National News

Rural Services - Health No Different To Other Services.

The recent and ongoing debate about reorganising the Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal Hospitals should bring home to us all that yet again Central Government does not understand rural areas such as ours. Centralising services in an area where the hospitals serve huge swathes of Mid Wales, all of Shropshire and parts of other surrounding Counties will inevitably cause real hardship to patients and relatives alike with increased travel distances and times. Cleobury understands this better than most after the farce of the down-grading of Kidderminster Hospital.

14 Dec 2009
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Dave Hodgson

Mayor Dave Hodgson Signs Agreement with Stagecoach for £67,000 Programme of Improvements at Bedford Bus Station

Mayor Dave Hodgson has signed an agreement with Stagecoach for a £67,000 programme of improvements at Bedford Bus Station, improving a key gateway to the town centre. The bus station is due to be removed and re-located a short distance as part of the planned redevelopment of Bedford Town Centre, but with this project held up by the recession and the collapse in the housing market, Dave Hodgson has made a deal with Stagecoach, its owners, which involves real improvements to the area and an ongoing commitment to a high level of maintenance.

14 Dec 2009
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