Phil Corrigan

5 days ago | bbc.com | Phil Corrigan

Hospital could be heated by burning rubbishPhil CorriganLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceGoogleThe current energy-from-waste plant is due to be replaced at the end of the decadeBurning rubbish could help to heat Staffordshire's main hospital amid plans for a new incinerator.

5 days ago | bbc.co.uk | Phil Corrigan

Image source, GoogleImage caption, The current energy-from-waste plant is due to be replaced at the end of the decadeLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceBurning rubbish could help to heat Staffordshire's main hospital amid plans for a new incinerator. Proposals are being drawn up for the Royal Stoke University Hospital to receive both heat and electricity from a planned Energy Recovery Facility at Hanford, which is due to replace the existing waste incinerator by the end of the decade.

5 days ago | lichfieldlive.co.uk | Phil Corrigan

REFORM UK caused a political earthquake when they took over Staffordshire County Council in this month’s local elections. Nigel Farage’s party took 49 of the authority’s 62 seats, ending 16 years of Conservative rule in Staffordshire, with gains at both the Tories’ and Labour’s expense. No doubt many Reform voters were motivated by disaffection with both the two main parties nationally, along with concerns over national issues such as immigration.

6 days ago | stoke.nub.news | Phil Corrigan

New plans have been drawn up to cut lengthy A&E waiting times. Average ambulance handover delays at the Royal Stoke hit two-and-a-half hours during the worst week in winter, as services struggled to cope with demand. While the situation has since improved, the average of one hour 40 minutes for the week starting April 14 was still above the 45 minute target.

1 week ago | stoke.nub.news | Phil Corrigan

Two blocks of 'unpopular' council flats are set to be closed down and their last remaining tenants moved out. Leaders at Stoke-on-Trent City Council have agreed to decommission the three-storey Bell House and Barker House in Blurton, with just 19 of the 60 flats still occupied. In a behind-closed-doors meeting, cabinet members approved the 'preferred option' of disposing of the site to a social landlord for the development of new affordable housing.