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NEWS Police concerned for woman who left hospital before her treatment was completed
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OFFICERS from Staffordshire Police have launched an appeal to locate a woman who left hospital before her treatment was completed. The woman left A&E at Queens Hospital on Belvedere Road in Burton at...
Council programme helping people back to work
Appears in: / Community & Charity/ Education & Employment/ Staffordshire
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...
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NEWS Local MP joins campaign to save the George Bryan Centre
Appears in: / Community & Charity/ Health & Safety/ Staffordshire
THE Member of Parliament for Tamworth, the Rt. Hon. Christopher Pincher MP has joined the campaign to save the George Bryan Centre in Mile Oak from closure. Christopher Pincher told Tamworth Informed: "When the...
Three Men Wanted Following Distraction Burglaries in Staffordshire
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ Incidents & Appeals/ Staffordshire
OFFICERS from Staffordshire Police are appealing to the public to get in touch if they have seen, or have any information on the whereabouts of three men Police want to speak with the men following...
Staffordshire traders demonstrate responsible knife sales during trading standards operation
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ StaffordshireHeadline
NEARLY all shops visited as part of a trading standards knife sales test purchase operation refused to sell to underage volunteers. During a week-long operation, underage volunteers working with the trading standards team were refused...
South Staffs Water customers invited to discuss their water bills at roadshows
Appears in: / Business/ Community & Charity/ Staffordshire
SOUTH Staffs Water is holding roadshows so that customers can get advice about their water bills. South Staffs Water household customers will continue to receive the lowest combined water and sewerage bill in England and...
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NEWS JOIN OUR CAMPAIGN – Save the George Bryan Centre
Appears in: / Health & Safety/ StaffordshireHeadline
IN response to the sad news last week that the George Bryan Centre in Mile Oak is to close, initially temporarily, we have launched a campaign asking the Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust to re-think the...
Go orange to support St Giles Hospice on 3rd April
Appears in: / Community & Charity/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
FAMILIES, friends, fundraisers and businesses are being asked to ‘go orange’ for St Giles Hospice as part of an awareness campaign on Wednesday, 3 April. St Giles is asking the community to join forces in...
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NEWS Tamworth’s George Bryan Centre to close
Appears in: / Health & Safety/ StaffordshireHeadline
TAMWORTH Informed has learned this afternoon that the George Bryan Centre at Mile Oak is to close. The George Bryan Centre offers inpatient support for patients suffering from mental ill-health and sits in the grounds...
Thousands expected in Staffordshire for Midlands Grand National
Appears in: / Entertainment/ Leisure & Sport/ Staffordshire
AS Staffordshire prepares to host The Marston's 61 Deep Midlands Grand National over the weekend, people are being reminded to plan ahead and allow extra time for their journeys. This Saturday (16 March) will see...
Local people invited to shine the spotlight on local policing
Appears in: / Community & Charity/ Crime & Justice/ Staffordshire
STAFFORDSHIRE and Stoke-on-Trent residents are being invited to join their local Safer Neighbourhood Panel to shine a spotlight on local policing and make Staffordshire’s Police Service the most open, transparent and ethical in the UK...
Management plan proposed for Countryside Estates
Appears in: / Environment/ Leisure & Sport/ Staffordshire
PLANS to share management of Staffordshire’s country parks, picnic areas and greenways are set to move to the next stage. Under the proposals Staffordshire County Council will look to transfer management, but not ownership, of...
Specsavers is pumped for charity bike ride at Ankerside
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THE team at the Ankerside branch of Specsavers are this week gearing up for charity cycle event in aid of Comic Relief. This Friday from 8am, staff from the popular optical retailer will be donning...
Police team up for fight vehicle crime
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
TAMWORTH and Lichfield officers have teamed up with partners from the West Midlands in an operation to deter and disrupt criminals in the local area. Over a three day period, from 4-6 March, officers from...
Local CBD brand swaps sugar for inulin in their capsules
Appears in: / Business/ Staffordshire
TAMWORTH-based CBD company, Prime CBD, have recently announced that they have renovated their CBD capsule recipe, to replace the sugar derived power for vegetable fibre, inulin, in a bid to cater for people with all...
Staffordshire’s children’s social services rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted
Appears in: / Staffordshire/ Young PeopleHeadline
VULNERABLE children in Staffordshire continue to be well looked after by the county council’s social services. An Ofsted inspection of children’s social care services published today confirms that the authority has retained its overall rating...
Countdown is on to this year’s medieval-themed St George’s Day fun
Appears in: / Entertainment/ Leisure & Sport/ Staffordshire
TAMWORTH’S popular St George’s Day extravaganza is back for 2019 with an exciting new line-up of entertainment set to take over the Castle Grounds. There will be medieval-themed fun for the whole family on Saturday...
Tamworth fire crews attempt to rescue dog from water
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FIRE crews, including one from Tamworth, are currently trying to rescue a dog that has got into trouble in water. The crews are using specialist water rescue equipment in an attempt to rescue the dog...
View from the House – 9th March 2019
Appears in: / Politics/ Staffordshire/ UK News
HELLO and welcome to my weekly View from the House for Tamworth Informed. On Monday I with the senior Staffordshire County Council team, including the Council leader Cllr Philip Atkins. They gave an update...
Mums go potty for CBD skincare!
Appears in: / Business/ Staffordshire
CANNABIDIOL (CBD) has become a bonafide skin care trend since it was legalised in the UK back in November 2018, and is making its way into all sorts of day to day products. Tamworth-based leading...
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service gets new wheels
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STAFFORDSHIRE Fire and Rescue Service’s new fire engines are ready to become fully operational. The first six of 11 Rosenbauer Advanced Technology fire appliances will be seen out and about from today on the...
Tamworth Firefighter Killed in Tragic Crash
Appears in: / Incidents & Appeals/ Staffordshire/ Transport
A 31-year-old Tamworth firefighter who died following a collision in Newhaven has been named as Alex Taylor. Mr Taylor, who was from Penkridge, Stafford, and was off-duty at the time of the incident, was riding...
Christopher Pincher MP encourages Tamworth schools to enter national Carbon Monoxide awareness competition
Appears in: / Education & Employment/ Staffordshire/ Young People
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...
Employers Across Tamworth and Lichfield urged to make tackling Domestic Abuse their Business
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ StaffordshireHeadline
BUSINESSES, local authorities and other organisations across Tamworth and Lichfield are being urged to join a new campaign tackling domestic abuse. The Workplace Champions programme is the first Staffordshire-wide scheme of its kind to offer...
Is your cooking a recipe for disaster?
Appears in: / Community & Charity/ Incidents & Appeals/ Staffordshire
STAFFORDSHIRE Fire and Rescue Service launches a campaign today (March 5) to reduce the number of cooking fires. Cooking fires make up more than 25 per cent of accidental dwelling fires across the Service’s area...
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...
2019 Marks a Bright Future for MIdlands SMEs, says Adams Moore Ltd
Appears in: / Business/ North Warwickshire/ Staffordshire
ACCOUNTANCY and Business Advice Firm, Adams Moore Ltd, is reassuring SMEs that Birmingham and the West Midlands continue to thrive in the face of Brexit uncertainty. The Tamworth based firm is promoting ‘agile business’ and highlighting...
No manslaughter charges after tragic incident at Tamworth theme park
Appears in: / Health & Safety/ Leisure & Sport/ Staffordshire
STAFFORDSHIRE Police has now formally handed over the investigation into the death of 11-year-old Evha Jannath, who died after falling from a ride at Drayton Manor theme park to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)...