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The Jobbing Doctor (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
A correspondent alerts me to what is going on in Basildon . Here we have another example of a Hospital trust whose services are seriously poor. This is, to use a well worn phrase 'deja vu all over again'. The report makes grim reading, although many knew that there were problems in Basildon for ages. When the Mid-Staffordshire Hospital was finally exposed as the hell-hole it became, Basildon was shown...
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Spaghetti Gazetti (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
A new project to get youngsters eating healthier meals has been launched in Stafford Borough. The ‘Nurturing Health Award’ scheme is a borough council initiative which will be run across nurseries in the borough. Local nurseries in line for the award will be visited by borough council health officers to find out if children are being provided with a balanced diet. It will also look at the...
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Express & Star (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
A report which investigated Martin Yeates – the former chief executive of Stafford Hospital – cost the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust £17,500, it has been revealed.
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Stafford UK (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Due to the lack of a large event in the Stafford Calendar for the winter months ‘The ‘Ford Squad’ have put together a selection of bands and DJs to make a winter weekend go with a bang, in association with Staffordshire University record label Phoenixx Records.
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The Lichfield Blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Pupils, staff and parents from schools in Lichfield and Burntwood are celebrating after being awarded Level 1 Renewed Dyslexia Friendly Status. Scotch Orchard Community Primary School in Lichfield and Fulfen Primary School in Burntwood received their awards at a ceremony in Stafford. By the end of the summer term 2009, 301 Staffordshire schools had achieved Level 1 [...]
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Kinverkid (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
It's the big half century birthday for me in June next year and I've been toying with the idea of running a fifty miler. I was looking at various places to run it and I think I've decided on a route where friends and family can best join me. I thought I might drive up towards Stoke-On-Trent in North Staffordshire and join the canal between there and Stone. I will start from there with anyone who wants...
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Tory Troll (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Dog owners have reacted angrily to proposals by Boris Johnson's Deputy Mayor or Policing Kit Malthouse to wipe entire breeds of dog off the map. Under the plans, all bull dogs including the Staffordshire Bull Terrier would need to be registered, muzzled and neutered, effectively killing off those breeds within the UK. Labeling them as "weapon dogs" Malthouse writes that : "As well as...
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Express & Star (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
A Staffordshire librarian has died after a battle with cancer. Supervisor Jan Archibald died at Katharine House Hospice, Stafford, at the age of 56.
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swpp and bppa (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Alys Griffiths has recently become a member of The Society of International Fashion and Glamour Photographers (SIFGP) Find more photographers from England on The Society of International Fashion and Glamour Photographers (SIFGP web site Alys can be contacted at: 07854 145012 The Society of International Fashion and Glamour Photographers (SIFGP is a partner organisation of the SWPP & [...]
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swpp and bppa (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Alys Griffiths has recently become a member The Society of International School & Event Photographers SISEP A new ‘Society’ to support School and Events photographers by providing a range of focused benefits. Find more photographers from on The Society of International School & Event Photographers SISEPweb site Alys can be contacted at: 07854 145012 Web: www.alysgriffiths.co.uk...
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The Hob Goblin: Further Tales from the Enchanted Island (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
The find in a field near Brownhills in South Staffordshire of more than 1,500 gold and silver objects by Terry Herbert, a local metal detectorist from Burntwood, in July 2009, termed the Staffordshire Hoard, has been well publicised and is unprecedented as the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found, comparable to the other great Anglo-Saxon collection of Sutton Hoo, is now at the British Museum...
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The Hob Goblin: Further Tales from the Enchanted Island (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
"Take a quart of your Wive's Urine, the paring of her Nails, some of her Hair, and such like, and boyl them well in a Pipkin". This is how a man, believing his wife afflicted by witchcraft, addressed the court at the Old Bailey in 1682, telling how a Spitalfields apothecary had advised him to treat his wife who he believed was being tormented by a witch's spell. It was considered that urine,...
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The Lichfield Blog (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
Ambulances across Lichfield and Burntwood are set to be managed from one a new state-of-the-art centre. West Midlands Ambulance Service is moving its ambulance control centre from the current location at Stone Road in Stafford to a brand new home on the Tollgate in the early hours of tomorrow morning (October 14). The Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), [...]
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Spaghetti Gazetti (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
B usinesses and organisations in Stafford Borough have the chance to say it with flowers to publicise their work. Stafford Borough Council is looking for an emblem or logo to be created in flowers for carpet beds at popular parks in Stafford and Stone. Now organisations and businesses are being invited to tell the council why their logo should take centre stage at the award winning Victoria Park in...
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The Lichfield Blog (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Lichfield businesses were among the winners at the 2009 Taste of Staffordshire Good Food Awards. More than 70 restaurants, pubs, brasseries, tea-rooms, visitor attractions and banqueting venues entered the awards, which recognise quality, excellence and the use of local products in the county’s food and drink industry. The ceremony was held at Staffordshire County Showground, Stafford on [...]...
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