Chelsea caretaker boss Frank Lampard feels they've been unfortunate with injuries to some of their top players this season.
Ben Chilwell has been ruled out of tomorrow's Premier League clash with Nottingham Forest, while Mason Mount and Reece James are also struggling for fitness.
The Duchess of Edinburgh has sent her heartfelt thoughts and prayers to a woman who was hit by a police motorbike which was on royal escort duties in Earl’s Court
The Metropolitan Police say the vehicle collided with the pensioner, who's in her eighties, yesterday.
In a statement, Sophie says she's "grateful for the swift response by the emergency services and will keep abreast of developments."
Croydon’s boosted grass-cutting programme is under-way.
The council has returned
to a more regular grass-cutting programme this year, cutting over a
four-to-six-week cycle.
The authority says the plan balances the
need to keep parks, green spaces and verges looking tidy with the need to
provide benefits for the environment.
During spring and summer,
sites requiring more frequent cuts for safety reasons, such as certain highway
verges, will continue to receive extra checks and maintenance.
Other places within the borough will receive a
less-regular ‘conservation cut’, supporting habitats for native
pollinators such as bees, butterflies, and insects.posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 4:59 pm
Pop superstar Tony Hadley has officially opened a bespoke music studio at a children’s hospice.
The former Spandau Ballet frontman is a vice
President of Shooting Star Children’s Hospices in Hampton and Guildford.
During the visit to the Guildford site, children
performed a special Makaton version of the group’s hit Gold.
Tony Hadley was awarded an MBE in 2020 for his
support of the work carried out by the two hospices.
Richmond Council has launched a number of incentives to get residents to scrap their non ULEZ compliant cars.
The £12.50 daily charge for the most polluting vehicles is being extended to every London borough at the end of August.
Richmond Council says the speed at which the roll-out is moving is “unacceptable.”
Three different offers are available as part of the authority’s scheme.
A three-month free trial with the Pedal My Wheels Try Before You Buy Scheme, plus a discount if a purchase is made.
A £50 pay as you go Oyster Card for use on buses, trains, the tube and overground.
A one-year free membership and £50 driving credit for Enterprise car club or Zipcar.
The options are available to all residents on a first come, first served basis, to those who vow to scrap their non ULEZ compliant car within 12 months.
16 people, including a number of people from Hounslow, have been convicted of international money laundering and people smuggling.
Members of the network smuggled in excess of £42 million in
cash out of the UK, making hundreds of trips to Dubai between 2017 and
2019.
NCA investigators believe the money was profit from the sale
of class A drugs and organised immigration crime.
Around £1.5 million was seized from couriers leaving the UK
but flight analysis, evidence from cash declarations in Dubai, and other
material seized by the NCA showed the group had succeeded in transporting far
more.
As part of the investigation NCA officers also uncovered a
plot involving members of the OCG to smuggle 17 migrants, including five
children and a pregnant woman, into the UK in the back of a van carrying tyres in
2019.
The van was intercepted by Dutch police, who were working
with the NCA, before it could reach a ferry at the Hook of Holland.
In November 2019, following weeks of surveillance,
communications and flight data analysis, officers moved in to make arrests.
Gang ringleader Charan Singh, 44, from Hounslow, was among those detained in a
series of early morning raids across west London.
Investigators were able to prove that Singh, who was
formerly resident in the UAE, paid for flights to Dubai for other members of
the network so they could carry cash.
He also kept a ledger showing how much had been transported
and when. It showed that at least 58 trips to Dubai were made by Singh and his
couriers during 2017 alone.
Further arrests followed and those charged were prosecuted
in two trials at Croydon Crown Court, starting in January this year.
The first trial saw six people, including Singh, found
guilty of money laundering offences. Two defendants were additionally convicted
for facilitating illegal immigration along with a third individual.
Midway through the second trial six defendants changed their
plea to guilty in relation to money laundering offences.
As a result, reporting restrictions on the case were lifted
on Friday the 5th of May.
All 16 convicted are due to be sentenced at a hearing
starting in September, including two individuals who entered guilty pleas
for money laundering offences prior to the two trials.
NCA senior investigating officer Chris Hill said:
“This has been a long and complex investigation into an
organised crime group involved in money laundering on a commercial scale and
organised immigration crime.
“Over a two-year period, working together with partners in
the UK and abroad, NCA investigators were able to uncover the evidence to
secure these convictions.
“This case demonstrates the continued commitment by the NCA
to protect the public and target the criminal networks involved in both people
smuggling and money laundering.
“We will continue to use the full range of tactics at our
disposal to disrupt and dismantle them.”
Tackling organised immigration crime remains a top priority
for the NCA, the agency has more than 90 ongoing investigations into networks
or individuals in the top tier of organised immigration crime or human
trafficking – the highest harm."
Housing Ombudsman awards over £18,000 compensation as Hammersmith & Fulham Council issued with seven findings of severe maladministration
The Ombudsman made seven findings of severe maladministration against
the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham for various repairs failings,
which left one resident significant damp and mould for four years.
The seven findings, made over three cases, raise concerns
over how the landlord operates and the services it provides.
In Case A, the landlord left a resident and his young
daughter living with water pouring down their walls in heavy rain and
subsequent mould and damp for approximately four years, which damaged plaster,
decorations, and belongings.
The landlord visited the home on multiple occasions to take
photographs and to treat the problem but failed to resolve it.
There were also "significant periods" where the resident had to chase for updates and a number of
issues raised by the resident were not addressed.
At every stage of the complaint, the landlord’s complaint
handling was delayed and its offer of £150 compensation was
completely inadequate and disproportionate.
The Ombudsman ordered the Chief Executive of the landlord to apologise
in person to the resident, pay the resident £5,080 in compensation and
inspect other properties in the block.
In Case B, the Ombudsman made three findings of severe maladministration for
the landlord’s response to leaks, its complaint handling and its consideration
of the residents’ vulnerability.
Despite assurances made to the Ombudsman, the landlord
failed to fix the leak coming in from a neighbouring flat, causing significant
distress, inconvenience, time and trouble to the resident over a five-year
period.
The landlord repeatedly failed in its management and
oversight of the repair, and did not take into account the residents’
vulnerability, failing to offer any support or make appropriate safeguarding
referrals which could have reduced the impact on the resident.
The landlord’s complaint handling was severely inadequate,
and the resident had to repeatedly chase a response which caused further
distress. As in Case A, the landlord’s complaint response failed to acknowledge
where it went wrong, identify areas of improvement, or provide evidence it can
prevent similar failures happening again.
The Ombudsman ordered the landlord’s Chief Executive to apologise to
the resident in person, pay the resident £7,185.50 and carry out reviews into
various policies, including on resident vulnerabilities.
In Case C, the Ombudsman made three findings of severe maladministration for the landlord’s
failure to make multiple repairs, its complaint handling and poor record
keeping.
The failings in the repairs jobs meant damage within the
toilet was left unresolved for two years, damage to a bathroom caused by its contractors
wasn’t fixed for seven months and intermittent hot water outages that lasted
for two and a half years caused significant distress for the resident, who was
undergoing cancer treatment at the time.
The landlord’s complaints handling was poor and differed
significantly from the timescales and guidance in its complaints policy. On top
of this, the landlord’s compensation offers were not detailed and
didn’t go far enough to provide redress.
The Ombudsman also found poor record keeping, including an insufficiently
detailed audit trail of its repairs and what was found on inspection, what
action was taken, and what follow-up action was required.
They ordered the landlord to pay £5,950 to the resident,
apologise to the resident in person and ensure all follow up repairs are
completed.
In its response to all three cases, the landlord said it has
now completed the repairs to the homes, apologised to the residents and
undertaken work to improve in multiple areas such as complaint handling and
repairs.
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham "learning statement."
We accept fully the Housing Ombudsman’s decisions and have apologised unreservedly and directly to the residents.
We have completed the repairs to the residents’ homes set out in these complaints, but acknowledge that we failed to do so in a timely way in a period when our repairs service was adversely impacted by the Covid lockdowns and one of our three major contractors exiting abruptly.
The affected residents have accepted our apologies. In addition to completing the repairs, the Council has provided further support and recompense to these residents.
We are working hard to improve all aspects of our repairs service and complaints handling, including directly addressing the Housing Ombudsman’s valuable findings and learning from our residents’ feedback.
We have strengthened our Housing leadership team and contractor capacity and will continue to do so. We are investing £1m a week over coming years to improve our ageing housing stock, in addition to making millions of pounds of further funding available over the next three years to tackle individual repairs quickly and effectively. This includes focusing on issues highlighted in these three cases: leaks causing damp and mould and upgrading windows.
We are improving our culture, processes, and systems to ensure that we deliver our repairs promptly and effectively with excellent customer service. More broadly, we are working to improve all Housing services for the benefit of our residents.
Fulham boss Marco Silva would like to see a greater consistency from his players throughout a game after a 5-3 victory at home to relegation-threatened Leicester in the Premier League
They ended a run of three straight defeats to move on to 48 points.
Silva says they're still determined to reach their target of 53 from the remaining 3 fixtures.
People in Tadworth are taking a stand against developments, and hoping to protect the trees
Two bungalows are planned for Shelvers Way, with parking, landscaping, and a new access drive.
Mandy O’Brien, who is campaigning against the development, says they “lost the resident owl” when trees were chopped down for previous work.
A tree survey was carried out by the council, which says many of the trees planned for demolition are of “low quality”, and will be felled in accordance with standards.
Iconic Army vs Navy double-header returns to Twickenham Stadium
The Army versus Navy rugby match returns to Twickenham Stadium on Saturday 13th May.
This historic game sees both the men's and women's teams take to the turf to battle it out for the Babcock Trophy.
Radio Jackie's Natalie Osborne spoke with Captain Sarah Oakley of the Royal Navy and Lieutenant Colonel Tim Osman of the Army about this iconic fixture.
Leicester were beaten 5-3 away at Fulham as their Premier League relegation fears worsened.
Defeat means they could end the day in the bottom three.
Everton have the chance to pull clear of danger when they go to Brighton later this hour, before Nottingham Forest take on Southampton in the late kick-off.
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