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24/05/2011
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Scottish First Minister Addresses Climate Change
Alex Salmond, the Scottish First Minister, has described his meeting with Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne as 'positive and constructive'. The FM, who met the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the Treasury earlier in the day, discussed a range of issues with Mr Huhne, including the review of transmission charging, the review of Ofgem and the ongoing Electricity Market Review. Speaking afterwards, Mr Salmond said: "I had a very constructive and positive meeting with the Secretary of State, where we discussed a range of important issues for the energy sector, including transmission charging, where key decisions are expected to be made soon through Ofgem. The Secretary of State's attitude to this is very similar to that of the Scottish Government, where we are seeking change that enables Scotland to be producing its full potential of vitally needed power, particularly in renewables. I think Chris Huhne is the first Secretary of State to really get the importance of Scotland's huge potential as an energy provider, and who has also been willing to be helpful in terms of the policies required to realise that potential."
Appeal Launched After Elderly Man Assaulted On Bus
Police officers from the joint Metropolitan Police Service and Transport for London Safer Transport Command Workplace Violence Unit are appealing for information in connection with an affray and assault in Lambeth. The incident occurred on Friday 8 April 2011 around 11.45pm on board a route 249 bus, travelling between Tooting Bec and Streatham High Road in south west London, where the suspect threatened the driver, two passengers and assaulted an elderly male passenger. After producing an invalid pass, the driver challenged the suspect who then threatened the driver and passengers and assaulted the elderly man, also on board. The 65-year-old man was head butted and punched and was taken by London Ambulance Service to St Georges Hospital and discharged later that day. The suspect is described as a black man, short black hair, late teens to early twenties, wearing black clothing.
Care Home Sentenced After Resident's Bed Rail Death
A Llangollen nursing home has been fined following the suffocation of an elderly woman after she become trapped between her mattress and bed rails intended to stop her falling. Elizabeth Roberts, 89, was found suffocated in her room at the Headlands Nursing Home on 30 August 2008. Her upper body had slid down to the floor between the bed mattresses and bed rails where she had become trapped. Mold Crown Court heard Mrs Roberts had suffered from a previous entrapment incident three weeks before but no alternative bedding arrangements had been made. A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation revealed care staff at the home engaged bedside rails after Mrs Roberts repeatedly fell from her bed, however employees had not been provided with up-to-date training on the safe use of bed rails, in particular the risk of entrapment created. HSE found the home also failed to complete a suitable and sufficient risk assessment on the use of bed rails for Mrs Roberts, which should have identified that they may have been unsuitable in her case. There was no company policy on the safe use of bed rails and no system for routine inspection, monitoring and maintenance. Deevale Homecare and Services Ltd of Grosvenor Road, Wrexham, who own and operate the Headlands Nursing Home in Llangollen, pleaded guilty to breaching the Health & Safety at Work Act. They were sentenced at Mold Crown Court today and fined £70,000, with £21,818.56p in costs.
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Alex Salmond, the Scottish First Minister, has described his meeting with Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne as 'positive and constructive'. The FM, who met the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the Treasury earlier in the day, discussed a range of issues with Mr Huhne, including the review of transmission charging, the review of Ofgem and the ongoing Electricity Market Review. Speaking afterwards, Mr Salmond said: "I had a very constructive and positive meeting with the Secretary of State, where we discussed a range of important issues for the energy sector, including transmission charging, where key decisions are expected to be made soon through Ofgem. The Secretary of State's attitude to this is very similar to that of the Scottish Government, where we are seeking change that enables Scotland to be producing its full potential of vitally needed power, particularly in renewables. I think Chris Huhne is the first Secretary of State to really get the importance of Scotland's huge potential as an energy provider, and who has also been willing to be helpful in terms of the policies required to realise that potential."
Appeal Launched After Elderly Man Assaulted On Bus
Police officers from the joint Metropolitan Police Service and Transport for London Safer Transport Command Workplace Violence Unit are appealing for information in connection with an affray and assault in Lambeth. The incident occurred on Friday 8 April 2011 around 11.45pm on board a route 249 bus, travelling between Tooting Bec and Streatham High Road in south west London, where the suspect threatened the driver, two passengers and assaulted an elderly male passenger. After producing an invalid pass, the driver challenged the suspect who then threatened the driver and passengers and assaulted the elderly man, also on board. The 65-year-old man was head butted and punched and was taken by London Ambulance Service to St Georges Hospital and discharged later that day. The suspect is described as a black man, short black hair, late teens to early twenties, wearing black clothing.
Care Home Sentenced After Resident's Bed Rail Death
A Llangollen nursing home has been fined following the suffocation of an elderly woman after she become trapped between her mattress and bed rails intended to stop her falling. Elizabeth Roberts, 89, was found suffocated in her room at the Headlands Nursing Home on 30 August 2008. Her upper body had slid down to the floor between the bed mattresses and bed rails where she had become trapped. Mold Crown Court heard Mrs Roberts had suffered from a previous entrapment incident three weeks before but no alternative bedding arrangements had been made. A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation revealed care staff at the home engaged bedside rails after Mrs Roberts repeatedly fell from her bed, however employees had not been provided with up-to-date training on the safe use of bed rails, in particular the risk of entrapment created. HSE found the home also failed to complete a suitable and sufficient risk assessment on the use of bed rails for Mrs Roberts, which should have identified that they may have been unsuitable in her case. There was no company policy on the safe use of bed rails and no system for routine inspection, monitoring and maintenance. Deevale Homecare and Services Ltd of Grosvenor Road, Wrexham, who own and operate the Headlands Nursing Home in Llangollen, pleaded guilty to breaching the Health & Safety at Work Act. They were sentenced at Mold Crown Court today and fined £70,000, with £21,818.56p in costs.
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£80m To Be Allocated To Improve Army Housing
Defence Secretary Des Browne has announced an extra £80 million is to be allocated to improve Army housing, following reports of UK soldiers living in poor conditions. Mr Browne revealed the money will be used to create a further 1,350 new en-suite bed spaces to be built as part of an ongoing project to improve Armed Forces housing.
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