A new ‘dementia-friendly’ home aimed at learning how better to support those living with the condition will be constructed this Autumn.
All of the primary schools in Somerset are to take part in the NCMP this year, in a bid to reduce childhood obesity.
The access of information and advice about local care services on local authority websites is witnessing ‘encouraging progress’.
Dong Energy’s wind turbines have begun generating electricity off the Liverpool coast.
New research has argued that hedges are often better than trees at soaking up air pollution among tall buildings.
Uttlesford District Council has announced the purchase of a 50 per cent share in Chesterford Research Park.
Over half of all UK adults would be happy to tolerate only public transport being allowed in their nearest city if it meant air quality could be improved, a survey conducted by Volvo Buses has indicated.
The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has called on all political parties to invest in childcare and simplify early years funding with a radical Childcare Passport proposal.
The RAC has warned it attended over 6,500 breakdowns caused as a result of potholes in the first quarter of 2017 – a 63 per cent year-on-year rise despite decent weather conditions.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released international data indicating that road injuries were the leading cause of adolescent death among 10–19-year-olds, resulting in approximately 115,000 teenage deaths in 2015.
Ealing Council has been named as a finalist for Digital Council of the Year at the national Digital Leaders 100 Awards, which recognises the council’s continued work in improving online and digital services to residents.
Analysis by the Electoral Reform Society (ERS) has concluded that young people are facing a ‘voter registration time bomb’, after figures showed the number of school leavers on the electoral roll has dropped by more than a quarter in three years.