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Praise for Staffordshire County Council for improvements made to children’s services following 'requires improvement' ranking - here's why
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (535+ words) Ofsted nspectors say there has been a "significant improvement" in the way Staffordshire County Council responds to concerns over vulnerable children after it was rated as 'requires improvement' previously. Ofsted rated Staffordshire County Council"s children"s services as "requirements…...
Primary school making a splash in pop up swimming pool
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (379+ words) Erdington Hall Primary school, part of Summit Learning Trust, has been provided with a temporary pop up swimming pool and changing rooms by Aspire Education Group with Swim:ED, for this half term of the new year. As part of…...
From obstacle courses to empty shops: reader criticises Dudley, plus a look back at students’ race car
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (255+ words) From obstacle courses to empty shops: reader criticises Dudley, plus a look back at students" race car'expressandstar.com From obstacle courses to empty shops: reader criticises Dudley, plus a look back at students" race car Dudley is now a shanty…...
Imogen, 11, is helping millions of children with diabetes - find out how she is a key part of pioneering research in the West Midlands
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (972+ words) A simple blood test developed in the West Midlands has helped in the crucial early diagnosis of diabetes in children. Imogen Norman, 11, is among those diagnosed early thanks to a technique developed by the University of Birmingham. Amy Norman, 44, from…...
‘Urgent need’ to improve sex and reproductive health education, researchers warn
1+ week, 6+ day ago (484+ words) There is an "urgent need" to improve the quality of sex and reproductive health education, researchers have said. Schools take different approaches to reproductive health education, UCL professors have said, and students can be left with a "very patchy education…...
Walsall woman’s job hunt joy: ‘After 10 months and 300 applications, I’m finally back in work’
2+ week, 1+ day ago (698+ words) Britain's jobs market is getting tougher - and Megan Naish, from Walsall, is living proof. Each month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes its Labour Force Survey, and each month it tells an evermore downbeat story of more and more…...
'Dudley has been turned into a shanty town' - Traders speak out on the impact Merry Hill Shopping Centre has had on the town 40 years on
2+ week, 2+ day ago (441+ words) 40 years ago after the Merry Hill centre opened, Mark Andrews looks at the continued legacy it has had on Dudley. Alison Wade recalls the first time she visited Dudley, as a teenager on work experience in 1984. "When I first came…...
Jesy Nelson ‘right to challenge’ twins’ diagnosis process, says Streeting
3+ week, 21+ hour ago (573+ words) The Health Secretary was responding to news shared by the former Little Mix star that her babies have been diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy. The Health Secretary has said Jesy Nelson was "right" to challenge the screening process for spinal…...
Vaccines crisis - Why nurses will be sent into Midland homes to persuade parents to protect children from mumps, measles and chickenpox
3+ week, 5+ day ago (772+ words) Nurses will be send into homes to tackle alarmingly low vaccination rates among children in the West Midlands. The region is part of a "2 million pilot scheme aiming to improve immunisation rates. It comes after figures released last year showed…...
Wolverhampton-born MD living with cancer hopes for Black Country support as she plans 'one heck of a party' for charity
3+ week, 6+ day ago (416+ words) A Wolverhampton-born businesswoman is looking forward to 'one heck of a party' as part of her quest to raise "100,000 for breast cancer charities. Jothie Walford has worked her way up from a sales role at Worcester-based home and garden design…...