning screenwriter, director and producer grew up in a working-class family in Staffordshire. His parents, Italian immigrants, were keen he fit in, but friends say Jed was unique from the get-go with big dreams and a determination to be the best.He initially trained to be a doctor and demonstrated his sharp, witty writing in a medical school magazine. Half-way through his medical training, he joined the RAF and was taught to fly fighter jets, before pivoting to screenwriting.Mark Coles looks back at his career so far.Producer: Ben Carter Researcher: Helena Warwick-Cross Editor: Justine Lang Sound engineer: James Beard. Production co-ordinators: Maria Ogundele and Sabine Schereck.

Attacks across the Middle East have continued, with three journalists reported dead in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon. Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelensky, has accused Russia of helping Iran attack the UK-US base on Diego Garcia. And: an 18 year old man is arrested after a historic mill building in Staffordshire is gutted by fire.

It seems this season that when United lose a game, it's on the back of a turgid performance - and this one was no different, as part-timers Tamworth ran-out deserved winners at The Lamb Ground last weekend.The Blues barely turned up against the Lambs and while it wasn't quite a slaughter, it needs to act as a wake-up call as they look to try and secure third place and enter the play-offs in good form.We look back on the 2-1 loss in Staffordshire, before looking ahead to a game at Brunton Park against a rejuvinated Boston United side - one of the real form teams in the divison right now. Lots discussed in this episode, including:

At the turn of the 12th century, two men from a Staffordshire village died suddenly. Their lifeless bodies were taken to the local graveyard and solemnly laid to rest – but a few days later, they were apparently spotted walking around the village, with their coffins on their backs. This Long Read written by John Blair investigates the medieval terror of the living dead. Today's feature originally appeared in the January 2026 issue of HistoryExtra Magazine, and has been voiced in partnership with the RNIB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Deep in the woods of Cannock Chase in Staffordshire, England, one of the most unsettling paranormal mysteries in the world has been unfolding for decades.Police have been called into the forest again and again after reports of a young girl wandering alone in the woods at night. Witnesses consistently describe the same figure: a little girl with dark hair and completely black eyes. But when officers arrive and search the area… they find nothing.Cannock Chase has become infamous for a wide range of strange sightings. Visitors and investigators have reported encounters with Black Eyed Children, shadowy figures moving between the trees, and unexplained paranormal activity throughout the forest. In some cases, drivers claim a child suddenly stepped into the road, forcing them to slam on their brakes — only for the figure to vanish moments later.Over the years, there have even been search operations involving police, dogs, and helicopters after distressed callers reported a child lost in the woods. Each time, authorities found no missing person and no physical evidence to explain the sightings.So what is really happening in Cannock Chase?Watch this episode on Youtube! Click HEREJoin the Membership on Youtube! Click HEREWant this episode EARLY & AD FREE? Join the PATREONBusiness Inquires | averyannross@gmail.comMake sure you are following along for all the latest!INSTAGRAMFACEBOOKTIKTOK 

The boys minus Bottaro got together to discuss another dismal away day, this time in Staffordshire. We also chatted about the upcoming Vertu Trophy game and the 1885 email thats doing the rounds.

Following a discussion on this week's NFU Conference Big Debate hosts Ally Hunter Blair and Sophie Gregory are joined by three farmers to ask : ‘Is the Cereals Sector Fit for the Future?'  Guests include: Chris Baylis – Director of Farming at Sir Richard Sutton Limited which has farms in Lincolnshire and Berkshire. Andrew Court – Arable and beef farmer on 110 hectares (274 acres) in Staffordshire, farming regeneratively.  James Bowditch – 4th generation mixed farmer from Dorset. Arable, dairy, beef and sheep. 

Episode 282 Join us with Shane Holdcroft, aka The Staffordshire searcher, on some of the amazing finds he has made with his XP Deus II Master and a new book he has just published.Sponsored by Metal Detecting News.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-big-detecting-show--3690873/support.

Cannock Chase, a 26-square-mile stretch of Staffordshire woodland already infamous for child murders and ghostly apparitions, has logged more paranormal sightings in the first eight weeks of 2026 than in all of 2025 combined.*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/cannock-chase-bigfoot-2026WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.#WeirdDarkness, #WeirdDarkNEWS

The Town are back on their travels on Saturday when they head to Staffordshire to take on rock bottom Port Vale looking to end their away day woes. Kev is joined by The Lutonian journalist James Cunliffe to discuss whether this will be another ‘Heartbreak Anthem' or whether the Town can deliver some ‘Black Magic' on their travels! The boys begin by giving a ‘Shout out to the ex' and looking at the Valiants before the attention turns to Luton and what the chaps want from the contest. There is all this and much more besides, including the score predictions, on the longest-running, award-winning Luton Town podcast!

rWotD Episode 3215: Cannock Wood Welcome to random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia's vast and varied content, one random article at a time.The random article for Saturday, 21 February 2026, is Cannock Wood.Cannock Wood is a village and civil parish in the Cannock Chase district of Staffordshire, England. The village is situated around 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Cannock, the same distance south of Rugeley, and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Burntwood. According to the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 1,031, a decrease from 1,052 in the 2001 Census.Cannock Wood makes up part of Cannock Chase which is a recognised Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.Its mainly residential area is interspersed with open areas including various parks and public footpaths through the local countryside. The village hosts tourist attractions including Castle Ring, an ancient fort, and Nun's Well.Cannock Wood also hoststwo pubs, The Park Gate Inn and The Redmore. There is also a village hall, a children's play area and a cricket club.Most children living in Cannock Wood between the ages of 4 and 11 attend primary school in the neighbouring hamlet of Gentleshaw.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:44 UTC on Saturday, 21 February 2026.For the full current version of the article, see Cannock Wood on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Kimberly.

Send a textEpisode 319 - Live from the BFFIIn this episode, I'm at an event that is becoming the get together to mark the start of a new season, the BFFI in Staffordshire.I'm at the event in my new capacity with the magazine but I got the chance to speak with attendees and stall holders about the show and what it means to them.I've tried to capture the feel of the BFFI and give you some insights into tackle that you might be seeing this year.If you haven't been before, I hope this episode will take you there!

Why do so many of our prayers seem to go unanswered? John Mark tackles one of the most difficult tensions in the Christian life: how to square Jesus's bold promise of "ask anything in my name and I will do it" with the reality of unanswered prayer. He explores fifteen reasons our prayers might not be answered the way we expect and closes by introducing the ancient practice of lament as a way to meet God honestly in our pain.Key Scripture Passages: John 14v12-14; John 15v7, 16; John 16v23-24; Psalm 13; Psalm 66v18; Isaiah 58This podcast and its episodes are paid for by The Circle, our community of monthly givers. Special thanks for this episode goes to: Matthew from Fullerton, California; Kree from Bismarck, North Dakota; Lee from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire; Benjamin from Conroe, Texas; and Amy from Wilton, New York. Thank you all so much!If you'd like to pay it forward and contribute toward future resources, you can learn more at practicingtheway.org/give.

Season 38 examines one of Victorian England's most infamous murderers: William Palmer, the Rugeley Poisoner. This four-part series traces his crimes from gambling addiction to serial murder—and the groundbreaking forensic investigation that brought him to justice.The Fatal WagerNovember 1855. A man lies dying in Room 10 of the Talbot Arms inn. His back arches off the mattress. His jaw locks. Every muscle seizes at once.John Parsons Cook had won big at the Shrewsbury races just days earlier. His horse Polestar crossed the finish line first, putting nearly a thousand pounds in his pocket. He should have been celebrating.Instead, he's being murdered—slowly, methodically—by his own friend and physician.Dr. William Palmer stands beside the bed, taking Cook's pulse. He doesn't call for help. He waits.The VictimJohn Parsons Cook was twenty-eight years old in 1855. Born into comfortable circumstances, he inherited enough money from his father to live without working. He trained for the law but never practiced—the racing circuit called to him instead.Cook followed the horse racing meets across England: Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Chester. He owned horses. He wagered heavily. He lived for the thundering hooves and the roaring crowds.But Cook suffered from chronic poor health. Stomach troubles plagued him. This made him dependent on physicians—a dependency that would prove fatal when his racing companion William Palmer decided he needed to die.The CrimeWilliam Palmer was a surgeon, a family man, and a serial killer.By November 1855, Palmer owed more than twenty thousand pounds to moneylenders. His gambling addiction had consumed him. He had already murdered for money—his wife Anne (insurance payout: thirteen thousand pounds), his brother Walter (insurance claim pending), possibly his mother-in-law, and at least four of his own infant children.When Cook won at Shrewsbury, Palmer saw an opportunity. The two men traveled together back to Palmer's hometown of Rugeley. Cook took his usual room at the Talbot Arms—directly across the street from Palmer's house.Palmer began visiting Cook immediately, administering "treatments" for his illness. Each time Cook improved, another dose sent him back to agony.Cook suspected. He told friends: "I believe that damn Palmer has been dosing me." But suspicion wasn't proof, and Palmer was a doctor. Doctors could be trusted.The InvestigationWhat followed Cook's death would transform British forensic science and create new legal precedent.Dr. Alfred Swaine Taylor, England's foremost toxicologist, examined Cook's remains. He found no strychnine in the body—the poison metabolized too quickly. But the symptoms were unmistakable: tetanic convulsions, locked jaw, arched back.Taylor's testimony established a critical principle: absence of poison does not equal absence of poisoning. Clinical symptoms and circumstantial evidence could establish murder even when the weapon couldn't be found.Palmer's trial became so notorious that Parliament passed special legislation—the Central Criminal Court Act 1856, forever known as "Palmer's Act"—to move the case from Staffordshire to London's Old Bailey.Thirty-two medical experts testified. The jury deliberated eighty-two minutes.Verdict: Guilty.Historical ContextThe Palmer case exposed the vulnerability of Victorian society to medical murderers. Physicians held almost unquestioned authority. Patients trusted them with their lives—literally.Palmer exploited this trust systematically. His medical knowledge allowed him to choose poisons that were difficult to detect, calculate doses that would kill without immediate suspicion, and explain away symptoms as natural illness.The case accelerated the development of forensic toxicology across Europe. Scientists raced to develop more sensitive tests for alkaloid poisons like strychnine.Sources consulted: Old Bailey Online trial transcripts (May 1856); The Times contemporary coverage; British Newspaper Archive; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; forensic toxicology historical analysis.ResourcesPrimary Sources:Old Bailey Online: Trial of William Palmer (May 1856) — oldbaileyonline.orgBritish Newspaper Archive coverage of Rugeley poisoner caseFurther Reading:Katherine Watson, "Poisoned Lives: English Poisoners and Their Victims" (2004)Robert Graves, "They Hanged My Saintly Billy" (1957) — literary treatmentCrisis Resources:For concerns about elder financial abuse or medical exploitation: Adult Protective ServicesSupport the ShowIf Foul Play brings you into history's darkest corners, consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Reviews help new listeners discover the show—and every share helps us continue telling these stories.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/foul-play-crime-series/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Paul Scott in print studio with cut Wild Rose detail Paul Scott (b. 1953, United Kingdom) is a UK-based artist, living and working in Cumbria, with a diverse practice and an international reputation. Creating individual pieces that blur the boundaries between fine art, craft, and design, he is well known for his research into printed vitreous surfaces, as well as his characteristic blue-and-white artworks in glazed ceramic. Scott's artworks can be found in public collections around the globe, including the National Museum, Norway; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; National Museums Liverpool; the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA; and the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. Commissioned work can be found in a number of UK museums, as well as in public places in the north of England, including Carlisle, Maryport, Gateshead, and Newcastle upon Tyne. He has also completed large-scale works in Hanoi, Vietnam, and at the Guldagergård public sculpture park in Denmark. A combination of rigorous research, studio practice, curation, writing, and commissioned work ensures that his practice continues to develop. His work is fundamentally concerned with the reanimation of familiar objects, landscape, pattern, and a sense of place. He was professor of ceramics at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO) from 2011–2018. Scott received his Bachelor of Art Education and Design from Saint Martin's College and his PhD from the Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design in England. His current research project, New American Scenery, has been supported by an Alturas Foundation artist award, Ferrin Contemporary, and funding from Arts Council England. Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, Souvenir of Portland OR Black Lives Matter (After Killen & Howard)/Trumpian Campaigne, No.5, 2021. Transfer print collage on partially erased Staffordshire transferware souvenir plate by Rowland & Marsellus, c.190010.25″ Dia. x 1” D Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, Residual Waste (Texas) No.5/1, 2022Transfer print collage, shell-edged pearlware platter, 13″ H x 17.25″ W x 1.25” D Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, The Sleep of Reason, Wood Cuts (After Spode’s Woodland/Wild Rose) 2, 2024Transfer print collage on pearlware plate with Kintsugi, 11″ Dia. x 0.5″ D Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, Sampler Jug, No.7 (After Stubbs), 2021Transfer print collage on pearlware jug, 15″ H x 14″ W x 11.75″ D

File on 4 Investigates reveals new data showing a significant rise in housing disrepair claims, now a growing market for unscrupulous No Win No Fee lawyers. Adrian Goldberg asks, has the Solicitors Regulation Authority learned its lessons from the collapse of the law firm SSB which left hundreds of householders with huge legal bills, and are they able to protect vulnerable social housing tenants from potentially risky NWNF claims? File on 4 Investigates have been told by 5 major housing providers across England and Wales that housing disrepair claims have been growing significantly. One social housing provider in the South of England with an estate of 85,000 homes has told us its seen a 375% rise in the number of legal claims launched by tenants in the last 5 years. We speak to John Golding, a 74 year old pensioner living in a housing association flat in Staffordshire about how a canvasser knocking on his door tried to pressurise him into pursuing a housing disrepair claim with a Manchester based No Win No Fee solicitors' firm.Reporter: Adrian Goldberg Producer: Jim Booth Additional research: Laura Longworth Technical Producers: Richard Hannaford & Cameron Ward Production Coordinator: Tim Fernley Editor: Tara McDermott

Happy New Year!  Welcome to 2026 and hope you've had a wonderful start to the year.  In this week's show: We take a look at the largest airlines in the world by fleet size – and there are a couple of surprises in there; Turkish Airlines are set to build the world's largest cargo terminal; and London Gatwick becomes the UK's most expensive airport for drop-off fees - hiking charges up to £10 per visit.    In the military segment: AC-130J Ghostrider aircraft are now touching down at Mildenhall in the UK; and FlyaSpitfire.com launches historic flight experiences at Tatenhill airfield at Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire.    Nev will give us an update on how things are going for our 600th show in May of this year and we'll have another spin back to see another retro airline ad of the week. You can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +447446975214 Email podcast@planetalkinguk.com or comment in our chatroom on YouTube.

Staffordshire police officers were dispatched to an address following a 999 call on Christmas Day. In a distressed state, the caller said, "My stepdaughter just turned up at my house, and she is alleging that she stabbed her boyfriend, and he is dead. She is in my kitchen at the moment, talking to her mother.” When the operator asked for details about the caller's stepdaughter and her boyfriend, the man replied, “They have got quite a history, so it's going to be on your file somewhere”... *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna FittonNarration, additional audio editing and mixing, and script editing by Benjamin Fitton.To get early ad-free access, including Season 1, sign up for They Walk Among PLUS, available from Patreon or Apple Podcasts.More information and episode references can be found on our website https://theywalkamonguspodcast.comSOCIAL MEDIA: https://linktr.ee/TheyWalkAmongUsSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/theywalkamongus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To mark 50 years since the capture of Britain's most wanted fugitive, Jacques and Simon retrace the Panther's movements on the night he was caught.Donald Neilson, dubbed the Black Panther for his ruthless cunning and stealthiness, thought he was above the law. Invincible, even. So when a couple of Bobbies asked him what he was up to one night in December 1975, Neilson responded by hijacking their patrol car at gunpoint.His plan? Nobody really knows, but we suspect it would have been curtains for the unfortunate cops. Then, providence threw them a lifeline.In this special episode, presenters Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell drive the route taken by Neilson and his hostages, PCs Stuart McKenzie and Tony White, from the side street where they were seized to the fish-and-chip shop where the drama concluded.Follow along with what3wordsStainforth Street: translated.test.loveOld Mill Lane/Leeming Lane: quite.mini.garageOak Tree Lane junction (Forest Town): doll.stone.daringBlidworth Lane/Southwell Road: wished.compelled.elevatorJunction Fish Bar: removed.plus.bucklingDon't forget to join our live stream on Thursday evening, 50 years to the day that the Panther was finally caged. We'll be live on location in the former colliery village of Rainworth – right where the action unfolded.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.

Cristina Gomez examines the famous encounter when Jessie Roestenberg and her two sons witnessed a disc-shaped craft hovering over their Staffordshire cottage with two long-haired beings visible through a transparent dome, followed by unexplained medical symptoms suggesting radiation exposure.To see the VIDEO of this episode, click or copy link - https://youtube.com/live/HaamAcQLB6gVisit my website with International UFO News, Articles, Videos, and Podcast direct links -www.ufonews.coBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/strange-and-unexplained--5235662/support.

https://bit.ly/3H99doi - Love a good mystery? Want to crack the case like a pro? Check out Hunt A Killer: Lakeside Slaughter for your next exciting game night! A UK man has been arrested after allegedly handing out candy laced with sedatives to children at a summer camp. Police reported that the candy was distributed in the Staffordshire area, leaving eight boys and one adult in the hospital. Authorities are continuing their investigation. Matt Rife has purchased the infamous Conjuring House in Burrillville, Rhode Island. The historic property, known for its connection to the haunting that inspired The Conjuring films, had been operating as a museum. The future of the house under Rife remains unknown, but the news has reignited interest in the location. We're coming to CrimeCon Denver! Use our code CRIMEWEEKLY for 10% off your tickets! https://www.crimecon.com/CC25 Try our coffee!! - www.CriminalCoffeeCo.com Become a Patreon member -- > https://www.patreon.com/CrimeWeekly Shop for your Crime Weekly gear here --> https://crimeweeklypodcast.com/shop Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CrimeWeeklyPodcast Website: CrimeWeeklyPodcast.com Instagram: @CrimeWeeklyPod Twitter: @CrimeWeeklyPod Facebook: @CrimeWeeklyPod