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School minibus exemptions should be scrapped to prevent road tragedies - union
TEACHERS should not be allowed to drive school and college minibuses without formal qualifications or statutory safeguards, a teaching union has said. The NASUWT teaching union is calling for exemptions that allow schools and colleges to run minibuses
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Man left haunted by mother's care "hell" in final months
A MAN has been left haunted by the suffering he says his elderly mother endured in the final chapter of her life after a fall at home took her into hospital then into care. Anthony Gardiner’s mother Ida had been living independently at her home
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Dudley man tells of mother's 'horrific experience' in 'no choice' care home
A DUDLEY man has told of the sad demise his elderly mother with dementia suffered after being discharged with ‘no choice’ to a nursing home after a brief hospital stay. The woman, from Coseley, was sent to Ryland View in Tipton after a spell in
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Heartache as elderly hospital patients discharged to care homes with no choice
BEREAVED families in Dudley have told of the heartache suffered at seeing elderly and vulnerable hospitalised relatives discharged with no choice whatsoever to poorly rated care homes to free up hospital beds. The Dudley Group has been operating
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Letter from Westminster: Dudley South MP Mike Wood
STATE Opening of Parliament is always an incredible occasion, but the first King’s Speech for more than 70 years was even more special. Last week, His Majesty set out 21 laws that the Government intend to pass over the next year. I know from