Channel 4, Born to be different programme at 9pm tonight. This series is giving a great insight to the lives of families who have a disabled child. Seeing the joy and the pressures. A couple of the parents were interviewed on BBC Breakfast this morning, they wanted to do this programme to raise awareness.
I am writing about British Sign Language Qualified Level 6 Interpreters. We have been concerned the Interpreters for Deaf People are being CUT such as NRCPD Fully qualified Register Level 6 (indentified by the Yellow Badge) for National Health Service (NHS) at Royal Preston Hospital. The Hospital has been booking NRCPD Trainee Interpreters (indentified by the Blue Badge) and as such are a Lower Level which is unacceptable. Deaf People are not satisfied with having to use Trainee Interpreters. However, we are aware lots of Deaf People who are living in North West of England have been complaining about Trainee Interpreters. It seems they are being used because they are cheaper compared to Qualified Interpreters. Myself and my Family are Deaf and we always used Co-Sign Interpreters for many years, as they always and only employ Qualified Interpreters. But Co-Sign are not being booked by the Hospital at Preston and Chorley anymore.
It has been an open secret for many months that Metro under-performance is an increasing concern and that DB Regio did not wish to extend the contract, says Cllr Greg Stone, Liberal Democrat transport spokesman on Newcastle City Council This decision now looks set to transfer operational management back to Nexus (reporting to NECA), albeit using the same network, stock, management and staff as the current arrangements. As such, this may not necessarily prove to be a magic wand when it comes to solving Metro performance issues. Whilst some may be tempted to see this as a positive step, it is not yet certain that this change will lead to better network performance and improved passenger satisfaction. I have this afternoon written to Nexus's Managing Director asking for further information on a number of points which are not clear from the statement and NELB report. In particular I have asked for further clarity on the size and scope of the proposed "investment package" for 2017-19, and for guarantees that p
Reforms to business rates that will mean 6,000 small businesses pay no rates and 250,000 have their rates cuts from April 2017 were welcomed by loud cheers from Conservative backbenchers. This is money that local authorities would have received to help offset cuts in grants...
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron used his speech in response to the budget today to criticise the way the government has dealt with the aftermath of the floods.
Why is it that the more central others in Europe see UK as, the more some people want to run off to a better yesterday?