[ad_1] news, local-news, A new “well-being service” where people can be referred to and a six-level, re-imagined mental health system are among the recommendations of Victoria’s Royal Commission. The Royal Commission, called in 2019, identified new referral points – for both children and adults – could fill a gap between intervention and emergency mental health…
[ad_1] Help is needed to restore Post Office provision on the Isle of Wight. That is the message from Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely and Island charity Community Action IW. No replacement has yet been found for the main Newport Post Office, which closed last week when the Co-op which housed it closed its…
[ad_1] One in three aged care residents in Australia has suffered substandard care, according to a damning royal commission report which has urged sweeping reforms. The final report and its 148 recommendations was made public on Monday after a two-year inquiry which heard countless tales of abuse and neglect. Up to 18 per cent of…
[ad_1] ACTIVISTS have raised concerns about Oxford University’s ‘toxic’ relationship with fossil fuel after it accepted millions from big oil companies despite its climate pledge. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request made by the Oxford Mail to the university revealed that, in 2019-2020, it received between one and five million pounds from both oil company…
[ad_1] A new fire station was opened in Darlington on Monday, marking a new chapter in fighting fires that goes back centuries to the Great Fire of Darlington – nearly a century before a certain conflagration down south… The Great Fire of Darlington swept through the wooden buildings of High Row and Skinnergate, rendering 800…
[ad_1] Touché! The VERY cutting responses sent by big name brands to keyboard warriors on Twitter – including Tesco Mobile joking that a customer had no friends Amomedia rounded up viral tweets posted on company accounts for a gallery Pizza Hut mocked Leeds United after the Yorkshire football club’s social media account said that rival…
[ad_1] AROUND 7,000 new homes could be created within Bradford city centre through the District’s proposed Local Plan. The document, which is currently out to public consultation, sets out where homes should and shouldn’t be built in Bradford, and will dictate developments until 2038. Current targets show Bradford needs to create 1,700 new homes a…
[ad_1] A new initiative to encourage more members of the public to take up sign language as an extra language and skill, is now available to residents of Wirral. The Signs4Life scheme helps people to communicate and engage with children and adults who may have hearing impairments. Hana Riaz, Signs4Life partnerships officer, explains: “There are…
[ad_1] For the first time in nearly 50 years, the Commonwealth Day service in Westminster Abbey, attended by the Queen, the Prime Minister and faith leaders, has been cancelled. But I’m told Her Majesty is delighted that the Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, is flying the flag for the Commonwealth, which she heads, in a special…
[ad_1] Every week, dozens of funeral notices and birth announcements are made in the Hull Daily Mail. Announcing the death of a family member has been a time-honoured tradition for family and loved ones, a tradition which should continue as a life should be celebrated and never forgotten. There have been many different ways to…