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Edith Cavell campaign calls for coin to honour WWI heroine
Norfolk carer must never be forgotten
Thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for World War I nurse Edith Cavell to be commemorated on a new £2 coin.
Cavell helped more than 200 allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium but was shot by a German firing squad.
The petition was started after it was announced that former war secretary Lord Kitchener would feature on a coin.
A Royal Mint spokeswoman said future designs would include other figures connected with the war.
But she said she could not confirm or deny whether Cavell would be among them.
‘The sheer waste’
Sioned-Mair Richards, 55, who started the petition, said she was surprised and delighted at the support for it.
“It’s really struck a chord with people,” she said.
Ms Richards, a Labour member of Sheffield City Council and a former mayor of Carmarthen, said she had admired Cavell since she was a girl.
Cancer carers ‘overlooked’ by NHS
Macmillan Cancer Support said that so-called “cancer carers” are being “overlooked” by the health service.
It cautioned that many carers are missing out on much-needed practical, emotional and financial help
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The comments come after a poll of more than 2,000 cancer carers found that many were not signposted to support available for them as a carer.
Almost two fifths (37%) said that they were not given any information or advice about the services available to them by a health professional.
Christmas is a normal working day for us
Real people – whose time with their family is often postponed.
5:00pm Saturday 21st December 2013 in Local News By Ian Weinfass
Christmas is a normal working day for us
WHILE most of us are watching the Queen’s Speech, the Doctor Who Christmas special or tucking into our turkey but for some, it is a normal working day.
We all take it for granted that help is available for us 24 hours a days seven days a week, even on December 25.
But behind the uniform of these dedicated people, there are real people – whose time with their family is often postponed.
