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Crime commisioner seeks views of publie


and views of crime and policing from resi­ dents across Lancashire.


nity’s views can further improve policing in Lancashire.” '


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people, groups, organisations and charities as • possible.


and about and this is just the start. 2013 will' be the year I aim to visit and speak to as many


and what they expect from the new Commis­ sioner role. Mr Grunshaw said: “I pledged to get out


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January 11th and 25th. The visit to Clithe­ roe was at the Booths car park on Tuesday. Thc-roadshow is in addition to the survey launched by Mr Grunshaw in December, ask­ ing people about their local policing priorities


The local roadshow is taking place between


option of completing a postcard bearing the questions “The one thing I want the PCC to


to talk to me openly. I will be drafting a ponce and crime plan, outlining what areas of work Lancashire Constabulaiy should prioritise over the coming years.” Those attending.the roadshows have the


ON THE ROAD: Lancashire’s Police and “I want to create opportunities for people


Crime Commissioner Ciive Grundy, (s)


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the results of the survey, giving the commis- siimw a clear view.of people’s priorities.- • - .• ^9’’tpprc information on the police and


do is... and “'Which location in your neigh- bourhqod should the police be focused on?”. 1 he information gathered will be added to


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loolMg forward to the tour. This role is about talking to people, listening to their concerns and reiterating them to the police force.' The coming year will be about how the commu­


Mr Grunshaw explained: “I’m very much


which the commissioner will host a series of roadshows, giving people the opportunity to meet with him and discuss their views. The aim of the tour is to gather thoughts


tell him their priorities and concerns and crime. Ms visit was part of a tour of Lancashire in


LANCASHIRE’S new Police and Crime Commissioner,- Clive Grunshaw, was in Clitheroe this week to let local people


perature, headache and general aches and pains, tiredness and sore throat. You can also lose your appetite, feel nauseous and have a cough.


feel so exhausted and unwell that you have to stay in bed and rest until you feel better. Symp­ toms peak after two to three days and you should begin to feel much better after'a week or so, although you may feel tired for much longer.” Dr Stanley added: “The Trust


The symptoms can make you


of data from the Health Protec­ tion Agency which shows that cases of flu are on rise in the lo­ cal area. Dr Ian Stanley, Deputy Medical Director at East Lanca­ shire Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “It is important that people are able to differentiate between flu and a heavy cold. “Flu causes a sudden high tem­


Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, which is reminding people to guard against flu, but also urg­ ing anyone who feels unwell and might have flu to avoid passing it on by taking it into the hospital, schools or workplaces where the virus can spread rapidly. This advice comes on the back


That’s the advice from East


asks that people experiencing any flu-like syrnptoms please re­ frain from visiting the hospital to keep patients who are unwell and therefore at increased risk, safe from contracting the virus and from passing the virus on to staff. You are usually infectious - able to pass on flu to others—


bers of the public who have been invited to get the flu jab to make sure they take up the offer.”


your doctor if you have flu-like symptoms and you are 65 or over; are jpregnant; have a long-term medical condition such as diabe­ tes, heart disease, lung disease, kidney or neurological disease or have a weakened immune sys­ tem. “I’d also encourage all mem­


Public Health and local lead for flu, said: “If you are otherwise fit and healthy, there is usually no need to see your doctor if you have flu-like symptoms as you can easily pass on the virus to others. The best remedy is to rest at home, keep warm and drink plenty of water to avoid dehydra­ tion and you can take paraceta­ mol or ibuprofen to lower a high temperature and relieve aches. “You should, however, see


fore your symptoms start, and for a further five or six days.” Dr Gifford Kerr, Consultant in


a day be­ Clitheroe Advertiser & Times,Thursday, January 17,2013 3


by Katie Hammond


“WILD Things”, a programme new to Channel 4 examining Britain’s drastically changing wildlife and its habitats, will feature a very special Ribble Valley home-grown speci­ men in the form of former Cow Ark


airs on Monday at 8-30 p.m. and features Britain’s road network, which may seem an unlikely starting point but as the pre­ senters explain, the last 50 years have seen the roadsides become our latest nature reserve. Presenters Chris, Trevor and Sally explore Birmingham’s motorway hard


gramme biography as a “microscope wielding Lichenologist”, was chosen to co-present the programme after Chan­ nel 4 producers visited her at work in her day job at the Edinburgh Royal Bo­ tanic Gardens. She explained: “We were asked if we’d like to share some of our research for a programme they were working on and as part of that, we had to speak into the camera. I was contacted not long after by Channel 4 and asked if I would be interested in co-presenting a new show about visiting very normal places and finding out what grows there and why. There are great programmes like Springwatch, which look at wildlife in general, but this was a' great opportu­ nity to look at something very different, but in places that we’re ail familiar with on a day-to-day basis.” The first episode of the six-p.art series


resident, Sally Eaton. Sally (32), described in the pro­


ASK THE EXPERTS: Sally Eaton, Chris Myers and Dr Trevor Dines, who wiii front Channei 4 ’s “Wiid Things”, (s)


shoulders and soft verges and discover how Danish scurvy-grass has become the fastest moving plant in Britain, us­ ing a fast car, a slow-motion camera and polystyrene balls. They also reveal how a very familiar British flower has come under threat from a roadside imposter, and find the world’s smallest ‘beari living in the least likely place imaginable. Sally, who lives in Edinburgh with her fiance and is a former CRGS pupil, is


opportunity for me both personally, and as a scientist. It was great fun making the series and it’s good to be getting science across to the viewers in such an easily di­ gestible way. I’m excited to see what the viewers think and if they like it, hope­ fully it will be followed up with a second series.”


Army officer accused of £218k fraud


■Whalley, is on trial at Swindon Crown Court accused of five charges of ob­ taining a money transfer by decep­ tion, three charges of fraud and three charges of forgery. He denies those charges.


three - claimed £218,094.11 in school fees between January 2002 and De­ cember 2009 to send his sons to public school. The “continuing education al- . lowance” allows service personnel to


It is alleged that Jolleys - a father of


(52), claimed the school fees from the Army so he could send his sons to the highly-regarded Ribble Valley public school. As he was separated from his wife he was not entitled to the taxpay­ er-funded allowance, so he continued to maintain he was still married, the court was told. Jolleys, of Woodlands Park in


A HIGH-RANKING Army officer from Whalley accused of fraudulently claiming more than £218,000 to send his children to Stonyhurst College was living on his own while pretending to be married, a court heard this week. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Jolleys


Prosecution claims Whalley man swindled the taxpayer to send his sons to Stonyhurst College “You have been receiving child


admisitrative procedures, Lt Col Charge said it wasn’t until September 2009 that Jolleys informed the Army he was separated and requested a change in his personal status. He had also applied for that status to be backdated to 2002 - meaning he


Charge told the jury that Army au­ thorities were alerted to the possibil­ ity that Jolleys was not married when he began a new posting at the De­ fence Academy in Shrivenham, Wilt­ shire. He said Jolleys was staying on his own in the officers’ mess but had submitted paperwork to say he was living with his wife. In detailed evidence about the


the allowance until 2002 when he split from his wife, Judjth. He is accused of not informing his superiors of the split - a change in his circumstances - meaning it was likely he would have lost the allowance. Lieutenant Colonel Graham


send their children to boarding school and prevents any disruption to their schooling. Jolleys was legitimately claiming


this form saying he had changed his rnarital status in 2009 when I had pre­ viously received a case of him aslang to change his category status many years before,” he said. The court heard that one of the


was separated and was the “primary carer” for his children, and not his wife. “It made no sense to me to receive


sent by Mrs Jolleys to her ex-husband dated August 12th, 2009, which said: “I am happy to support your case in that you provided and supported the family home.


ceipt of a bank statement that pur­ ported to show Jolleys was in receipt of the child benefit, but inquiries he made with the Department for Work and Pensions revealed child benefit was paid to Mrs Jolleys. Lt Col Charge referred to an email


criteria the Army took into account in determining whether members of the armed services were the primary carer was whether they received child benefit payments. Lt Col Charge said he was in re­


December 2009 he refused Jolleys’ application for a backdated change in status. Jurors were told that Jolleys kept up an elaborate charade by maintain­


claimed continuing education allow­ ance and you had equal rights with the other parent, the regulations are clear where equal rights exist - there is no entitlement to claim continuing education allowance.” Lt Col Charge told the jury that in


to me meant that both of the parents had equal or shared the right to hav­ ing a say in the decisions for the chil­ dren. “That was important because if you


stated there are no care orders in place and going forward care will be arranged between you and I.” Lt Col Charge said: ‘“You and I’


benefit by default for 18 years. There have been difficulties during the sepa­ ration and you maintained a fam­ ily responsibility and a home for the boys. “The decree nisi in March 2009


defence of being the primary carer for his children as a “red herring” and accused him of bullying his estranged wife into agreeing that he was the primary carer. To support his claims, Jolleys is also accused of forging his wife’s signature on official documents to their bank and Stonyhurst College. The trial was continuing as the Clit­ heroe Advertiser went to press.


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men and six women that the sums in­ volved were “eye watering” and that without the school allowance Jolleys could not have afforded the fees. Mr Gerasimidis described Jolleys’


alleged that the defendant realised the “balloon had gone up” and set about trying to cover his tracks. He left the Army the following year. Mr Gerasimidis told the jury of six


ing to his superiors that he was still married and that his wife lived with him in his Army quarters. His ruse was only rumbled when his estranged wife rang his superior officer in the summer of 2009 and asked: “'Where’s Robert?” Prosecutor Mr Nicolas Gerasimidis


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