The site in Middleton St George that could see the construction of 260 dwellings Picture via Google Maps THE NHS Tees Valley Clinical Commissioning Group have expressed their concern over the impact of plans to build 260 houses on land in Darlington. The land, which is in Middleton St George and to the South West of Station road, could see 236 two-storey houses, 24 bungalows. Of those houses 36 could be two-bedroom houses, 71 could be three-bedroom houses, 109 could be four-bedroom houses and 44 could be five-bedroom houses. However, a local NHS consultee has expressed their concern over their ability to care for the increase in population if the developers did not contribute to the local GP practices.
All aboard the vaccine bus! Venues in Middlesbrough to deliver walk-up jabs to over 40s
The bus will deliver NHS vaccinations for over-40s still waiting to get their covid vaccination
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A mosque and library will be among the destinations for a vaccine bus aimed at boosting the numbers of jabs in Middlesbrough.
By Alex Metcalfe
Stockton Council has drawn up a new strategy for children and young people in the borough who have special educational needs and disabilities. Picture: BRUCE MEWETT FROM PIXABAY STOCKTON Council has set out a strategy for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The aim is to protect them from harm and make sure they are supported to be “the best they can be in life”, achieving their full potential and ambitions, while living as independently as possible. The strategy includes a number of priorities, including ensuring that in most cases those in the SEND category have their needs met in local mainstream schools, but also developing and maintaining a range of high quality specialist provision for those that need it.
Concern over Covid testing take-up as officials monitor Indian variant TOO few people are coming forward for covid-19 tests in Stockton amid continued concern over the potential impact of the Indian variant which has taken hold in some parts of the country. Sarah Bowman-Abouna, the borough’s director of public health, told a health and wellbeing board meeting that testing activity in the town was “quite low”. She said: “We need to continue to encourage people to get tested where they don’t have symptoms.” Ms Bowman-Abouna said the North-East as a whole had seen a high rate of increase in the Indian covid variant, but actual numbers of positive cases involving the variant were small.
TOO few people are coming forward for Covid-19 tests in Stockton amid continued concern over the potential impact of the Indian variant of the virus which has taken hold in some parts of the country. Sarah Bowman-Abouna, the borough’s director of public health, told a health and wellbeing board meeting that testing activity in the town was “quite low”. She said: “We need to continue to encourage people to get tested where they don’t have symptoms.” Ms Bowman-Abouna said the North-East as a whole had seen a high rate of increase in the Indian Covid variant, but actual numbers of positive cases involving the variant were small.