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Tamworth Enterprise College keeps students on track with 1:1 tuition
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TAMWORTH Enterprise College is leading the way when it comes to keeping students learning and developing throughout the COVID-lockdown. Each week, 95 Year 10 students have been benefiting from personalised 1:1 tuition on Maths and...
Tamworth in focus for #ShopSafelyInStaffs films
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A NEW video focusing on Tamworth town centre has been released online to help boost the local economy. Businesses across Tamworth showcased innovative measures to ensure the safety of staff and customers, while shoppers shared...
Could you help school run traffic problems in September?
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MORE children are being encouraged to think about walking or cycling to school when everyone returns to the classroom in September. With fewer places available on public transport for the foreseeable future, Staffordshire County Council...
£1M Distributed Across Staffordshire In Three Months To Help Charities And Voluntary Groups During Coronavirus
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THE Community Foundation for Staffordshire has announced that they have distributed over £1,000,000 to charities and voluntary groups across the county in three months to support the organisations during COVID-19. The Foundation has used...
Could Tamworth Boots stores face cuts?
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AFTER the announcement earlier today that he Tamworth John Lewis at Home store is to remain closed, there is more sad news that Boots are to close a number of its stores, putting a further...
Tamworth’s John Lewis at Home will not re-open it has been confirmed
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SADLY John Lewis and Partners have confirmed today that they a permanently closing a number of their stores in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Unfortunately for the local economy and employees of the company...
Steelwork completes on 2 new £7m industrial and logistics buildings at Core 42 Tamworth
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MIDLANDS based developer Hodgetts Estates has completed steelwork on two new warehouse and general industrial units at its 700,000 sq ft business park scheme Core 42 Tamworth, near Junction 10 M42 and adjacent to...
Community learning programme thrives despite COVID-19 crisis
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A COUNTY council-led adult community learning service is thriving despite lockdown restrictions thanks to prompt adaptation by teachers and participants. Whilst predominantly a classroom-based and face-to-to face service pre-COVID-19, the Staffordshire Community Learning Service quickly...
Children urged to join Silly Squad for Summer Reading Challenge
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CHILDREN from across Staffordshire are invited to join Silly Squad as part of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge. Supported by Staffordshire County Council’s Libraries Service, the Summer Reading Challenge is the annual campaign to encourage...
Project D advertises the sweetest job in Tamworth – doughnut taste testers
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DIE-HARD doughnut fans are being given the opportunity of a lifetime by a bakery which is looking to recruit an army of sweet-toothed taste testers. Project D delivers a range of handcrafted doughnuts, which are...
17,400 Tamworth jobs protected due to unprecedented measures announced by Chancellor
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Tamworth and our local villages have received unprecedented economic support to protect jobs and businesses during the Coronavirus outbreak, the Government has said. In Tamworth and the surrounding villages, 14,500 jobs have been protected...
Decision to allow new classrooms at Dosthill Primary Academy deferred
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TONIGHT, Tuesday 9 June, Councillors on Tamworth Borough Councils planning committee voted 10 to 1 to defer making a decision for a block containing six new classrooms at Dosthill Primary Acadamy. Councillors decided that there...
Parish maps to lift the lid on 19th century life in Staffordshire
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PEOPLE interested in their local family and parish history can now access digitised images of a unique collection of historic parish maps online. Tithe maps of the 1840s are often the earliest detailed maps of...
Schools in Staffordshire step-up to the challenge of re-opening to more students
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AROUND three-quarters of the county’s 313 primary schools in Staffordshire are expected to open to more pupils today (June 1), with nearly all primary schools expected to open in the next two weeks. Social distancing...
Libraries continue to see rise in demand for e-books
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PEOPLE looking to keep themselves entertained over the bank holiday weekend are being reminded of the range of e-books and e-magazines available from Staffordshire’s libraries service. The reminder comes as the demand for the eBook...
Staffordshire County Council help launch new careers for Harry and Megan
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Staffordshire's own Harry and Megan now have new jobs thanks to the County Council scheme. YOUNG people continue to get their foot on the career ladder thanks to a work experience programme delivered by Staffordshire...
County support for businesses and employees highlighted as out-of-work claimant figure rises
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A COUNTY Council business and employee support campaign is promoting a range of schemes launched as a result of the coronavirus crisis as the number of out-of-work benefit claimants in Staffordshire increases. Together with the...
Lichfield Cutlery Firm Sees Change During Lockdown
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AFTER the first closure in its 118-year history, Staffordshire cutlery firm Arthur Price is reporting a change in the products it is currently selling, illustrating how life has changed during lockdown. The shops and factories...
Tamworth tech pioneers Enlighten support home learning and Covid-19 awareness with new Augmented Reality solutions
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TECH pioneers Enlighten AR have produced new material to support people worried about Covid-19 and to help with homeschooling during the lockdown. The Tamworth based Augmented Reality specialist, Enlighten AR, have developed learning material which...
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...
Family of former shop fitter killed by asbestos appeal for answers regarding his death
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THE family of a former shop fitter from Staffordshire are appealing for help to establish how he contracted the asbestos-related cancer which claimed his life. The family of the father of two who died from...
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...
Library service expands its online offering to meet demand
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STAFFORDSHIRE’S library service is expanding its online eBooks service to meet rising demand during the Coronavirus crisis. Demand for the eBook service has risen sharply since people were told to stay at home, apart from...
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...
More money for schools approved by County Council
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MONEY to build two new schools in Staffordshire has been approved, along with millions of pounds worth of improvements to existing buildings. The £26m package which will include the new schools was approved today (April...
New High Sheriff of Staffordshire declared online – first time in over 1000 years
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A 1000-year-old ceremonial position, the oldest in the UK, has officially started for the first time ‘virtually’ due to COVID-19. Commander Charles Bagot Jewitt (Royal Navy) formally gave his declaration via weblink as the new...
School and nursery staff praised for Bank Holiday support for key workers
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SCHOOL and nursery staff working through the double Bank Holiday weekend to support key workers are being thanked for doing a great job helping others. Since schools closed to pupils in general, they have continued...
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...