Dr Sue Pritchard, 56, GP at Shipston Medical Centre, died on 29th January
| Updated: 07:58, 08 February 2021
Tributes have been paid to Dr Sue Pritchard, 56, a GP at Shipston Medical Centre, who died in the early hours of Friday, 29th January.
She had been off work since being diagnosed with cancer in October 2020.
At the time she bade a heart-breaking farewell, with the hope that she would get well and return. Addressing colleagues and patients, she said: âI am sorry to have left the surgery at such short notice, without the chance of saying a proper goodbye. It has been a privilege to serve the community of Shipston for the past 20 years. I have worked alongside amazing, competent, compassionate colleagues in a supportive team who have kept me smiling and sane! I already miss you and especially my patients who I have got to know so well over the years. I wish you all the best and hopefully I will be back as soon as able. Love Sue xxâ
Stratford MP and vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi says the death of his uncle has spurred him on to rollout vaccine asap
| Updated: 11:12, 05 February 2021
DETAILS have emerged about the death of Stratford MP Nadhim Zahawiâs uncle from Covid-19.
As the Herald reported last week, Mr Zahawi admitted his uncleâs death had been âpainfulâ but spurred him on as vaccine minister to get the whole country vaccinated as quickly as possible.
Faiz Issa, 88, succumbed to the virus while being treated at St Helier Hospital in south London, where his condition suddenly deteriorated on the evening of 18th January.
Describing what happened to the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Mr Zahawi said: âThe nurse was actually with him and he was talking to his daughter. He put the phone down and just took one breath. Suddenly everything stopped. And. and it killed him.â
Police and crime commissioner Labour candidate Ben Twomey calls out current Conservative postholder Philip Seccombe on domestic abuse staffing after jobs axed
| Updated: 20:45, 31 January 2021
PLANS to axe nine jobs from a police team dedicated to investigating domestic abuse have been branded a âtotal disgraceâ.
The latest lockdown has seen another surge in domestic abuse, with nine people killed in the UK in the past week alone.
Tory Philip Seccombe, left, and Labour s Ben Twomey (44195113)
Stark figures released just after Christmas showed that, far from being a season of togetherness, for many the festive period meant domestic violence and abuse.
In late December, domestic violence accounted for half of Englandâs police force workloads. In Warwickshire, that figure was even higher, with 38 out of 60 arrests in Christmas week related to domestic abuse â eight of them in the Stratford area.