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Monday, 21 October 2019

The Guardian

• Scores more heart attacks and strokes on high pollution days, figures showData reveals acute impact on people’s health and the strain it puts on emergency servicesScores of children and adults are being rushed to hospital for emergency treatment on days of high pollution in cities across England, figures show.Each year emergency services see more than 120 additional cardiac arrests, more than 230 additional strokes and nearly 200 more people with asthma requiring hospital treatment on days of high pollution compared with the average on days of lower pollution. Continue reading...

The Independent

• Air pollution is now a 'health emergency', head of NHS England warnsPoor atmosphere causing hundreds more cases of stroke, asthma and cardiac arrest, scientists say

Times Online

• Clean air for all: Strokes and cardiac arrests rise when air is dirtier [subscription]Spikes in air pollution trigger hundreds of cardiac arrests, strokes and acute asthma attacks in cities compared with days when the air is cleaner, according to research by King’s College London.
• Diesel pollution charge has cut London’s toxic fumes by a third [subscription]The level of a toxic gas produced by diesel engines has fallen by a third in central London since charges for the most polluting vehicles were introduced.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Call for free parking over Christmas period is dismissedFREE parking in the run up to Christmas would not help independent businesses, a senior Councillor has claimed.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• University launches staff parking planThe University of Wolverhampton is planning to charge staff for car parking under a new

Other Regional Press

• Campaigners say councillor's Oxford to Cambridge Expressway motion is wrongAN action group against the Oxford to Cambridge Expressway is calling for an ‘otiose and disingenuous’ motion put forward by a council leader to be struck off the agenda in a meeting today.