Home Authors Mike Lockley

Mike Lockley

Staffordshire man reveals the seedy truth behind living life as the Tiswas Bunny

HE was the innocent little boy who stole a nation’s heart while donning a rabbit outfit and singing Bright Eyes on cult kids’ show Tiswas.Read

Mike Lockley: Why I have started reading the Bible

TOOK my car in for a service this week. You should’ve seen the look on the vicar’s face.Read

Sunday Mercury Special Report: Norton Canes man told kids their mum is a murderer but one day he may forgive her

SOMEHOW, from somwhere, Lee Jones has found the strength to tell his two young sons the terrible truth.Read

Harry Potter dwarf star Greg Doherty says being small is big business

STEP aside, Snow White. Now it’s Stag Night and the Seven Dwarfs.Read

Redevelopment of Birmingham puts rare birds in danger

THEY are the chirpy Midland dwellers that thrived in the rubble of blitzed post war Birmingham.Read

Top West Midlands cop writes book about Teddy Boys and the Birmingham smogs of the 50s and 60s

A FORMER top Midland cop has taken a trip down memory lane and penned a book featuring his memories of Teddy boys and the great smogs of Birmingham 50 and 60 years ago.Read

Grief of Chasetown murder victim Richard Deakin's mum as two men charged with murder

GRIEF has worn away at Carol Deakin, the once bubbly blond whose world was turned upside down by one chilling call.Read

Cannock nightclub boss Dougie Wilkinson targeted in £20m 'magic money' scam

DETECTIVES have arrested and deported a fraud suspect after a Midland nightclub boss was targeted in an attempted £20 million ‘magic money’ con.Read

Evidence of Stone Age camp discovered in Cannock

HISTORIANS believe they have unearthed evidence of a 4,000-year-old Stone Age camp in the Midlands – thanks to a dog walker.Read

Former Coventry schoolboy who stowed away on US plane reveals life of adventure

HE was the schoolboy who made headlines around the world after reaching America as a passenger jet stowaway.Read

WATCH: Chilling CCTV shows armed robber battering Telford shopkeeper with baseball bat

THIS is the chilling moment an armed robber stormed a corner shop and brutally battered the owner around the head with a baseball bat.Read

Picture special: Cannock mum's plea to find hitmen who killed her son

CAROL Deakin gazed at the poignant childhood images of her son – gunned down in his sleep by gangsters – and bit her lip.Read

Norton Canes community speak about the killer mum in their midst

THE slim blonde, laughing loudly with a tight knot of mothers at schoolgates, betrayed nothing of the terrible, bloody secret locked inside her.Read

Picture Special: Cannock X Factor star Faye Bray - I was sacked for being too sexy

BLONDE bombshell Faye Bray, who lost her prison job after appearing on X Factor in saucy lingerie, last night admitted: “That pink basque cost me my job – a job I loved.”Read

Shropshire pumpkin 'cheat' wins new competition

HE was shunned by pumpkin growers the length and breadth of Britain after using underhand tactics to produce super squashes.Read

EDL protest in Telford passes off with just handful of arrests

THEY came in their hundreds, waving banners and clutching beer cans, spitting venom and warm lager on the deserted streets.Read

Mike Lockley: Fish fascinate me

FISH fascinate me. For example, can you believe a single herring produces one million offspring? God knows how many the married ones churn out. Fishing, however, leaves me cold. Don’t those people who spend hours casting flies on still waters realise someone has invented dynamite? Do they realise how little a box of fish-fingers costs at Iceland?Read

Author Profile

Mike is the editor of The Cannock Chase Post and Burntwood Post. He is the author of a very popular self titled column which sees him sharing his own unique slant on life...

Get involved...