Hoard claims stepped up
The Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire James Hawley has waded into the debate over where the Staffordshire Hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold should be kept.
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Mr Hawley said the find belonged in Staffordshire where it was found. The 1,500 items were discovered by Terry Herbert, aged 55, using a metal detector in a farmer's field in Burntwood. The hoard is the largest Anglo-Saxon collection of gold found in the UK.
It is now on show at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
But the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire, who is the Queen's representative, said the collection should be found a permanent home in the county. He said: "It has got to be brought back to Staffordshire, of course it has. It can't go anywhere else."
