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Council programme helping people back to work
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HUNDREDS of people are getting their foot on the career ladder thanks to an innovative programme delivered by Staffordshire County Council. The Open Door programme, which was introduced in 2009, helps prepare people for the...
Kids have fun finding out how PHE protects the nation during British Science Week
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THOUSANDS of children from across the West Midlands and the country made their way to the NEC Birmingham to visit the Big Bang Fair (13 to 16 March), one of the many events organised...
MP champions Government support of the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme
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THE School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme (SFVS) is a Government programme that entitles every child aged 4-6 in fully state-funded schools to a piece of fruit or vegetable each school day. Across England, this equates...
Tamworth MP welcomes Rawlett School to Westminster
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LAST week Year 7 from Rawlett School visited Parliament as part of their studies. As well as learning about the history of British Democracy, they also had the opportunity to sit with Tamworth MP, Christopher...
Christopher Pincher MP encourages Tamworth schools to enter national Carbon Monoxide awareness competition
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PRIMARY schools across Tamworth are being encouraged to take part in a national competition to raise awareness of the dangers of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Local MP, Christopher Pincher, is writing to local schools to encourage...
South Korean officials visit Tamworth company who make huge waves to address an international mental health crisis
Appears in: / Business/ Education & Employment/ Staffordshire
A MAJOR delegation of South Korean political leaders is visiting Tamworth, Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent following an extraordinary link up with a small Staffordshire tech company. Enlighten, from Tamworth, are at the forefront of developing "tech...
Tamworth High Schools – how do they perform?
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WITH parents across the Borough and surrounding areas finding out whether their children got their first choice of High School today - we wanted to let you all know how each School scored in...
Christopher Pincher MP welcomes Government roll-out of ID cards for Armed Forces veterans
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A NEW ID card for armed forces veterans, which will help them access specialist support and services, has started to be issued to service leavers. From the end of February, any personnel who have left...
Apprenticeship Success for Tamworth Business
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TAMWORTH-BASED Apollo Chemicals is celebrating the success of its apprenticeship programme as it's first ever apprentice completes his training and two more start their journey. Based on Amington Industrial Estate, Apollo Chemicals is the UK’s...
Nine out of 10 Staffordshire parents allocated their first choice secondary school
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ACROSS Staffordshire, more than nine out of 10 parents will learn today (Friday) that they have been allocated their first choice secondary school. Of the 7917 applications made for transfer at age 11, nearly 92...
Local MP Christopher Pincher gets behind National Apprenticeship Week 2019
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LOCAL Tamworth MP Christopher Pincher is supporting National Apprenticeship Week 2019 (NAW2019), highlighting the benefits of apprenticeships to employers, individuals, local communities and the wider economy in a week-long celebration of apprenticeships. The ‘Blaze a Trail’...
BBC Presenter Lined Up for Media Student Awards
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A TALENTED young radio presenter will be a guest speaker at the Midlands Media Student Awards, being held in Birmingham on Wednesday, 10 April. Alex Noble (pictured), a graduate from the University of Nottingham, showcases...
MP announces support for Government campaign to recruit more adult social care workers locally
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TAMWORTH MP, Christopher Pincher has joined MPs across the United Kingdom in supporting a national recruitment campaign from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), to address the 110,000 vacancies in adult social care...
Local company helps ex-forces professionals find employment
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A COMPANY based just outside of Tamworth has made a commitment to help professionals who were in the Armed Forces find their next career path. Ex-Forces Recruitment Specialist, ERS has been established to help Ex-Armed...
Helping to keep children safe online talks coming to Tamworth schools
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ADVICE for staying safe online is being delivered to hundreds of primary school children across Tamworth over the next few weeks as part of activities surrounding the 2019 Safer Internet Day and special event at Ankerside...
4 of 5 Tamworth High Schools performing below average
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FIGURES released by the Department for Education have placed four of the five High Schools in Tamworth in the 'below average' category. The latest figures were released by the Department for Education this week...
Midlands Media Students Awards back on the calendar
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THE talents of the Midlands’ next-generation journalists and photographers are to be showcased at an awards ceremony hosted by Birmingham Press Club. The Press Club is to revive the Midlands Media Students’ Awards, after a...
Staffordshire starts 2019 with continued near full employment
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FOUNDATIONS are being laid for more job creation in Staffordshire’s key industry sectors as the county starts 2019 with continued near full employment. Latest figures released today show that just 1.3 per cent of...
Twycross Zoo to host a Home Schooler Day Out!
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Building on its award-winning schools' programme, Twycross Zoo is now gearing up for its first ever, Home Schoolers Days on Wednesday 23rd January and Wednesday 30th January, with tickets from just £5.50! A BBC...
Pledge for better working to support children with Special Educational Needs
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STAFFORDSHIRE County Council will bring partners and families together to improve services for children with special needs following a review. A joint report by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission into the delivery of Special...
Rawlett School to be expanded
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A TAMWORTH Secondary school will be expanded to accommodate 300 more pupils, it has been announced. Staffordshire County Council’s cabinet has made the decision to expand The Rawlett School, an AET Academy, and increase the...
Jaguar Land Rover confirms 4,500 job cuts
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JAGUAR Land Rover (JLR) has this afternoon confirmed it is cutting 4,500 jobs, as part of £2.5bn plan to reverse losses JLR, which employs over 40,000 people in the UK had already...
County Council to decide on Rawlett expansion
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A TAMWORTH Secondary school could be expanded to accommodate more pupils. Staffordshire County Council’s cabinet will decide on whether to expand The Rawlett School, an AET Academy, and increase the school’s capacity from 960 to...
Tamworth man speaks of years of being bullied – in the hope of helping others
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A BRAVE man from Tamworth has spoken out about years of being on the receiving end of bullies, in the hope that it may help other people or better still, prevent bullying. Mike Jewkes, who...
Parents urged to get their primary school applications in
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PARENTS are being urged to get their primary school applications in over the Christmas period, well before the 15 January 2019 deadline. Last year, the county council offered nine out of 10 parents their first...
Twycross Zoo offers a festive treat for educators
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TWYCROSS Zoo is gifting educators FREE* entry from Boxing Day until New Years Eve, Wednesday 26th December to Monday 31st December 2018 in recognition of all their hard work and commitment throughout the year...
Tamworth MP Christopher Pincher visits global exporter Ascott Analytical Equipment Ltd
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WORLD-LEADING climate testing equipment manufacturer Ascott Analytical Equipment Ltd welcomed Tamworth MP Christopher Pincher to its newly-expanded headquarters. Mr Pincher was greeted by Business Development Manager Tim Hearn and Chairman Chris Gates, who founded the...
Tiz the Season to Be Jolly? Not if You Have Lost Your Hearing!
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MIDLANDS resident, Tom Kane has made a personal appeal for people to show a little patience when talking to the hard of hearing this Christmas. Tom, has worn two hearing aids since 2000 due to...