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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 […]

'Follow the rules or we'll end up like Leicester', council warns residents 10th July 2020
Blackburn council has warned people to follow coronavirus guidelines or risk a Leicester-style local lockdown after a "moderate rise in cases".
Madeleine McCann suspect twice slipped through investigators' net 10th July 2020
The main suspect in the Madeleine McCann case twice slipped through the net of Portuguese investigators, court documents and witness testimony suggest.
Award-winning DJ Steve Sutherland dies 10th July 2020
Award-winning DJ Steve Sutherland has died, according to the organisers of the MOBO Awards.
Government quietly publishes figures which reveal it overstated number of people tested 10th July 2020
The government was routinely overstating the total number of people who had been tested for COVID-19 by as many as 200,000 at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, according to new Sky News analysis.
PM urges people to go back to work as he backs more facemask use 10th July 2020
Boris Johnson has served notice that tougher rules on wearing face masks could be on the way, as he appealed to people working from home to go back to work.
Chicken Run actress told her voice is 'too old' to reprise original role 10th July 2020
Actress Julia Sawalha has announced she will not be reprising her role in the upcoming Chicken Run sequel, claiming film-makers said her voice was "too old".
Man guilty of murdering pregnant ex-girlfriend and killing their unborn child 10th July 2020
A man has been found guilty of murdering his heavily pregnant ex-girlfriend and killing their unborn child.
R number rises slightly in England following lockdown easing 10th July 2020
The R number - a key measure of how fast coronavirus is spreading - has risen slightly in England to reach between 0.8 and 1.
UK quarantine rules end for travellers from dozens of countries 9th July 2020
Quarantine rules end today for people travelling to the UK from more than 70 countries and British Overseas Territories.
Mike Skinner: 'I can enjoy the past more knowing I have something people want to hear now' 8th July 2020
"It felt a little bit like just pure nostalgia, which is enjoyable but it's also a bit worrying," says Mike Skinner, thoughtfully. "I think no one wants to totally dwell on the past."