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Councils urged to take action to ban face coverings in bid to tackle anti-social behaviour (opens the original)
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THE Staffordshire Commissioner has called on councils across the county to consider bans on face coverings in a bid to crack down on "intimidating" groups of masked youths. Measures have already been introduced by Stafford Borough Council which will see a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) expanded to order the removal of masks and balaclavas when used in connection with anti-social behaviour. Now Commissioner Ben Adams is calling on other local authorities to follow suit and take similar step
Health bosses approve permanent closure of birthing unit in Lichfield (opens the original)
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HEALTH bosses have approved the permanent closure of a birthing unit at a Lichfield hospital. The freestanding midwife-led facility at the Samuel Johnson Community Hospital and a similar site at County Hospital in Stafford have been temporarily suspended since the Covid-19 pandemic – and plans to reopen them had to be scrapped due to "workforce challenges". But now Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB) has approved the decision to permanently close both units. Board member
Children's services chief says report was "important opportunity to learn and improve" (opens the original)
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AGENCIES in Staffordshire have been told to do more to tackle child sexual abuse in family environments. Inspectors found that organisations respond in a "timely and effective" way to initial concerns over abuse within families, with practitioners being "curious and child-focused". But they added that there is sometimes inconsistency in the response children and families receive – and work to develop a strategy for child sexual abuse in the family environment is not proceeding quickly enough. Th
Staffordshire Police receives rating as part of new national system (opens the original)
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STAFFORDSHIRE Police has been classed as level two under a new national rating system due to its 'ongoing performance issues'. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has assigned all 43 police forces in England and Wales to one of four grading levels for the first time. They range from level one – the default position when no intervention is needed – to level four, which means the force is in special measures. HMICFRS says the new system will allow forces to acces
Staffordshire Commissioner backs offer to support PCSOs set to lose pay over shift changes (opens the original)
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THE Staffordshire Commissioner has backed an offer to support PCSOs who will lose pay due to controversial shift changes. Officers voted in May to take industrial action over Staffordshire Police’s changes to their shifts, which will see fewer patrols in the evenings. Trade union Unison says the loss of unsocial hours pay will mean a 14% cut for some of its members, equating to hundreds of pounds a month. The force has now made an offer to mitigate the financial impact of the changes, which came
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