Small Scale, Big Potential: Town and parish councils and devolution
Parish and town councils could play a central role in making devolution work for communities.
Decades of ‘neglect’ have left children shorter and overweight
19/06/2024 Children in England are getting shorter, more obese and sicker because of poor diets, food insecurity and poverty, health experts warn. |
Measles outbreak prompts MMR vaccine call
23/01/2024 Local authority leaders have issued an urgent call to parents asking them to ensure that their children have had both doses of the MMR vaccine. |
Council chiefs urge people to be alert after new monkeypox cases detected
24/05/2022 Local authority leaders have urged everyone to be aware of any unusual rashes or lesions as 36 additional cases of monkeypox are detected in England. |
Type 2 diabetes in children up by nearly 60%
16/08/2021 Council chiefs urged Government to ensure long-term funding for council weight management services as they warned of increase in Type 2 diabetes in children. |
Council reassures residents after Avian Flu detected on farm
30/03/2021 A one kilometre restriction zone has been set up around a poultry farm in Tarporley as Cheshire West and Chester Council respond to an outbreak of Avian Flu. |
Free HPV vaccination to be offered to boys
09/07/2019 Local authority leaders have welcomed an announcement that from boys will be offered the free Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine for the first time. |
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Council fined £27,000 over Legionella case
07/12/2018 A district council has pleaded guilty to a health and safety breach after a leisure centre customer contracted Legionnaire’s Disease. |
