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'Life is worth living to the full and helping as many others as you can along the way' says Black Country nurse retiring after 52 years

A senior Black Country nurse is unpinning her fob watch after five decades of service to patients.

Health|Dec 30, 2025
Supporting image for story: 'Life is worth living to the full and helping as many others as you can along the way' says Black Country nurse retiring after 52 years
Supporting image for story: Struggling Sandwell care agency which missed quarter of calls shut ahead of being placed into special measures
Struggling Sandwell care agency which missed quarter of calls shut ahead of being placed into special measures
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Supporting image for story: Proposals on the table to sell off crumbling Staffordshire church which closed in pandemic
Proposals on the table to sell off crumbling Staffordshire church which closed in pandemic
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Three Birmingham hospitals declare a critical incident due to winter pressures
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Supporting image for story: 'We are seeing an increased demand for emergency care': Ambulances queue outside a West Midlands hospital as A&E demand rises amid winter pressures
'We are seeing an increased demand for emergency care': Ambulances queue outside a West Midlands hospital as A&E demand rises amid winter pressures
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Supporting image for story: A particularly miserable Budget, lockdown inquiry hindsight and David Cameron's cancer revelation: Toby Neal on politics
A particularly miserable Budget, lockdown inquiry hindsight and David Cameron's cancer revelation: Toby Neal on politics
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Toby Neal|Nov 29, 2025
Supporting image for story: 158 more West Midlands ambulance staff employed to help with winter pressures as flu season arrives five weeks early
158 more West Midlands ambulance staff employed to help with winter pressures as flu season arrives five weeks early
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