The headlines in Hinckley and Nuneaton

02/01/2025

WEATHER

• The cold health alert in the East Midlands has been increased to amber.
• It is now in place until the 8th of January
• The UK Health Security Agency says that there is potential for significant impacts across health and social care services and indoor temperatures are recommended to be at 18°C.
• Severn Trent Water has advised that people wrap all pipework, fittings, and storage tanks in unheated areas of the home and insulate outside taps.

AMBULANCE

• East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) received 965 emergency and urgent calls in the first seven hours of 2025.
• They've said that The NHS expects to be busy throughout the coming days, and people are asked to use services wisely.
• The first 600 calls were received by half three in the morning on New Years Day.

EVANS

• and The MP for Hinckley and Bosworth says he is going to work hard to help shape policy in 2025.
• Dr Luke Evans MP has been made Shadow Minister of State for Health.
• He told Fosse 107 what he hopes he can bring to this role.