Being elected to the very first time. Im detecting a lot of scepticism talking to voters in this part of the world about the idea of having another elected politician and that may well be borne out in the low turnout we get it eventually but that once people understand what a mayor does and we have seen that in Greater Manchester and the midlands, and those politicians tend to be very well known and they tend to be very well known and they tend to do and perform quite well and in many respects this is different was happening in the West Midlands and the tees valley where you have two conservative incumbents that have quite successfully managed to create a sense of them being apolitical, really, standing up for the region and not having to go along with the party is doing nationally. Thats not necessarily the case here is i dont think the conservative candidate will do that in quite the same way here as they dont have a track record to speak of. The expectation is that labour are in a v
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Newcastle borough has been taken off a list off coronavirus hotspots - after seeing cases fall in recent weeks.
Jan 17, 2021
People who must leave their homes during the lockdown are being urged to keep getting tested – as eight new community testing centres open across Staffordshire on Monday.
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The centres, one in each district and borough, will aim to offer testing seven days a week for people without symptoms.
These will be supported by community testing pop-ups in hotspot areas which see the highest numbers of cases.
Dr Johnny McMahon, Staffordshire County Council’s cabinet member for health, care and wellbeing, said: “While everyone should be staying at home as much as possible, there are some people who have a legitimate need to be out and about, for example for essential shopping or because they cannot work from home.