Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 by Geoff Wilding
The George Eliot Hospital is all set to launch a new text reminder system aimed at cutting the amount of missed outpatient appointments at the hospital.
A trial of the service will begin on Monday (2 November) for patients attending appointments for a few selected specialties. If successful, the scheme will be rolled out to all [...]
Community, Health, Nuneaton
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Monday, November 9th, 2009 by Geoff Wilding
Controversial plans to sell off the municipal Car park in Controversial plans to sell off the municipal Car park in Coleshill now hang in the balance.
At the North Warwickshire Planning Committee meeting on Monday 18th October the outline planning application to sell the car park to a supermarket developer squeaked through on the Chairman’s casting [...]
Coleshill, Mike O’Brien
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009 by Geoff Wilding
Under plans put forward by the Conservative Party, graduates in England would be offered a 10% discount on early repayments of their student loans, the Guardian tells us.
The plans, which aim to raise the £300m needed to fund an additional 10,000 university places next autumn, would allow graduates who made an early debt repayment of above £500 [...]
Politics
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009 by Geoff Wilding
Eco-friendly technology being fitted in homes undergoing major refurbishment at Hill Top has received the thumbs up from local councillors Les Smith and Carol Fox.
The small village of Hill Top near Arley is being redeveloped by Waterloo Housing Association working in partnership with North Warwickshire Borough Council.
The £4.3 million development, backed by a £1.9 million [...]
Hill Top, Technology
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Saturday, November 7th, 2009 by Geoff Wilding
Atherstone Town Councillors have had a busy month debating and acting on several issues.
Councillor Ray Jarvis has claimed that under the recent fire station changes being proposed by the County Council that Atherstone will in fact gain the addition of a new pump.
Lorraine Freer complained of lack of police action on certain issues, saying “policemen [...]
Atherstone, Atherstone Town Council, Community