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The event has been organised, at 6pm on Monday February 11 at the Melton Council offices off Burton Street in the town, ahead of the next borough and parish elections, which take place in May.
Edd de Coverly, chief executive and returning officer for the borough council, said: “Local councils deliver vital public services and can make a positive difference to the area and the communities they serve.
“Becoming a councillor means you can shape these services and represent your community, ensuring their voice is heard across a wider range of issues.
To book a place at the event, email democracy@melton.gov.uk or call 01664 502441.
Go online at www.melton.gov.uk for more information on becoming a councillor.
New figures released by Sussex Police show the extent to which elderly people in the county are being targeted by fraud.
Operation Signature is Sussex Police’s campaign to identify and support vulnerable victims of fraud.
There were 332 Operation Signature victims in Sussex who suffered a financial loss in the 12 months to the end of November 2016, according to a police spokesperson.
They lost a combined total in the region of £4.25m, the spokesperson said.
During the same period, police visited 651 vulnerable people who had reported receiving such approaches – the majority of whom were aged over 75, the spokesperson confirmed.
While 49 per cent of these people had not suffered any financial loss, for those who did, the average loss per person was almost £13,000 and the highest individual loss was £350,000, the spokesperson said.
Of those who lost more than £10,000, 28 per cent were victims of investment fraud, while 23 per cent were victims of dating and romance fraud and 20 per cent were victims of mass marketing and catalogue fraud, said the spokesperson.
Victims of investment fraud who lost more than £10,000 were more likely to be men (72 per cent), aged over 60 (92 per cent) and were most likely to have been contacted by telephone (77 per cent), the spokesperson said.
The average amount lost was £65,000.
PC Bernadette Lawrie from Operation Signature said: “Since Operation Signature was introduced, we’ve seen a massive increase in reporting which is fantastic because fraud is known to be such a hidden unreported crime.
“Up until this point we had no idea of the scale of it so encouraging people to report fraud is really important.
The Operature Signature process systematically follows up on reports that residents, especially the elderly, have received unwelcome or suspicious phone, email or personal approaches asking them to invest or seeking money in other way, she said.
Sometimes there is no evidence that a crime has taken place but, even so, police and PCSOs will visit and offer advice, including ways of resisting further approaches, Ms Lawrie said.
Police also work with local charities including Age Concern and Brighton-based Time to Talk Befriending.
Almost half of Sussex residents aged 65 or older, their relative or friend has been targeted by fraudsters, according to a poll by Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne.
In East Sussex almost 24 per cent of the population is over 65, which is substantially higher than the national average of 17 per cent.
The proportion of residents aged over 75 is higher than any other county in England and Wales.
Mrs Bourne is hosting a summit – Listen Live: Fraud and Elder Exploitation – which aims to find out what more can be done to tackle the issue of elder exploitation.
To register for the event in Brighton on Thursday, 23 March, at the Brighton Jubilee Library from 6pm until 8.30pm, click here.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An attorney for a white Oklahoma police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man said the man ignored officers' commands, kept touching his pocket and was reaching through a window of his SUV when he was killed.
Tulsa police video shows 40-year-old Terence Crutcher walking away from the officers and toward his SUV Friday with his hands in the air. He then approaches the driver's side of his vehicle, where an officer shocks him with a stun gun and another fatally shoots him.
Officers were called to the scene to respond to a report of a stalled vehicle.
Police Chief Chuck Jordan announced Monday, before the video and audio recordings were released, that Crutcher had no weapon on him or in his SUV when he was shot. It's not clear from the footage what led Betty Shelby, the officer who fired the fatal shot, to draw her gun or what orders officers gave Crutcher.
"He has his hands up and is facing the car and looks at Shelby, and his left hand goes through the car window, and that's when she fired her shot," Wood told the Tulsa World for a story published Tuesday.
Police helicopter footage was among several clips released that show the shooting and aftermath. A man in the helicopter that arrives above the scene as Crutcher walks to the vehicle can be heard saying "time for a Taser" and then: "That looks like a bad dude, too. Probably on something."
Betty Shelby's mother-in-law, Lois Shelby, said the officer is grieving for Crutcher's family and isn't prejudiced. She told The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday that Shelby "thought she had to protect her own life" when she shot Crutcher.
"She wouldn't harm anyone, we're all sick, we feel for the (Crutcher) family," Betty Shelby said. "But, you know, we have a family that goes out every day and faces life and death. And when she is being accused of things she didn't do wrong, it's too much, and they don't think about our family."
Betty Shelby declined comment Tuesday, referring calls to her attorney.
Police video shows Crutcher walking toward his SUV that is stopped in the middle of the road. His hands are up and a female officer is following him. As Crutcher approaches the driver's side of the SUV, another officer walks up followed by two others and Crutcher appears to lower his hands and place them on the vehicle. The four officers surround him, making it harder to see his actions from the dashboard camera's angle.
The initial moments of Crutcher's encounter with police are not shown in the footage, and Wood said the situation unfolded for about two minutes before the videos began. Shelby did not activate her patrol car's dashcam, said police spokeswoman Jeanne MacKenzie, and the ground-level video released Monday came from the car of a second officer who arrived at the scene.
Benjamin Crump, one of the attorneys for Crutcher's family, said Monday that Crutcher committed no crime and gave officers no reason to shoot him.
"When unarmed people of color break down on the side of the road, we're not treated as citizens needing help. We're treated as, I guess, criminals — suspects that they fear," Crump said.
Archives|UNION DELEGATION PRAISES THE SOVIET; Its Rule Strong and Stable and Best Russia Ever Had, View of British Inquirers. SAW NO SIGN OF TERROR Stayed Six Weeks and While Finding That Minority Dictates, Has Only Praise for Results.
UNION DELEGATION PRAISES THE SOVIET; Its Rule Strong and Stable and Best Russia Ever Had, View of British Inquirers. SAW NO SIGN OF TERROR Stayed Six Weeks and While Finding That Minority Dictates, Has Only Praise for Results.
You've been hearing Shailene Woodley's name a lot lately, and that only means good things for the 21-year-old who had a big breakout last year in Alexander Payne's The Descendants. She missed out on a deserved Oscar nomination for that role, but has managed to spin it into two huge new parts: as the lead in a new series based on the young adult novel Divergent, and as love interest Mary Jane Watson in The Amazing Spider-Man.
With both looking like high-profile adaptations, you'd think there might be a scheduling conflict to keep her out of both-- but as The Hollywood Reporter explained, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 won't take up much of her time. Mary Jane Watson will indeed be introduced in the film, but it's a "very small part" that will "blossom into an integral lead for the planned third movie." If you're a comic book fan, that's clearly leading one direction: the death of Gwen Stacy. Everyone from us to Emma Stone herself has been speculating about poor Gwen's death, since it's one of the more famous deaths in Marvel comics, and even in the first Amazing Spider-Man signs seemed to be pointing toward no good end. We're hoping director Mark Webb can make the death feel meaningful even when we know it's coming, though having actors like Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone on board can't hurt-- their chemistry was the best part of the first movie, and ought to be able to sell us on anything.
Now it'll be up to Woodley to sell us on Mary Jane as a girl that doesn't just get grieving Peter's attention, but eventually gets to marry him. She's got plenty of appeal of her own, though I'm still wondering about what kind of romance she can believably strike up with Garfield, who's 8 years her senior in real life. Clearly a lot of filmmakers have faith in Woodley these days, though, so we're going to choose to have that faith too.
Vice president Cheney’s chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby Jr. was indicted today on 5 charges (indictment documents) related to the outting of CIA agent Valerie Plame — ranging from obstruction of justice, perjury and making false statements — and could face up to 30 years behind bars if found guilty. Libby, 55, immediatedly resigned and left the White House.
We assessed yesterday that Libby would be the fall guy for the charges stemming from the scandal, while it also appears presidential advisor Karl Rove may also see some indictments for perjury. And there’s been some speculation in the past that Bush himself might be called before the grand jury, though that seems unlikely now.
This could bode very badly for the vice president’s office if Fitzgerald can connect enough dots to connect Cheney to a conspiracy.
I believe Scooter will soon be scooted to jail on a scooting scooter as he has been scooting around telling lies and perjuring himself before a grand jury. I wonder if Scooter will be able to ride a scooter, motorbike, roller skates or walk while in the cooler. Poor Scooter in the cooler.
He should have risen above being a scooter and become a motorcycle.
It’s not real likely that he will put into general population San Quentin…. Do you recall the “prison” that martha stewart went to!?
Let’s just call it “mandatory camp”. Do you think she feared for her life or that of being raped by a large inmate!?
Doubt it… More economic/power divide between the elite and the common.
Fort Worth Weekly and Fort Worth South are kicking off Friday on the Green’s seventh season at 7 p.m. tonight at Magnolia Green Park. The free monthly concert series will feature the very best local music acts, a number of food trucks, face painting, adult beverages, and fun for the whole family.
Jacob Furr (full band) will open the show at 7 p.m., followed by High School Caesar, and the Holy Moly lads will make their FOG debut as headliners at 9 p.m.
Park for free at the garage at 1201 Alston Ave. The organizers ask that you not bring outside food or drink. Your support of the vendors helps keep the event free.
A chief executive who turned around an ailing Norfolk hospital has been appointed the new boss of Northampton General Hospital.
The top spot has been vacant since the last incumbent Andrew Riley left in April for a high-level National Health Service role after three-and-a-half years in Northampton.
The hospital has now announced its new chief executive will be Paul Forden, who took the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust from a one-star rating to the coveted foundation trust status in four years.
He takes over from current interim chief executive Helen O'Shea who did not put herself forward for the job.
Northampton General Hospital chairman Dr John Hickey said: "I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Helen O'Shea for the marvellous job that she has done as interim chief executive over the last six months.
"Although Helen chose not to apply for the post on this occasion she has consistently demonstrated that she has all the qualities required to operate successfully at this level in the NHS."
Under Mr Forden, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals also won several key awards for performance, including from the Healthcare Commission and the Dr Foster group which publishes guides on healthcare services.
In the past 12 years Mr Forden has been the chief executive of Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, the acting chief executive at King's College Hospital in London, and director of operations at Addenbrooke's NHS Trust in Cambridge.
Father-of-three Mr Forden saw his former trust to foundation trust status which was confirmed on May 1, 2008, but left so new leadership could take the hospital to the next stage of its development.
NBC has released the schedule of dates for their fall 2009 / 2010 season.
A pair of new dramas lined up for us are Parenthood & Trauma and some returning shows are Heroes, Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order. Southland survived it's first season and is returning for a second.
NBC is "proud" to announce that they now have more comedy than any other network. However, they count The Jay Leno Show as part of that comedy lineup.
8-10 p.m. – Heroes (two hour premiere.
Yes, there are some shows missing from this list because what I suspect you are looking for is going to premiere after the Olympics or mid-season. Those would be Chuck, Day One and Mercy.
Are there any shows in particular that you're excited to see start back up this fall?
OCEAN SPRINGS, MS (WLOX) - Every year, the Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association names its Veterinarian of the Year. The 2019 winner practices right here on the Coast and heads up one of the largest clinics in the state, Bienville Animal Medical Center in Ocean Springs.
Dr. Duke stays busy every day, even answering the phones at his clinic. In winning the honor, Dr. Duke displays a long running trait of being humble.
He’s been practicing for 35 years now but still loves what he does.
Things have changed greatly over the years for veterinary care, especially with the use of technology.
“Has it been for the better? Absolutely. We get things done faster, more efficiently and the results are more accurate than they used to be. So this has been a great trend in my opinion,” Duke said.
Not only does Dr. Duke provide care for the thousands of animals he sees each year here at the clinic, he also provides something else that is perhaps more important: jobs.
In addition to Dr. Duke, there are seven other veterinarians that practice at Bienville Animal Medical Center.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Beverly Perdue says she'll be ready on Day 1 if elected governor to get North Carolina's struggling economy moving again.
The Democratic candidate for governor visited an early voting site Friday in Fayetteville and asked voters to choose her over Republican Pat McCrory.
Perdue said that nearly everyone she talks to on the campaign trail is worried about kitchen table issues and their jobs.
She told reporters her efforts to protect North Carolina military installations and boosting the state's alternative energy industry while lieutenant governor prove she is a capable economic leader.
Perdue has spent most of the week talking to voters in the campaign's final days. McCrory held several private fundraisers this week, but plans a helicopter tour of the Piedmont on Saturday.
MIKE O'BRIEN, MP for North Warwickshire, has urged women not to be discouraged from having cervical smear tests because of controversy over some results in Leicestershire.
An audit into cervical screening services in Leicestershire revealed 14 patients died after being given the all-clear following smear tests.
But Mr O'Brien, a Home Office minister, is urging women to keep faith with the system.
"A lot of women will be worried by the recent report. The truth is that cancer smear tests are not perfect but they have saved hundreds of lives by identifying cancer early and enabling treatment to be successful.
"The government's #134 million programme is not failing. It is succeeding in two thirds of cases, and women should continue to take smear tests."
He said the figures needed further study to see why some pre-cancerous abnormalities remained undetected.
"The NHS is piloting some new types of tests which may improve the accuracy of the results."
Jackie Chan arrived in Taipei overnight amid a protest over controversial remarks he made four years ago on the island's presidential elections.
Scores of protesters shouted "Jackie Chan, get out" as the Hong Kong actor, having arrived aboard a private jet, was escorted by bodyguards and local police out of the international airport near Taipei.
Chan enraged supporters of then Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian by describing the 2004 presidential election as "the biggest joke in the world."
Mr Chen won a razor-thin re-election at the vote following an election eve shooting which lightly wounded him and his running mate Annette Lu. His opponents alleged that the shooting was staged to win a sympathy vote.
"Jackie Chan insulted Taiwanese people and denied the value of our democracy," a woman told CTI TV at the airport.
The action hero, who is in Taipei for a charity event - his first visit to the island in four years - declined to comment on politics after his arrival.
"My affection for Taiwan ... is witnessed by everyone. My wife is Taiwanese and I am a son-in-law of Taiwan. I am half Taiwanese," he said.
The star of the hit Rush Hour films has apologised for making the remarks. He said at the time they had been taken out of context.
ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dell today announced the opening of the Dell Internet of Things (IoT) Lab to partner with customers to help them explore, test and deploy IoT solutions that help drive business outcomes and accelerate time to market. The Dell IoT Lab is located in the Dell Silicon Valley Solution Center in Santa Clara, Calif. and demonstrates Dell’s expanding IoT solutions and service capabilities.
The Dell IoT Lab will be jointly funded by Intel and Dell OEM Solutions, a premier member of the Intel® Internet of Things Solutions Alliance. Dell and Intel customers will be able to build, modify and architect new IoT solutions on active bench space within the new lab. Customers can demonstrate large workloads, connectivity, and data modeling and extraction on Dell’s end-to-end solutions, including Dell storage as well as Dell PowerEdge servers and blade servers utilizing Dell Software solutions. As a result, Dell OEM customers can significantly speed up their time to market with new IoT solutions and devices.
Today's news is the latest milestone in the Dell and Intel collaboration on IoT. Earlier this year, the companies announced efforts to collaborate on IoT solutions for customer projects such as building automation for smart buildings. They are also both part of the Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC) that sets standards for connecting a multitude of household gadgets and appliances.
If your organization is interested in learning more about Dell OEM solutions and the Internet of Things Lab at the Dell Solutions Center in Santa Clara, please visit www.dell.com/oem.
Join us Nov. 4-6 at Dell World 2014, Dell’s premier customer event exploring how technology solutions and services provide organizations a better way to accelerate businesses’ ability to innovate. Learn more at www.dellworld.com and follow #DellWorld on Twitter.