Flood crises in Pakistan are continuing to threaten the lives of millions, with families risking dehydration amid a landscape that’s facing climate destruction. As part of Football for Peace’s Pakistan humanitarian crisis response, British Airways has teamed up with the charity to help deliver around 8 tonnes of clothing, food, and medical aid to help support families left adrift through devastating floods. The aim is to continually provide aid in the coming months. Setting off from Heathrow Airport on Sunday, 25th September, the partnership is part of a long-term endeavour to help restore some normality to the lives of those who are simply unable to survive…
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Seven new community diagnostic centres (CDCs) will open to help bust the COVID backlogs, diagnose patients more quickly and meet future demands on the NHS, the Health and Social Care Secretary has today (1 September 2022) confirmed. The one-stop shops offer a range of diagnostic checks, scans and tests closer to home. Following a GP referral, patients can get their symptoms checked and receive a potentially life-saving diagnosis for a range of conditions such as cancer, heart and lung disease more quickly. The new facilities will also relieve pressure on NHS staff ahead of a potentially challenging winter. So far,…
Smokers in England are being urged to stub out the habit as part of the annual Stoptober public health campaign launching next month, as latest statistics show smoking costs the NHS £2.4 billion a year while causing at least 15 types of cancers, including lung cancer and acute myeloid leukaemia. Stoptober – now in its 11th year – aims to empower people to give up smoking during October, as evidence shows people are 5 times more likely to quit for good if they can make it to at least 28 days smoke free. Research shows that self-confidence is a major factor…
Funding of £15 million this year will help increase international recruitment of care workers. The funding will enable local areas to support care providers with activities such as visa processing, accommodation and pastoral support for international recruits. This will complement a national domestic recruitment campaign, which will launch shortly. The Health and Social Care Secretary acknowledged the scale of the challenges facing the NHS in the wake of the pandemic and the plan for patients builds on the NHS Winter Plan, including the rollout of COVID boosters and flu jabs already underway to help protect the most vulnerable. The plan…
A new lifesaving service has been launched by Midlands Air Ambulance Charity in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire. Following extensive research into patient need across the area, the charity has introduced a new critical care car service in the region which has already been dispatched to more than 80 incidents since May 2022, helping to save many lives. The new northern critical care car was funded by a £60,000 donation from the HELP Appeal – the only charity in the country that funds NHS hospital and air ambulance base helipads. It operates from 10am until 10pm daily, is run by a critical…
A Sandwell primary school is working with Sandwell Council and the local community to tackle poverty issues – while also celebrating all things green. During a visit to Yew Tree Primary in West Bromwich today (Wednesday 21 September), Sandwell Council’s cabinet member for children and education, Councillor Simon Hackett, saw a wide range of school projects in action. Pupils, parents, carers and staff are this week donating tins, packets and household products for a harvest collection that will be used in the school food bank to help local families. As well as seeing this growing collection, Councillor Hackett also explored…
Illuminated Garden & Playground by Night on 4 November and Fireworks Evening on 5 November Join us for Sandwell’s biggest and best fireworks weekend with something to suit everyone from lighting displays and an illuminated playground to the area’s biggest ever firework display. Sandwell proudly played host to the swimming and diving events at the Commonwealth Games this year. Building on this celebration of our place in the world, the Sandwell Fireworks and Illuminated Garden weekend will have a theme of Sandwell Goes Global. On Friday 4 November 2022, Sandwell will host an Illuminated Garden and Playground by Night at…
The Book of Condolence for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Walsall Town Hall closed at 5pm on Tuesday 20 September 2022. Over 1,200 people including the Mayor of Walsall, Councillor Rose Martin, and the Lord-Lieutenant for the West Midlands, John Crabtree OBE, visited Walsall Town Hall to pay their respects, sign the Book of Condolence and view the floral tributes and read the notes of condolence laid outside the Town Hall. Since the news about the death of Queen Elizabeth II was announced on Thursday 8 September 2022, the residents of the Borough have been united in their grief…
The Motor Ombudsman is pleased to announce the launch of its 2022 Star Awards covering both the Garage Star and Customer Service Star accolades. The annual competition was introduced in 2020 to allow consumers to nominate a staff member or a business that is accredited to The Motor Ombudsman for going the extra mile to assist them during the past 12 months. Close to 1,100 nominations were received from motorists across the country in last year’s competition, which saw The Garage (Whitburn) in Scotland crowned the National Garage Star. With the contest once again open for entries from motorists until…
Well used to receiving Red Dot Design Awards for its road tyres, Kumho has now won one for its ‘Airborne Tire’, a revolutionary concept product aimed at the rapidly evolving UAM (Urban Air Mobility) sector. It is reckoned that by 2030 some 60 percent of the world’s population will be urban and with many major cities already close to gridlock on the ground, pressure is mounting to optimise the airspace above them. To that end a new generation of safe, sustainable and convenient aircraft, such as electrically-powered VTOL (Vertical Take-off and Landing) machines, are in development, and it is with…