West Mercia Police providing updates to carers to keep kids safe on line
West Mercia Police helping kids stay safe online
8:20am Friday 8th July 2011
WITH the increasing use of the internet by children, criminals are constantly finding new ways to expose them to real danger.
Which is why West Mercia Police has launched a new e-safety bulletin service, providing timely updates to parents and carers in Redditch, Bromsgrove and Droitwich from a trusted source.
Working with the Local Authority, the campaign will be communicated through schools, and parents/carers are being asked to visit westmerciabulletin.org.uk to sign up.
Teddybears’ picnic raises £250 for deaf charity at St Mary’s school in Runcorn
Teddybears’ picnic raises £250 for deaf charity at St Mary’s school in Runcorn
Jul 7 2011 by Oliver Clay, Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News
IF RESIDENTS went down to the woods this week they might have found pupils from a Runcorn school having fun for charity.
Saint Mary’s Primary School pupils in Halton Village held a teddy bears’ picnic, raising £250 for the National Deaf Children’s Society.
The Year 1 students chose the cause because one its class members has hearing difficulties.
Doctors to see patients by video link
Doctors to see patients by video link
The Medical Director of the NHS has said that new broadband technology could allow patients to see doctors remotely as a matter of routine, and that the NHS could even use foreign experts
By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor
4:23PM BST 07 Jul 2011
Doctors will routinely use new broadband video technology to consult patients in their homes within “a year rather than a decade”, the NHS’s medical director has said.
