内容摘要：Mr Holdaway added the critical incident was ongoing and would be reviewed on Tuesday afternoon.

Mr Holdaway added the critical incident was ongoing and would be reviewed on Tuesday afternoon.

The force said it happened at about 17:25 BST on Newborough Road in Needwood, when a white BMW 1000 motorbike collided with a black BMW 4 Series.The rider of the bike, a man in his 50s, was airlifted to hospital. The driver of the car, a man in his 40s, remained at the scene and helped Staffordshire Police with its enquiries.

The force is appealing for dashcam footage of the area at the time of the incident, as well as information from anyone who saw the two vehicles beforehand.First Minister John Swinney has ruled out the legal reintroduction of lynx into the wild in Scotland.His comments follow concerns about the

in the Cairngorms last month.Campaigners have been working on plans for the controlled reintroduction of the cats to benefit rural biodiversity but farmers have raised concerns about the impact they would have on livestock.

At the NFU Scotland conference, Mr Swinney said the reintroduction of lynx, or any other carnivorous species, would not take place under his government.

The wild cats were once native to Britain but were driven to extinction 500 to 1,000 years ago through habitat loss and hunting.It also said that artificial intelligence, or AI, could be " a real gamechanger for businesses".

But Ms Haviland said "small businesses are concerned about being left behind" and the next government needs to appoint an AI champion to bridge the gap between larger and smaller firms on use of the technology.The document has been published as political parties spar over VAT.

Mr Hunt pledged in an article for the Daily Telegraph that the Conservatives would not raise the main rate of the sales tax during the next Parliament, and suggested Labour would.However, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves ruled out a VAT hike, and strongly refuted Mr Hunt suggestion. The Liberal Democrats also pledged not to raise VAT.