Welsh Liberal Democrats Launch Plan to Save NHS Dentistry in Wales Interest Rate Rise Signals More Pain for Homeowners in Powys Welsh Liberal Democrats Launch Plan to Save NHS Dentistry in Wales The Welsh Liberal Democrats have launched their plans to save NHS dentistry in Wales, warning that unless the Welsh Labour Government takes action now NHS dentistry risks going extinct. The Party have accused Labour Ministers in Cardiff Bay of utterly failing to get to grips with the problem, allowing an appalling two-tier system of dentistry in Wales to flourish whereby if you can afford it you go private, ...
Number of GP practices falls by over 500 since 2019 Lib Dems call for ban on strip searches in schools Coffey attacks farming journalists Number of GP practices falls by over 500 since 2019 Lib Dem Leader launches Local Election campaign calling for a return to "proper local health services" amid GP shortages and appointment delays Rural areas "bearing the brunt of GP practice closures", forcing people to drive long distances to see a doctor Government on course to break Conservative manifesto pledge on doctor recruitment as GP numbers plummet by over 850 since the last election New analysis of ...
Good news: repair work on the wall that closed the Bridgnorth Cliff Railway began yesterday. Bad news: a row is brewing over who will pay for it. The wall in question is the one on the left-hand side of the photograph above. BBC News reports The owner of a cliff railway has said he will walk away if he is asked to pay for repairs to a nearby wall. Dr Malvern Tipping, who has run the railway in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, for 12 years, said the wall is the responsibility of the town council and he could not afford the likely ...
The tragic news that Primary headteacher Ruth Perry took her own life after the primary school she led was downgraded from Outstanding to Inadequate after an inspection in November 2022 has shone a spotlight on the schools inspectorate, OfSTED. It has led to calls to review how these high stakes inspections take place and into the aftermath they wreak. It took over a week for the Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman to publish a rather tin-eared statement outlining sympathy with Mrs Perry, her family and the school but making it very clear that inspections will continue unabated and unchanged. At least ...
The Shropshire Liberal Democrat group on Shropshire Council has submitted a motion to the next meeting of Shropshire Council calling on the council to express its concern over national funding cuts for walking and cycling. The group also wants the council to agree in principle allocating a dedicated budget for active travel from 2024. Andy Boddington, Shropshire Councillor for Ludlow North says: "The time has never been better to provide infrastructure for active travel. "Health budgets are stretched. Cycling and walking improves health. "Shropshire Council's budget is stretched. Active travel schemes are cheaper than new or improved roads and will ...
In May 2022 Putin issued a new decree to make it easier for Russians to adopt Ukrainian children. In addition, Russian officials announced it would extend government support to Russian families who adopt kidnapped Ukrainian children resulting in more than 16,000 being deported to Russia. The abducted children are forced to learn Russian, are denied contact with their families to "Russify" them by providing "patriotic education" and is considered an act of Genocide. Although some children are being taken from orphanages, many have parents who were coerced into allowing their children to go and others were simply murdered. Daria Gerasimchuk, ...
Shropshire Council's customer service centre enquiries about 50 or so council services, including by phone. The telephone lines are currently open for 54 hours, six days a week from 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 1pm on Saturdays. The council is consulting on options to reduce the call centre hours to five days a week and presenting three options: 30 hours a week. Monday to Friday 9am to 3pm, closed Saturdays (the councils preferred option). 30 hours a week. Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm, closed Saturdays. Monday and Tuesday 9am to 3.30pm, Wednesday and Thursday 9am ...
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The Independent reports on the judgement of the chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), Richard Hughes that the impact of Brexit on the UK economy is on the same "magnitude" as the Covid pandemic and energy price crisis, and that it will take five years before people's spending power recovers to pre-coronavirus levels. They say that Hughes confirmed that it will take five years before people's spending power recovers to pre-coronavirus levels: Asked how much stronger the economy would have been without Brexit, he told the BBC: "We think that, in the long run, [Brexit] reduces our overall ...
The Dundee Creative Writing Group meets this Thursday at Blackness Library. Running from 10am to 12 noon, all welcome!
