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Minor injuries unit to remain open, say NHS bosses

Jan 23, 2025 | yahoo.com | Richard Price |Stuart George

There are no plans to close a Staffordshire town's minor injuries unit (MIU), according to NHS bosses. Leek Moorlands Hospital was not mentioned in plans for MIUs in the area to become urgent treatment centres (UTCs), leading to fears it could be closed. However Tracy Shewan, a director at Staffordshire Integrated Care Board (ICB), said there were "no plans at the moment" for any changes at the site.
Discuss bus and rail issues with Southern Vectis and Island Line managers at IWBRUG meeting

Jan 19, 2025 | onthewight.com | Stuart George

Do you have any issues concerning public transport travel on the Island? The Isle of Wight Bus and Rail Users’ Group (IWBRUG) is a forum for bus and rail users and service providers on the Island. IWBRUG invites you to attend a public meeting on Saturday 25th January 2025 from 11am. Ask questions or share your viewsCome along, ask questions, put your point of view to Richard Tyldesley (General Manager of Southern Vectis) and Mark Dunn (General Manager of Island Line).
Play park shut over fears flood water contaminated

Nov 25, 2024 | yahoo.com | Charlotte Benton |Stuart George

A children's playground in Staffordshire has been closed after heavy rainfall caused a nearby river to burst it banks. Flood water from the River Tean covered the play area in Jubilee Park, Checkley, leading to concerns from the parish council the water could be contaminated due to the combined system allowing rainwater and sewage to move through the same pipes.
The emotion and exhaustion at mudslide-hit spa

Oct 25, 2024 | yahoo.com | Alex McIntyre |Stuart George

Director Penny Weston said it had been an emotional five weeks since the mudslide [BBC]“The emotion is really hard to explain. I’m so relieved but I’m exhausted."Penny Weston has been sharing the bittersweet experience of reopening her family-run health spa five weeks after a mudslide forced its closure. It had been business as usual at Moddershall Oaks until flash flooding in September caused mud from a recently-ploughed field to flow into the venue.
'Too many teachers are political,' says former MP

Oct 1, 2024 | aol.com | Stuart George |Richard Price

October 1, 2024 at 8:30 AMA former MP has said he thought too many teachers were pushing their own political beliefs onto pupils in their classrooms. Jonathan Gullis said he had struggled to find a job after he lost his bid to be re-elected as MP for Stoke-on-Trent North during the general election in July. He was previously a teacher, but said he had not yet managed to secure a job interview, and he believed this was due to his political views.
Discuss bus and rail issues with Southern Vectis and Island Line managers

Jul 24, 2024 | onthewight.com | Stuart George

The Isle of Wight Bus and Rail Users’ Group (IWBRUG) invites you to attend a public meeting this Saturday. Go along, ask questions, put your point of view to Richard Tyldsley, General Manager of Southern Vectis, Emma Brown, Operations Manager of Island Line, and Stewart Chandler, Transport Strategy Manager for the IW Council. Everyone is welcome. Admission is free. Where and whenThe meeting takes place Saturday 27th July 2024 from 11am at the Methodist Church, Quay Street, Newport.
The job was 24-7 - retiring hospital boss

Jun 28, 2024 | aol.com | Stuart George |Lee Bottomley

June 28, 2024 at 12:25 AMTracy Bullock became chief executive of UHNM in April 2019 and is leaving the role after being diagnosed with a long-term health condition [BBC]The 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.
MP candidates disagree on HS2 scrapping

Jun 21, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Eleanor Lawson |Stuart George

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MP candidates disagree on HS2 scrapping

Jun 21, 2024 | yahoo.com | Eleanor Lawson |Stuart George

Eleanor Lawson - BBC News, West Midlands and Stuart George - BBC Radio StokeJune 21, 2024 at 11:07 AM·3 min readGeneral election candidates for a constituency impacted by the loss of HS2's northern leg have disagreed over whether it was a good or bad thing for the region. In a debate organised by BBC Radio Stoke for candidates in Crewe and Nantwich, Labour's Connor Naismith said it was a devastating and wrong decision.
Carer: I want my 100-year-old mother to die

May 5, 2024 | aol.com | Stuart George

May 5, 2024 at 4:31 AMA man who is caring for his 100-year-old mother who has dementia wants her to die to "release me from this hell", he says. Allen - not his real name - resents caring for her because of how he was treated by his parents as a child. He said his mother did nothing to prevent abuse his late father subjected him to as a boy and he is only caring for her now out of a "sense of duty."Care organisations say there is support available for those in a position like Allen's.