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1 month ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Richard Price |Stuart George
Image caption, Cheryl Adams says she set up the group after she was unable to find a peer support group locallyA new peer support group is launching in Staffordshire to give people a space to discuss menopause and its impact. Organiser Cheryl Adams said she had been unable to find any support locally so contacted the charity Menopause Cafe about starting her own group. The group is open to all, meaning women and their relatives are able to attend and talk about their concerns.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Stuart George
Ex-MP lacks the 'patience' to return to teachingBy Stuart George, BBC Radio Stoke • Lee Bottomley, BBC News, West MidlandsBBCJonathan Gullis was a secondary school teacher before becoming an MP in 2019A former Conservative MP and deputy party chairman has ruled out a return to his previous career after losing his seat. Former secondary school teacher Jonathan Gullis was beaten by Labour's David Williams in Stoke-on-Trent North.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Stuart George
The job was 24-7 - retiring hospital bossBy Stuart George, BBC Radio Stoke • Lee Bottomley, BBC News, West MidlandsBBCTracy Bullock became chief executive of UHNM in April 2019 and is leaving the role after being diagnosed with a long-term health conditionThe chief executive of a hospital trust in Staffordshire has said she has very mixed emotions about retiring after five years in the job. Tracy Bullock leaves University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) on Friday due to ill health.
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Jan 6, 2024 | 
bbc.co.uk | Stuart George |Caroline Gall |Caroline GallPresenter
An MP has said she is frustrated by the time it is taking to achieve higher safety standards over the use of button batteries despite a toddler's death. Harper-Lee Fanthorpe died in 2021 after swallowing batteries from a remote control handset. Stoke-on-Trent Central MP Jo Gideon said simple changes to ensure the batteries were screwed into devices would make a "huge difference". She has been working with the family who also want stricter guidelines.
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
bbc.com | Alice Cullinane |Stuart George
Image source, Google MapsImage caption, A member of staff at the Dougie Mac shop was threatened with a weaponBy Alice Cullinane & Stuart GeorgeA charity shop says it was forced to employ a security guard after a staff member was threatened with a weapon. The Dougie Mac Hospice shop in Stoke-on-Trent, closed for two days after the staff member was confronted. Chief executive David Webster, said he wanted to keep staff and customers safe after a rise in anti-social behaviour over recent months.
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
bbc.com | Alice Cullinane |Stuart George
Image caption, Harvey Tweats said the reintroduction of species was needed to achieve a sustainable futureBy Alice Cullinane & Stuart GeorgeSpecies reintroduction will continue on a Staffordshire estate despite the government stepping away from the strategy, a wildlife ranger has said. Harvey Tweats, from Trentham Gardens, near Stoke-on-Trent, said it was still an exciting time for wildlife species. Ministers are instead focussing on habitat restoration and pollution.
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Sep 27, 2023 | 
bbc.com | Leona Smart |Rakeem Omar |Stuart George
Image caption, Business owner Darell Baumber said it "looks like a tornado's been to the area"By Leona Smart & Rakeem Omar & Stuart GeorgePeople living close to where the second phase of HS2 is supposed to start have questioned suggestions it may be axed. People talking in Lichfield, Staffordshire, said the disruption and "daily chaos" of the project would have been for nothing if plans were changed. The government stated its "focus remains on delivering" the HS2 project.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Stuart George Presenter |Stuart George
A regional independent cinema is set to move to a new venue in its 50th year after first opening at a university. The director of Stoke Film Theatre, Grace Jordan, said it would be moving from its base at Staffordshire University to the Wade Centre in nearby Hartshill. The cinema closed in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and failed to reopen. Talks had been ongoing over the future of the theatre, she explained. "We've been talking to them [the university] for over three years," she said.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
bbc.com | Stuart George Presenter |Stuart George
Image source, GoogleImage caption, Stoke Film Theatre was set up in 1974Presenter, BBC Radio StokeA regional independent cinema is set to move to a new venue in its 50th year after first opening at a university. The director of Stoke Film Theatre, Grace Jordan, said it would be moving from its base at Staffordshire University to the Wade Centre in nearby Hartshill. The cinema closed in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and failed to reopen.
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Jul 20, 2023 | 
bbc.com | Stuart George |Allen Cook
Image source, Fiona Image caption, James escaped from Elmhurst House Day Nursery through a broken fence, his mother Fiona saidBy Stuart George & Allen CookA mother said she was outraged her three-year-old son was able to escape from a nursery and cross a main road without staff knowing. James got through a broken fence at Elmhurst House Day Nursery in Stone, Staffordshire, Fiona said. He was seen on CCTV crossing the busy A520 in the town centre, which his mother described as "horrific".
