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2 months ago | 
bbc.com | Bongi Msimanga
Patient fears losing home over funding 'lottery' Bongi MsimangaBBC Midlands Investigations teamBBCDavid Czarnetzki found the likelihood of treatment being funded varied dramatically across EnglandA retired police officer has said he faces the possibility of selling his home to fund ongoing pain relief treatment he used to get for free on the NHS.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Anthony Bartram |Bongi Msimanga |Maisie Olah
Alison Cope, Pooja Kanda and Charlotte Marshall (left to right) will quiz leaders of West Midlands Police together [BBC]Three mums whose sons were stabbed to death say the ban on zombie knives must go much further if the country is to win the fight against knife crime. Alison Cope, Charlotte Marshall and Pooja Kanda say compulsory education in schools and earlier intervention for minor crimes is vital to help drive down senseless stabbings.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
msn.com | Bongi Msimanga
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Bongi Msimanga
Immigration in a Red Wall English countyBy Bongi Msimanga, BBC Investigations, West Midlands • Rob Mayor, Political Editor, BBC West MidlandsBBCLen Burkitt, who is almost 80, works at a local Co-opImmigration is a key issue on the campaign trail this general election. The BBC spoke to voters on the streets of Staffordshire, as well as asylum seekers who have escaped persecution to live there.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Bongi Msimanga
Work to transform two major roads through Stoke-on-Trent is due to begin this month. The city council will carry out work on Station Road and College Road using £29m from the government's Transforming Cities Fund. It said they were "key routes" but were "in very poor condition with extensive carriageway repairs required". The work includes wider footpaths, road safety measures and improved cycle routes and will start in the autumn.
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Aug 23, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Bongi Msimanga |Maisie Olah
A publican says she is losing up to £500 a day in trade since a road was closed due to a sinkhole. Karen Williams, manager of The Railway Inn in Alsager, adds she is worried customers will presume the premises shut and go elsewhere permanently. The sinkhole appeared a week ago on Audley Road, a busy route where the pub is sited. But Ms Williams said shutting it had a "frustrating" knock-on effect in which fewer people passed the premises. "We aren't getting the passing trade," she explained.
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May 30, 2023 | 
bbc.com | Bongi Msimanga |Caroline Gall
Image source, PA MediaImage caption, An asylum seeker says she is keen to work, but after six year is still waiting to hear from the Home Office on her statusBy Bongi Msimanga & Caroline GallAn asylum seeker says she and others like her are keen to work after leaving behind abuse for a better life in the UK, but are unable to while the government stalls on their futures. The 36-year-old mother-of-two is based in Stoke-on-Trent after arriving near Birmingham from Albania in 2016.
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Apr 18, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Bongi Msimanga
By Bongi MsimangaBBC Radio StokeA refugee host is calling for more people to volunteer to open their homes to Ukrainians fleeing the war. Hugh Cowell, 70, has had five refugees sharing his home in Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent. "It's great having a family here again," he said, but added a year into the Homes for Ukraine programme, more volunteer hosts were needed. In Stoke-on-Trent, there are currently 22 hosts who are sharing their home with Ukrainian refugees.
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Apr 18, 2023 | 
bbc.com | Bongi Msimanga
Image caption, Hugh Cowell said having refugees in his home was like having familyA refugee host is calling for more people to volunteer to open their homes to Ukrainians fleeing the war. Hugh Cowell, 70, has had five refugees sharing his home in Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent. "It's great having a family here again," he said, but added a year into the Homes for Ukraine programme, more volunteer hosts were needed.
