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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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 by Geoff Wilding
HUNDREDS of workers at delivery firm TNT staged a protest rally against pay cuts which union leaders claim are crippling the workforce.
About 400 employees at the parcel delivery company marched through Atherstone Town centre on the 28th of September before demonstrating outside the firm’s head-quarters in Long Street.
Claims were made that full-time staff will losemore [...]
Atherstone, Community, TNT
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Monday, October 12th, 2009 by David Wilding
Dan Byles, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for North Warwickshire & Bedworth, last night (September 29th 2009) attended the first public meeting being held to discuss controversial proposals which could see up to seven fire stations closing across Warwickshire.
The meeting was chaired by County Councillor Colin Hayfield, and also present were County Councillor and Portfolio Holder Richard [...]
Atherstone, Community, Dan Byles, Mike O’Brien
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Sunday, October 11th, 2009 by Geoff Wilding
Pub equipment not to blame
Two fire crews and technicians from Eon the electricity suppliers were called to this Market Square pub on Monday evening (September 21st 2009).
What was believed to be an electrical fault in the cellar triggered fire alarms and the premis-es were evacuated. The Angel was hosting a Wake at the time of [...]
Atherstone, Community, Market Square
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Friday, November 30th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
Despite one local book trader describing the Book town concept in Atherstone as ‘dead’, October 2007 saw representatives from the Borough exchanging greetings with the people of Becherel as part of a fact-finding visit to find out more about this well established booktown in France.
Peter Playdon of Throckmortons bookshop in The Market Square made his [...]
Atherstone, Booktown, Business, News, North Warwickshire
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
Franchisee Dave Carter of the Atherstone branch of Clive’s Easylearn Pop Music Schools is proud to be a signatory to a new government initiative which aims to promote opportunities in music for young people.
At the heart of the initiative is the desire to give every child the chance to experience the power of music, thereby [...]
Atherstone, Business, Community, Entertainment, News