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Tamworth Primary Academy create Birthday cards for Colonel Tom
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The artwork can be seen in the window at Bradly Scott Windows on Watling Street, who has previously displayed the Academy's artwork celebrating the NHS and key workers. PUPILS at Tamworth's Three Peaks Primary Academy...
Writing competition launched for Tamworth children
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CALLING all young story writers! Do you have a creative imagination? Do you enjoy writing short stories and would love to have your story read out by a local author? Then we have the competition...
COVID-19 bereavement: how to help children cope
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AS the Conoravirus death toll continues to rise, more and more youngsters are having to cope with the loss of a loved one. Former primary school teacher Catherine Lynch of education resources and lesson plan...
New Urban Era are spreading colour around the Town
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NEW Urban Era has been working on projects to keep families entertained during the Coronavirus crisis including video tutorials on social media from local Beatboxer Crmpts and Dancer Helen Martin. The Tamworth arts group have...
Ninety-nine percent of parents offered top choice primary school
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THE majority of parents in Staffordshire will find out today (April 16) that they have been allocated their top preferred primary school. 94 per cent of parents will find out that they have been allocated a...
Staffordshire’s investment in schools earmarked to continue
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MILLIONS of pounds are to be spent this year building new schools and upgrading others in Staffordshire. More than £26 million is being allocated to refurbish classrooms, improve facilities and reduce energy emissions, as well as...
Staffordshire Police supports national coronavirus online safety push
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PARENTS, children and young people are being urged to ensure they know how to stay safe online after warnings of an increased risk of child sex offending during the coronavirus crisis. Following the assessment by...
Praise for keeping schools open for key workers
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TEACHERS, nursery workers and other childcare professionals have been praised for doing a great job supporting the response to the current Coronavirus crisis. Philip White, Staffordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Learning and Employability, said...
Dance teacher from Tamworth convicted for further sexual abuse of pupils
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A former dance teacher who taught in Birmingham has been convicted of further sexual offences against his former pupils after previously receiving a five-year sentence in 2018. Neil Harris, of Dosthill, taught at a dance...
Get in your child’s good books for World Book Day
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TIME to take World Book Day back to its roots? A UK childcare provider is sharing its top tips to unleash a child’s creativity through storytelling and crafts. One of children’s most loved traditions, World...
Call to nominate Heroes for the FA & McDonald’s Grassroots Football Awards
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THE FA, McDonald’s UK and Sir Geoff Hurst are looking to celebrate grassroots football volunteers in the 2020 FA & McDonald’s Grassroots Football Awards Nominations are officially open for this year’s FA &...
Police are working to safeguard children from County Lines criminal gangs
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POLICE in Staffordshire have launched a crackdown on gangs who exploit children in the county through County Line drug dealing and other criminality. Working alongside Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Staffordshire County Council, particularly Children’s Services...
Childcare costs surge at over double the rate of inflation
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BRITAIN’S parents are paying 5% more for childcare for the under-twos than they were one year ago, according to the country’s most comprehensive annual survey of childcare costs, published today. Coram Family and Childcare’s 20th annual Childcare...
Ankerside promises ‘dino-mite’ fun at kids’ club
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PINT-SIZED palaeontologists are invited for a Jurassic lark around Ankerside Shopping Centre, where there will be some exciting dinosaur guests at the kids’ club to have mammoth amounts of fun with. The centre’s first Kids’...
Every child in England to be offered cycle training
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THE Government has today, Friday 7 February, announced all children in England will be taught the skills for a lifetime of cycling, as its Bikeability training programme is significantly expanded. The Cycling Minister, Chris Heaton-Harris...
Twycross Zoo forecasts fun this February half term
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WHATEVER the weather, there’s so much to see and do at Twycross Zoo during February half term! Families looking for a fun-filled day out should head to the Midlands conservation charity, where they can see...
Drayton Manor Park has ‘engine-eous’ way to keep families entertained this February half term!
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LOCAL family-favourite attraction, Drayton Manor Park, has the perfect way to keep the kids entertained this February half term. The Staffordshire-based park is inviting families from across the UK to spend their half-term break (8...
February half term fun in Lichfield
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FROM tennis and basketball to indoor football and park workshops, keep your children and young people busy this half-term in neighbouring Lichfield. Lichfield District Council has launched its February half-term holiday programme, which has a...
MenB vaccination has reduced meningitis and septicaemia in young children by almost two-thirds
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A NEW study by Public Health England (PHE) shows that infant vaccination against group B meningococcal disease (MenB) has resulted in a significant decline in cases of the disease in young children since the...
Tamworth couple take the express route to the home of their dreams
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A YOUNG couple from Tamworth upsized from a small two-bedroom semi to the five-bedroom home of their dreams in one quick and easy move. Jen and Ellie Holmes began renting their first home together in...
Local businesses are being urged to join this years Tamworth Urban Arts and Sports Festivities
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Local businesses are being urged to join this years Tamworth Urban Arts and Sports Festival and sponsor activities for the month-long event in 2020. To celebrate 10 years of NUE Organiser's plan to host a...
Businesses and St Giles Hospice unite to give special gift to bereaved local family
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Kind-hearted businesses have teamed up with staff and volunteers at St Giles Hospice to give a special extra Christmas present to a bereaved local family. Liam and Naomi Wright and their dad Andrew, from Lichfield...
Local family attraction helps disadvantaged children enjoy a Christmas to remember
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Local family-favourite attraction Drayton Manor Park gave thousands of underprivileged children a Christmas to remember when it welcomed charity, KidsOut, to its annual Drayton’s Magical Christmas event this week. The park welcomed over 3,000...
Local author EJ Parry has a successful book signing event at WHSmith
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On Saturday 23rd Nov, local author Ed Parry held a book signing event at WHSmith in Ventura Park. The event was a great success with many people stopping to chat about Ed’s mysterious dark thriller...
Girlguiding Tamworth is ready to welcome you!
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Girlguiding in Tamworth gives all girls and young women lots of opportunities to learn and experience new and exciting activities in a safe and unique girl-only space. We give girls a voice and change...
Tamworth Veterans launch new Outdoor Clothing company
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Muntanji, is a newly founded British Outdoor Clothing Company Headquartered in Birmingham and Created by two Veterans from the British Army who served under the local Tamworth Regiment the Mercians. The Mercian Regiment was formed...
Extra investment safeguarding Staffordshire children
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MILLIONS of pounds are to be invested in keeping more children out of care, Staffordshire County Council has said. Staffordshire County Council is allocating an additional £8.1m for additional frontline staff and more preventative...
Tamworth Air Cadets explore Parliament with MP Christopher Pincher
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OVER 20 air cadets of the 1122 Squadron, based in Tamworth, made their way down to Westminster to learn more about the war memorials within London, as well as visiting Parliament. The day in Parliament...