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BBC licence fee should be set by independent body, Lib Dems say

On 28th September 202029th September 2020 By peterlongden

At their Autumn Conference this weekend, the Liberal Democrats have agreed proposals that would see the BBC licence fee level set independently next year after government cuts forced the BBC to end free TV licences for most over-75s.As of 1 August 2020, TV licences are now only free for people […]

Better safeguarding support for vulnerable older people

On 28th February 202028th February 2020 By peterlongden

IMPROVEMENTS are being made to the way professional support workers ensure the safety and welfare of vulnerable elderly people when they have concerns about coercion and control by family members. The changes follow a review carried out by the East Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB) after the death of a […]

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2019

On 15th June 201919th June 2019 By peterlongden

Sussex Police are reminding older people and their families and carers, that it is important to stay on the alert for attempts to defraud them – whether through couriers, doorstep callers, computers and telephones, investment offers, on dating sites, by someone close to them or through bogus inheritance claims. World […]

Conman Ordered To Pay Back £15000 Compensation

On 12th October 201712th October 2017 By admin

A FORMER cocaine addict with a £400-a-day habit who conned pensioners in a roofing scam has been ordered to pay back a large chunk of his ill-gotten gains. William Jones was jailed for 16 months in December following a prosecution by East Sussex County Council after he tricked elderly residents […]

'Lovely guy' Matt Hancock makes it to the final four of I'm A Celebrity 26th November 2022
Matt Hancock has made it to the final four I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! contestants, after comedian Seann Walsh became the seventh person to be eliminated from the reality TV show.
History in the palm of your hands: New wave of 'mudlarkers' digging up Britain's treasures 26th November 2022
If you wander down to the banks of the River Thames at low tide, any time of year, you'll likely see figures crouched in the mud scraping and searching.
Man who died after staying at controversial migrant processing centre had diphtheria 26th November 2022
A man who died after staying at the Manston migrant processing centre in Kent did have diphtheria, the Home Office has confirmed.
Southgate leaves himself exposed as England's dire display reopens old wounds 25th November 2022
When the final whistle blew, boos boomed among the England fans at Al-Bayt Stadium.
'Toxic culture' of London Fire Brigade revealed - with abuse disguised as 'banter' 25th November 2022
A damning report has exposed the "toxic culture" within the London Fire Brigade - with pornographic videos, helmets filled with urine and racist bullying among the abuse staff have endured.
'They said they had no space': Family says boy, 5, died after he was sent home from hospital 25th November 2022
The grieving family of a five-year-old boy who died after being sent home from hospital have told Sky News he would still be alive if they had been listened to.
London Fire Brigade 'institutionally misogynist and racist', damning review finds 25th November 2022
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is "institutionally misogynist and racist" with a "toxic culture that allows bullying and abuse", an independent review has found.
Yellow weather warning as heavy rain and strikes could cause travel chaos 25th November 2022
Heavy rain could cause travel chaos across the weekend as it coincides with a strike by train drivers on Saturday.
Channel 4 privatisation, BBC licence fee and Matt Hancock on I'm A Celeb - the culture secretary on key issues 25th November 2022
The culture secretary has told Sky News that the BBC is a "national asset", that she's "working very closely" with Channel 4 to decide whether it should be sold off or not and that she'd be "too hangry" to follow Matt Hancock into the I'm A Celebrity jungle.
'We cannot let Faye's life end here': Campaign to save young star fighting rare brain tumour 23rd November 2022
When the fatigue set in and the sensation in parts of her left side started flickering away, Faye Fantarrow thought she knew what was coming. At 20, the leukaemia she had survived twice as a child had returned for a third time, she feared.