Helen McCarthy

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Image caption, Mr Fowler said he has raised concerns about care homes to the Care Quality Commission after visiting his elderly customers"One home would be bad enough but not three, all in a short time."Former milkman Tony Fowler, 66, from Leicestershire said he had raised concerns he had about three care homes in the last four years to the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Helen McCarthy

'We've saved 800 items from landfill in a year'Helen McCarthyJo LiversidgeThe volunteers have helped repair a variety of items from the practical to the sentimental Members of The Fix It Group 23 are getting ready for their largest ever repair cafe. The event has been organised by the group, based in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, to coincide with World Environment Day on Thursday. An estimated 800 items have been saved from landfill by the repair volunteers over the past year, the group estimates.

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Isaac Ashe |Helen McCarthy

'Hard core' expected to ignore single-use vape banIsaac Ashe & Helen McCarthyBBCShops have been reducing their prices to clear stock ahead of the banLeicester Trading Standards has said it is gearing up to tackle a "hard core" of businesses it expects will flout an incoming ban on single-use vapes. Trading Standards said it had written to almost a thousand businesses in the city ahead of a ban on buying and selling disposable vapes from 1 June to advise them of the new rules.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Helen McCarthy

'Social prescribing helped save my life'Helen McCarthyBBCTracy Moore, 55, found herself unemployed for the first time since she was 15 and it sent her into depression When she realised she was about to lose her job, Tracy Moore says her mental health hit "rock bottom". The 55-year-old, from Leicestershire, said she felt abandoned and even considered taking her life, but instead sought the advice of her GP, who in turn sent her to a social prescriber - a decision she believes saved her life.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Helen McCarthy

HIV and AIDS memorial garden unveiled in LeicesterHelen McCarthyHeather BurmanBBCThe garden was opened by the Right Reverend Saju Muthulaly, the Bishop of LoughboroughA memorial garden dedicated to those who are living with HIV or have lost their lives to AIDS has been officially opened in Leicester. The garden, beside Holy Trinity Church in Leicester, was funded by East Midlands Sexual Health, formerly known as Leicester Aids Support Services (LASS).