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Bloodrunners service needs £15k to keep life-saving vehicle

Bloodrunners service needs £15k to keep life-saving vehicle

19 May 2023

A volunteer group delivering emergency blood to hospitals desperately needs to raise money to buy its blood car after its sponsorship ends.

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Christine McGuinness tells parents to ‘never give up’ after SEN row

Christine McGuinness tells parents to ‘never give up’ after SEN row

19 May 2023

Model and TV star Christine McGuinness has joined the outrage over comments made by a councillor about parents with children who have SEN.

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‘I was a timebomb:’ Boy battling rare blood disorder given second chance

‘I was a timebomb:’ Boy battling rare blood disorder given second chance

19 May 2023

A 12-year-old boy who feared he might not wake up while battling a rare blood disorder has been given hope after receiving a bone marrow transplant.

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‘Disgraceful’ – 1,550 health workers to miss out on NHS pay rise

‘Disgraceful’ – 1,550 health workers to miss out on NHS pay rise

18 May 2023

Staff from a healthcare organisation are set to miss out on a vital pay award despite being on similar contracts as NHS staff.

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‘Rusted and rotten’ leisure centre losing members one year after being built

‘Rusted and rotten’ leisure centre losing members one year after being built

18 May 2023

A replacement £20 million leisure centre has come under fire just one year on amid claims of unsanitary conditions and dirty surfaces.

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Campaigners demand return of lost blood service

Campaigners demand return of lost blood service

17 May 2023

Campaigners took to the streets to demand the return of blood tests at their hospital, after the service was scrapped after 50 years.

Opticians opens new branch inside shopping centre

Opticians opens new branch inside shopping centre

17 May 2023

A new branch of a national opticians chain has opened inside a shopping centre.

‘My boy who eats walls has lead poisoning from council home paint’

‘My boy who eats walls has lead poisoning from council home paint’

17 May 2023

A mum has told of her torment after her young son chewed on door frames in their council house and contracted lead poisoning.

Hospital secures funding for new ‘lifesaving community clinic’

Hospital secures funding for new ‘lifesaving community clinic’

16 May 2023

Funding has been secured to create a new community diagnostic centre at a local hospital as part of a government scheme to reduce NHS wait times.

Rising cost of baby milk is driving parents to ‘unsafe’ alternatives

Rising cost of baby milk is driving parents to ‘unsafe’ alternatives

16 May 2023

Parents unable to afford the rising cost of baby formula could be forced into unsafe alternatives that’ll harm their child’s health fear charities.

Plans for estate’s first care home

Plans for estate’s first care home

15 May 2023

There are plans to turn a redundant office block into a 78-bed care home.

'They are out of control': What has happened to schoolchildren?

'They are out of control': What has happened to schoolchildren?

15 May 2023

Teachers are reporting seeing massive changes in the way children behave, learn and develop since returning to school from the pandemic.

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Pensioner removed from GP's books despite moving closer to surgery

Pensioner removed from GP's books despite moving closer to surgery

14 May 2023

An 82-year-old patient with diabetes says he has been left in tears after his GP surgery of 18 years took him off their books.

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Person taken to hospital after collapsing in street

Person taken to hospital after collapsing in street

12 May 2023

Ambulance services were called after a person was found collapsed along a busy main road.

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‘My secret midnight trips to Tesco to charge daughter’s electric car’

‘My secret midnight trips to Tesco to charge daughter’s electric car’

12 May 2023

A fed-up mum is calling on a housing association to sort a faulty electric car charging point which has never worked.

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Pub landlady’s condition takes turn for the worse

Pub landlady’s condition takes turn for the worse

11 May 2023

Despite hopes her health was on the mend a pub landlady has been readmitted to intensive care.

Kent and England cricketer reveals skin cancer ordeal

Kent and England cricketer reveals skin cancer ordeal

10 May 2023

A Kent cricketer discovered he had skin cancer after almost putting off a screening organised by his club.

‘Health and fitness’ company to fill David Lloyd void

‘Health and fitness’ company to fill David Lloyd void

10 May 2023

A new tenant is being lined up to fill a unit at an entertainment complex after the departure of the national gym brand at the end of the month.

Woman sacrifices ‘holidays, haircuts and car’ to save cats from streets

Woman sacrifices ‘holidays, haircuts and car’ to save cats from streets

10 May 2023

A woman is making huge sacrifices to care for cats she rescues from the streets including giving up holidays, haircuts and even selling her car.

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Grandad in UK-first “game changing” heart op

Grandad in UK-first “game changing” heart op

09 May 2023

A grandfather of seven has become the first in the UK to recieve “game-changing” new heart sugery.

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