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27th December 2010
North Meols Parish Summary
Source: North Meols Parish Council
Click here to download the 2010 North Meols Parish Summary
26th October 2010
Source: Lancashire Trading Standards
Lancashire Trading Standards service has received complaints relating to unsolicited phone calls to consumers, where the caller states that the call is from the 'Fraud Credit Line'.
The caller then claims to be ringing on behalf of a named bank. They ask the recipient for their credit card number and other personal information, but do not ask any of the usual verification questions or give the caller's name when requested. The caller asks for the consumer by his or her full name including middle names, but when challenged refuses to give any contact details for the consumer to check on or call back on, and ends the conversation.
We can only assume this is another bogus company attempting to obtain personal information and advise extreme caution when contacted unexpectedly in this fashion.
Please refer any complaints to Lancashire Trading Standards Service, 55 Guildhall Street, Preston, Lancs PR1 3NU via Consumer Direct tel 08454 040506. If anyone has received threats or lost money they should contact the police.
24th October 2010
Source: Letter to the Editor
Dear Sir,
I had lived locally for 20 years now and am bemused at the road situation on Square House Lane /Gorsey Lane, Banks.
In the past the right of way was always on Square House lane going toward New Lane Pace corner. After a recent resurface it then changes, so now the right of way is straight on along Gorsey Lane to New Lane Pace corner.
I've just been down the road today and it has changed again, back to the right of way on Square House Lane (with no warning signs to say the right of way has changed).
You couldn't make it up, are the roads dept trying to seriously injure someone ???
Yours totally bemused
Jon Bragg 24th October 2010
21st October 2010
4,300 mile COASTAL RELAY RUNS THROUGH VILLAGE
Source: Hubmaker Media
A team of over 400 runners have come together to complete a relay around the coast of Great Britain.
The 4,300 mile CoastersGB challenge started in Blackpool on May 9th and will end in Blackpool on the 23rd October.
Todays leg of this marathon achievement started at the Plough roundabout at Crossens, through Banks, Hesketh Bank and Tarleton.
"Barry" the batton was handed over to the next leg runners at Bank Bridge on the A59.
Runners Sue, Dave and Chris are pictured leaving Southport with Barry the Batton.
16th October 2010
Source: Hubmaker Media
The Mere Brow Giant Pumpkin competition record was smashed when the winner tipped the scales at over 1000lb.
Mark O'Hanlon's giant pumpkin weighed in at a whopping 1138 lb (516kg) breaking the previous record of 915 lb (415kg) which was set in 2004 by James O'Hanlon and Liam Cupit.
Second place also went to Mark with a 972 lb (441kg) pumpkin and third place went to the event organiser, Trevor Wilson who grew a personal best 760lb (345kg) pumpkin.
For more information on the show and a complete list of the 36 weigh off entries please go to www.merebrowgiantpumpkins.com
The 16th Mere Brow Giant Pumpkin Competition was held at Gravel Farm, Banks held on 16th October and compered by Dave Turley of Dune FM. Many local firms also contributed sponsorship to the event which is an annual fundraiser for the Norh West Air Ambulance.
12th October 2010
Source: Hubmaker Media
Two new recruits will soon be working at the West Lancashire Investment Centre as the council hunts for suitable candidates to become apprentices.
West Lancashire Borough Council is boosting its workforce by taking on the apprentice economic development clerical assistants.
The new recruits will support the Regeneration and Estates Division with a wide range of administrative tasks as well as working with other public partners and private organisations. The 12-month contract will also see them training towards an NVQ in a related subject.
Councillor Adrian Owens, portfolio holder for Regeneration and Estates, said: "This is an excellent opportunity for apprentices to develop their skills and learn. These positions offer the opportunity to gain real hands-on work experience during the programme. In a tough job market, the council was determined to give two people a boost on the career ladder and we hope other employers will boost their apprentice numbers too."
The closing date for applications is October 17. Click here for more information.
8th October 2010
Source: Hesketh with Becconsall Parish Council
Bus Service 2C Banks - Hesketh Bank - Tarleton - Holmeswood – Ormskirk (Weekly Market Bus)
As a result of requests from local users, Lancashire County Council will revise the timetable From 4th November 2010 amending the departure time of the return journey from Ormskirk to 13:45 and operate 45 minutes later throughout.
The morning journey will be unaffected and Holmeswood Coaches will continue to operate the service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
20th September 2010
Source: West Lancashire Borough Council
Trees are a vital part of our natural environment. They absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere which would otherwise contribute to climate change - so planting a tree is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint, as well as helping out the local wildlife!
In the last 50 years around 45% of England's semi natural woodland has disappeared. By offering a free tree scheme we hope to encourage local people to help us increase the number of trees in West Lancashire.
You can request up to 10 trees per person (subject to availability)
The trees must be planted in West Lancashire and on land that is under your control or ownership – for example in gardens. Trees cannot be planted on highway land or road verges.
The offer is available until 29 0ctober 2010.
If your application is successful, collection details will be sent out to you after this date. We're hoping to coincide the collection of the trees with National Tree Week which runs from 25 November to 5 December 2010.
To apply online (from 4th October) visit the WLBC Free Tree Sceme
Cosmopolitan Housing Association, with the support of West Lancs District Council is seeking to develop a scheme of new affordable homes for local people in Banks.
The proposed 'Chapel Lane Development' scheme, which is subject to formal planning approval and the securing of Government funding would consist of 19 two bedroom bungalows for social rent, 6 two bedroom bungalows for shared ownership and 6 two bedroom apartments for social rent.
To find out more about the proposal and give us your views, Cosmopolitan staff will be at the Banks Community Centre, Hoole Lane on Thursday 23rd September between 3:30pm and 7:30pm so please drop in.
If you can't attend and would like to find out more please contact the Association on 0151 227 3716 or email@example.com.
More Local Events
16th September 2010
Source: Ormskirk Advertiser
A FARMER was ordered to pay more than £1,000 in court costs after failing to dispose of a dead cow properly – telling trading standards officers he would feed the carcass to his dogs.
Timothy Edwards, of The Marshes Lane, Mere Brow, was found guilty of failing to dispose of the carcass in line with government guidelines after a hearing at Ormskirk Magistrates Court. More...
15th September 2010
Fraudulent Loan Applications Warning
Source: Lancashire Trading Standards
Complaints have been received regarding letters received by consumers from MCO Capital Limited about a repayment of a loan. It is believed that MCO Capital Limited is a legitimate loan company and that a number of people from across the UK have had their identity stolen in order for fraudsters to take out loans, in various names, with MCO Capital Limited.
If you have received one of these letters and have not taken out a loan, DO NOT IGNORE IT. It may affect your credit rating and you may find bailiffs on your doorstep if you do not take action to inform MCO you did not request this loan.
MCO have asked that complainants should write to them to confirm that a loan has not been requested and payment has not been received. Their address is Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway London WC2B 6UN.
Anyone receiving such letters may also wish to conduct a credit reference search (with an agency such as Experian) to ascertain if any fraudulent applications have been made against their name and address. There will be a charge for this service.
If you have lost money to a fraudster, please report it as soon as possible. Please refer any complaints to Lancashire Trading Standards Service, 55 Guildhall Street, Preston, Lancs PR1 3NU via Consumer Direct tel 08454 040506. If anyone has lost money they should contact the police. If you need any more advice contact Action Fraud via their website www.actionfraud.org.uk or call 0300 123 2040.
9th September 2010
Source: Lancashire Trading Standards
Consumers are warned to beware of traders targeting rural Lancashire residents, by offering to tarmac roads and drives using material allegedly left over from council work.
On one occasion an older farming couple in the Hyndburn area was told that the men were working on a neighbouring road and had ordered too much tarmac, which is not believed to be true. They were charged over £2000 to cover their drive with tarmac.
On a second occasion a cold caller used a similar story and told a farmer in the rural outskirts of Chorley that he was working for the council and had left-over tarmac to use up, which was offered at £2.50 per square foot.
These individuals are not council contractors and Lancashire County Council would like to make it clear that they are not carrying out official work on the highways.
A fake address in Sheffield is given and the work is overcharged and consists of a surface skim which is unlikely to last long. One of the men has an Irish accent and drives a silver car.
Please refer any complaints to Lancashire Trading Standards Service, 55 Guildhall Street, Preston, Lancs PR1 3NU via Consumer Direct tel 08454 040506
29th August 2010
Source: Hubmaker Media
West Lancashire Borough Council have indicated that the future development of Banks will be limited to Greaves Hall and the 'Lambing Field' on Guinea Hall Lane, ignoring the work of the Parish Council and local residents.
North Meols Parish Council had conducted a consultation exercise to establish a local view on what should be included in the new WLBC 'Local Development Framework' but claim this has been dismissed by West Lancs planners. The LDF sets out planning policy for the borough for the next 20 years.
The Parish Council working group collated ideas that would ensure that the village would continue as a sustainable community and covered such things as infrastructure, services, housing, both affordable and open market, employment and leisure facilities.
The proposed 'regeneration' focused on the land between Hoole Lane and the Back Drain with the the old school being developed as a new village centre providing a new 'heart' in the form of a retail square.
Godfrey Crook, who owns most of that land, has drawn up a 'feasibility sketch' showing how the scheme could be implemented in three phases starting with a new village centre.
Importantly, the proposed scheme included a new trunk sewer that would relieve the pressure on the problematic existing sewage system in the village.
The feasibility sketch was submitted to the planning officers who indicated that if it was to be formally put forward for consideration they would not support it. They cited 'flood risk', greenbelt and inappropriate use of land as the reasons for rejection.
Members of the public are invited to review the regeneration plans supported by the Parish Council which are presently on display at Banks Community Centre.
Parish Council Chairman, Dr David Vickers, said "Although 'affordable housing' developments will still be allowed, it would appear that the submission from our group has been totally ignored." "By their actions WLBC planners have condemned the village to stagnation."
Cllr Vickers refered readers to consider a recent Daily Express arcticle about sustainable rural villages.
27th August 2010
Source: Southport Visitor
Tarleton High School is celebrating their best ever GCSE results.
Students and staff at the school celebrated their record breaking year when the results were announced this week. The number of pupils gaining A* and A grades has risen to a high of 29 per cent this year and Year 11 pupils equalled the schools best ever results with 80 per cent achieving five or more A* to C grades.
Some of the students at the school achieved particularly outstanding results, most notably Tom Cowin who gained 11 A*s and three As, Sian Butler who achieved 10 A*s and six As and Aiden Hipwell who got seven A* and seven A grades. More...
23rd August 2010
Source: Press Release
Local MP for Tarleton, Banks, Hesketh Bank and Rufford, Lorraine Fullbrook is this month highlighting the issue of Postal Scams, that are increasingly trapping local people.
Commenting on her concerns, Lorraine who lives in Tarleton said… "I was recently visited at my one of my local surgeries by a local Crime Prevention Officer and an independent member of the South Ribble Older People's Partnership. The issue they discussed with me is an extremely serious one which has been raised on many occasions over the years by both the local and national newspapers and news – but as these unscrupulous people become more inventive in how to steal money from people, we must all continually make people aware of this horrendous practise. The Crime Prevention Officer presented me with a 6-inch high pile of mail which contained many different examples of letters delivered by post, personally addressed local people. In one individual case, there must be over 250 letters to just one elderly lady. Many of the letters are repetitive but here are some examples:
Some of these letters are of very poor quality print, but one can only imagine these being very frightening to receive. All in all there are so many different variants of these bogus and scam letters. They range from correspondence by fake "psychics" to fake firms assigning "cash prizes" amounting from thousands to several million pounds - often, if not always, asking for the person's credit card details at the most extreme level.
What is particularly concerning is that all of these letters affected just one of my constituents. Many of us receive the odd one of these letters and we just throw them away. However, for some of our more vulnerable people, they can escalate devastatingly. They become frightening to receive, and they are far easier to be taken in by than many of us realise.
It is important to remember therefore that if the contents of these letters appear too good to be true, they almost certainly are." Please help me to raise awareness of this despicable practise. Please talk to your family, friends and neighbours.
This is beyond a disgrace and together we can all play our part and do our bit to do all we can to make life as difficult as possible for these thieves and help stop this al together.
I will be raising this issue with my parliamentary colleagues for them to spread the word to their constituents – and I will be raising this matter in the House of Commons to try and stop it".
12th August 2010
Free FIRE SAFETY CHECK
Source: Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service
Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service Promote Free Home Fire Safety Checks Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service offer free Home Fire Safety Checks to every householder in the county.
These checks involve a crew visiting your home and giving fire safety advice, as well as fitting smoke alarms where necessary. Any resident within Lancashire can request one and they are completely free of charge.
The Home Fire Safety Checks include:
• Providing and install FREE 10-year smoke alarms where necessary.
• Giving life saving advice in the event of a fire in your home.
• How to make a fire escape plan for you and your family.
• Practical advice on identifying fire hazards in the home.
• Providing and install FREE 10-year smoke alarms where necessary.
• Giving life saving advice in the event of a fire in your home.
• How to make a fire escape plan for you and your family.
• Practical advice on identifying fire hazards in the home.
• Providing and install FREE 10-year smoke alarms where necessary.
• Giving life saving advice in the event of a fire in your home.
• How to make a fire escape plan for you and your family.
• Practical advice on identifying fire hazards in the home.
All Home Fire Safety Checks are carried out by employees of Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service who will show identification when they arrive.
To book a free Home Fire Safety Check, please contact us by calling Freephone 0800 169 1125 quoting SA003
11th August 2010
Free Learner Drivers support scheme
Source: Lancashire County Council
Do you take a learner driver out for extra practice sessions or know someone who does? Have you heard about Lancashire County Council's FREE Pre Pass Support Scheme?
What is it? The FREE award-winning course is designed to help anyone who takes a Learner driver out for extra practice sessions. It will help mentors understand how they can provide the best support and advice for the Learner alongside their professional driving lessons.
When and where is it? The course is held on a Saturday at our Road Safety Training Centre in Leyland. We are running the course on the 14th August, 11th September and 9th October 2010.
How much does it cost? Nothing! The course is totally FREE and we will also provide you with a FREE lunch and refreshments.
What happens on the course? There is a theory and practical session which both the Learner and Accompanying Driver can attend. The course gives friendly support and advice so you both get more out of extra practice sessions. There is also an interactive workshop for the Learner which will provide lots of useful tips to help them prepare for their test.
Contact us now to book your place on a course Call Chris Dunderdale on 01772 534593 Email chris.dunderdale (at) lancashire.gov.uk
2nd August 2010
Source: Lancashire Trading Standards Service
JOB-HUNTERS are being warned that some adverts for mystery shoppers, offering earnings of £300 per week, which have recently appeared in newspapers, are likely to be a sophisticated way to acquire bank details. When responding to an advertisement consumers are then asked for personal details and up-front payment.
This is yet another home-working scheme designed to part job-hunters from their money while offering very little in return. We are strongly advising people not to get involved with anything involving the words "Mystery Shopper".
When applying for any home-working job, the moment there is any mention of asking for up-front payment people should walk away.
Trading standards officers are also warning residents to beware scams involving tickets for the 2012 Olympic Games. Be aware that tickets will not be available until 2011 and will only be sold through the official website and authorised ticket resellers.
Residents may pre-register for tickets free of charge from the official 2012 Olympic website although pre-registering does not guarantee tickets. You will not be asked to pay money or sign a contract till 2011. If any website offers bargain tickets before 2011 it will be fraudulent.
Please refer any complaints and further information to Lancashire Trading Standards Service, 56-58 Guildhall Street, Preston, Lancs via Consumer Direct tel 08454 040506
7th July 2010
Source: United Utilities
We have announced that we will impose a hosepipe ban following the driest start to a year since its records began. It is the first hosepipe ban in the North West for 14 years.
The ban will come into force on Friday July 9 at 6am.
4th July 2010
Reported By: Cllr David Vickers
Readers may be aware that Banks village has been allocated £104,000 of '106 monies' to create a park on the Hesketh Avenue open space.
The project will be overseen by a working group made up of Charles Evans, Jimmy O'Hare, John Baldock and Cathy Marland from the Parish Council, Sheila Bond, a village resident and Julie Lathom of the Residents' Group.
The company Groundworks Ltd have been engaged as project managers at a cost of approx £14,000 leaving £90,000 to spend on the park.
Consultations will start on the 13th July with a presentation being given to the two primary schools and the consultation will continue with public and private meetings to ensure that everyone in the village has the chance to put their views forward as to what should be in the park. It would appear that youth of the village have shown great initiative by jumping the gun somewhat and approaching us with their proposals. Good for them!
It is hoped that the consultation will not only bring ideas for content of the park, but ideas as to how we can 'stretch' the money allocated by donations of trees, benches etc. Although the project is being overseen by the Parish Council it is not a council project. This park belongs to the village not the Parish Council or the Borough Council.
Please respond to the consultation and make this a park we can be proud of!
Ideas can be dropped into the Community Centre on Hoole lane, emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com, or given to any member of the controlling group.
9th June 2010
Rufford Tip To Close
Source: BBC
Lancashire County Council has announced the closure of Rufford recycling centre.
A total of four recycling centres are set to close; Langho, Padiham, Rufford and at Everest Road in St Annes in a bid to save £1m every year.
Councillor Geoff Driver said it should not lead to rubbish being dumped illegally as several other recycling sites are nearby. He said: "The average person goes to one of these centres between one and three times a year. "The fact that they might have to go an extra three, four or even five miles to a site is not going to lead them to fly-tip." More...
21st May 2010
Source: Tarleton High School Press Release
Tarleton High School's popular swimming pool will be given a much needed refurbishment this summer.
A major water leak had threatened the closure of the pool due to the cost of the repairs needed. The school has worked closely with Lancashire County Council's Property Group to jointly fund the refurbishment that will cost over £250,000.
The Hesketh Lane school pool closes on Sunday 30th May with the works continuing through the summer. The pool has a target reopening date in early September if everything goes to plan. Most of the work will be underground and so will not be obvious to swimmers.
The refurbishment includes; excavating the existing pipe work on the pool side and replacing it, replacing the filters, pumps and pipe work in the plant room and retiling the pool itself. This will stop the water leak, increase the water quality for bathers and reduce the energy costs by making use of available technologies. The swimming pool is used for swimming lessons by hundreds of children from the surrounding areas and is a valuable local resource in an area surrounded by waterways and canals.
In addition, local swimming clubs and groups use the facility for training. The pool is also popular with locals who can hire the pool for swimming parties or use the pool during the public access sessions.
14th May 2010
Source: Hubmaker Media
It has been decided to introduce a Thursdays Only bus service to for a trial period of three months starting Thursday 3rd June:
BANKS Hoole Lane 0930
HESKETH BANK Shore/Chapel Roads 0938
TARLETON Cock & Bottle 0945
MERE BROW Legh Arms 0951
HOLMESWOOD Methodist Church 0956
RUFFORD Hesketh Arms 0959
BURSCOUGH War Memorial 1005
ORMSKIRK Bus Station 1015
The return journey will leave Ormskirk around 1300-1330 allowing for approximately 3 hours in Ormskirk.
The service is a trial and the uptake will be assessed. The continued operation of the service is estimated to need a minimum of 15-20 passengers on the service.
12th May 2010
Source: Lancashire County Council Trading Standards Service
Please be advised that a number of complaints are being received relating to cold calling by men selling intercoms systems to residents of sheltered accommodation and local authority housing throughout the Leyland, Preston, Lancaster and Burnley/ Pendle areas.
Various reports have been received and there are believed to be two companies currently operating in this way. One company, which gives a Blackpool address, advises residents that the cost of the intercoms is usually £80 but will cost £40 if purchased through the Council. Sometimes residents believe the intercoms are linked to police schemes, or to their housing provider, none of which is true.
A second set of two salesmen, sometimes giving Lancaster addresses, are operating in the east of the county and appear to be charging around £250 for intercoms systems. Residents are led to believe the company is connected with the housing provider and are shocked at then having to pay. Please be aware these companies have no official links, the products may not work, and damage may be caused to doors etc when a drill is used during the fitting.
We would be grateful to receive any further intelligence on these salemen, especially if they are currently trading in an area. Please refer any complaints to Lancashire Trading Standards Service, 55 Guildhall Street, Preston, Lancs PR1 3NU via Consumer Direct tel 08454 040506 and ask them to pass the information to trading standards straight away. If there is any fraud or criminal damage the matter should also be referred to the police.
24th March 2010
Source: Champion News
The British National Party has announced that BNP activisit Rosalind Gauci will be fighting for the South Ribble seat, which covers the Banks, Hesketh Bank and Tarleton areas, at this year's election. More...
25th February 2010
GREENFIELD HOUSING ProposAL
Source: Ormskirk Advertiser
West Lancashire Council is looking to allow more housing in rural settlements and provide more affordable homes. The new policy aims to maintain a five year supply of housing land as required by the Government.
It proposes that housing development will be allowed on brownfield sites of any size, and on greenfield sites for up to 10 units in the following villages: Tarleton, Up Holland, Parbold, Hesketh Bank, Banks, Appley Bridge, Halsall Village, Haskayne, Newburgh, Rufford, on New Cut Lane and Segars Lane (Halsall), Brown Edge (Scarisbrick) and Tontine.
Other plan policies will remain the same, for example the very tight restrictions on new development in the Green Belt. The greenfield sites are sites that have not been built on previously but are within or adjacent to exisiting developments. More...
15th February 2010
Source: Lancashire Trading Standards
Residents are advised that there are several scams and possible unfair practices hitting Lancashire at the moment.
South Ribble- consumers have complained about a cold caller who phones, saying that he is from British Telecom, and that he is offering a new service called "Do Not Call". For a one off payment of £9.95 the consumer can take advantage of a life-long service banning cold calls. Financial information to pay for this service is then requested over the telephone. Consumers are warned that these phone calls are not made on behalf of BT, and asked not to give personal information to companies they do not know over the phone.
South Ribble, West Lancs- "Supporting Arms" bags have been left for collection at various locations, asking for unwanted goods. These are not left on behalf of a registered charity, and unfortunately the collections sometimes coincide the collection of other bags left by properly registered charities. Please be aware that the profits from sales of goods given to such companies as Supporting Arms are likely to go to support private businesses rather than charitable enterprises.
Throughout Lancashire- consumers selling goods on ebay are warned that after notification by ebay that a sale has been successful, you may receive a fake email, very official in appearance and purporting to be from Paypal, requesting that you post the item and send them the tracking number. The email states that payment has been received but is in a holding account till paypal receives the requested information, at which point they will release the money. Believing that the email is genuine, the seller then posts the item abroad, only to find later that the paypal email is fake when no payment is received. Please be very careful when sending any goods abroad, especially to Africa where many of these scams originate.
Throughout Lancashire- Businesses, schools and nursing homes across the county are being warned to watch out for bogus invoices that claim to be from directory publisher Yell in relation to its products and services. The warning comes after a number of complaints, including one from an Accrington primary school that recently received a bogus £500 invoice. The scammers seek to mislead Yell customers into signing up to fake advertising contracts which sometimes result in repeated requests for payment by phone. Some people may be duped into thinking they are taking out Yell advertising or renewing existing advertising programmes. Bogus order forms are sent by e-mail or fax and contain look-alike "Yellow Pages" branding. Customers who return the form subsequently receive invoices and requests for payment. Some have even received threatening telephone calls. In one instance, scammers set up copycat websites resembling Yell.com. Yell customers should be particularly alert to any correspondence they receive containing contact or bank account details in Holland or Germany. Some of the names to beware of are:
• Yellow Page UK or Yellow Page AG, which displays an inverted "walking fingers" logo.
• Yellow Pages 24.
• UK Yellow Guide.
Anyone receiving contact from these traders or anyone similar should ignore any order forms and should not pay any invoices.
Throughout Lancashire- Another lottery scam apparently based in Italy- the name given is Chic Express, giving an address in Piemonte- the unsolicited letters claim the consumer has won £66,000 but needs to send a £20 administration fee in the envelope provided. The letters purport to come from Collins & Partners Practice, so-called experts in security & financial transfers.
Residents are strongly advised never to give out personal bank details in response to an unsolicited call or mailing.
Please refer any complaints to Lancashire Trading Standards Service, 55 Guildhall Street, Preston, Lancs PR1 3NU via Consumer Direct tel 08454 040506. If there is any loss of money the matter should also be referred to the police.
Warning issued by Dawn Robinson, Lancashire County Council Trading Standards Service, please call 01772 532763 for further information.
17th January 2010
Source: Hubmaker Media
North Meols Parish Council teamed up with community spirited local businesses and residents to solve the snow clearance problem in Banks.
Whilst the residents and parish council are aware that snow clearance is the responsibility of Lancashire County Council they also recognised that the County Council would not have the resources to clear the roads of Banks let alone the footpaths.
The parish council sourced the grit and ordered 20 tonnes for immediate delivery and also passed a motion to authorise the purchase of 10 grit bins that will be sited conveniently around the parish. The £3,697 + Vat bill for the grit and the bins was taken from the Parish Council 'environmental projects' budget.
Mr Godfrey Crook offered the use of a spreader, small tractor and driver and facilities to store the grit. Mr Bill Abram, chairman of the resident's group, then came up with two more spreaders, one from Baxters, and several volunteers to spread the grit.
Dr David Vickers, Chairman of North Meols Parish Council, said "We recognise that as there is a high proportion of more mature people in the village and we have a responsibility to ensure their safety when out and about. It was for this reason we took the decision to source the grit and do the job ourselves."
"The whole exercise is a joint partnership between local business, the resident's group and the parish council all working together for the benefit of the village."
"We hope that LCC will supply us with more grit through the summer months so we can be ready if we have another winter like this one. We also need details of anyone else who is willing to help with the spreading should the need arise".
Tarleton High School will open on Monday 11th January for ALL PUPILS. Parents are asked to ensure the conditions of opening are observed.
Tarleton High School will open on Monday 11th January for year 11 pupils.
The suituation regarding school opening for years 7, 8, 9 and 10 TBA
Tarleton High School will be closed on Friday and a decision on opening next Monday will be advised as soon as possible.
Two former Cabinet ministers, Mr Hoon and Ms Hewitt, have called for a Labour leadership contest claiming that unless the issue of the leadership was resolved, it could undermine Labour's general election campaign.
In a reply to the email South Ribble MP David Borrow responded:
"Dear Geoff,
Thank you for your e-mail. I am very disappointed and I disagree with you in every detail. I do not believe that the Parliamentary Labour Party is divided over the question of leadership, other than by a very few malcontents. I did not expect you to have become one of them.
Any leadership ballot (whatever the result) would be seized upon with glee by our political enemies and be immensely damaging to the Labour Party and our prospects at the forthcoming election. I believe you and Patricia have misjudged the mood in the PLP and I feel there is no pressure for a ballet only months before the General Election.
I would suggest, for the best interests of the Labour Party and your Parliamentary colleagues, that you now provide us all with a period of silence until after the next election."
Tarleton High School have announced they will remain closed tomorrow, Thursday the 7th January.
Bretherton's Dave Ryding might be one of our big skiing hopes for this year's Winter Olympics in Vancouver - but he isn't happy when the snow began to fall in Britain.
He grumbled: "I wanted a break from my normal routine - I did not want to see any snow."
"I'm sick of the stuff. I was slipping all over the place. Transport was carnage.
Dave, 23, spends several months of the year training in Austria and is now rated as the British No.1 for slalom. More....
2nd January 2010
Source: Lancashire Evening Post
Dancer Alistair makes move for TV crown
A Tarleton farmer's son turned ballet dancer is to star in a new BBC TV talent search to find Britain's best dancer.
Former Tarleton schoolboy Alastair Postlethwaite, now 28, who won a place at the Royal Ballet School at the age of 11, is a finalist on new primetime BBC1 show, So You Think You Can Dance.
Alastair, who grew up on Longlands Farm, in Tarleton, and still stays with his parents between jobs, mucked out, herded cattle and worked on the family stall in Chorley Market in between working on his dance moves as a child. More....
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Annexing pages / documents to a consent form
p. 63
In case an extra sheet of paper or a document is annexed with a printed consent form, ensure that the patient's signature is taken on each and every page. (In this case, the court found that the patient signed the consent form and the explanation about the proposed surgery, type of surgery, and future complications were annexed with the consent form. In all such annexures, patient's signature must be obtained on every page, or else there is a probability that the patient may allege that the annexures were not present when the consent form was signed and were added subsequently by the hospital / doctor.)
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You are threatened to do something - What next?
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In a situation, where due to threat, coercion, or any such external factor, a doctor or hospital is forced to perform an act, at the first available opportunity thereafter, such incidents must be reported to the police, in writing, and an acknowledgment must be taken. (In this case, the hospital (OP1) took the defense that following the patient's death, her husband had gathered mob and pressurized the doctors by calling reporters from the electronic media and forced its doctors to issue a letter admitting negligence. The court accepted this defense.)
Doctors and hospitals are nowadays hot favorite of media, both print and electronic. Medical negligence is big news. Proper care must be taken in dealing with media in case of a medical mishap and help from journalist friends or PR professionals must be taken to deal with the situation, so that the loss is minimized. (In this case, the hospital pointed out in the court that presence of electronic media was one of the reasons for accepting medical negligence in writing.)
Referral letter of the doctor referring the patient must be duly preserved with the other medical records of the patient. (In this case, the patient alleged that the patient was referred to the hospital (OP1) only because her condition was serious but was not admitted in the ICU. The hospital (OP1) produced the referral letter where nothing of this sort was written by the referring doctor.) ,
Courts have started taking into account rowdy and illegal acts of the patient /attendants. The court's observations in this case are very apt and point out to the aforesaid: "It is seen that though wife (patient) of appellant was dead by putting aside the dead body, appellant illegally tried to harass the doctors. In our view, this practice needs to be coped, because of the deeds of miscreant general public will have to suffer. No doctor will take cognizance of any serious patient if illegal practice will adopt by the relative of the patient."
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Withdrawing life support on request of patient's attendants - An "offence," observes court
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Hospitals cannot withdraw the life support of a patient on instructions of any other person, not even the closest relatives. In this case, the court has rightly observed that such an act "amounts to offence." The Supreme Court is presently seized of this issue and clarity will emerge once the judgment is pronounced.
Whenever a patient seeks to get discharged on his/her own or contrary to medical advice, the patient must first be asked to sign a "discharge against medical advice" form.
Assisting the patient in a way that does not strictly come under the purview of the doctor's duty is always viewed favorably by the court. (In this case, the patient was discharged; yet the doctor accompanied her to the other hospital till she was admitted therein and the court did draw favorable inference from this act.)
Consumer courts can levy fine against a frivolous complainant. In case the patient's complaint is frivolous, doctors and hospitals must insist on this fine. It acts as a deterrent against false and frivolous complaints of medical negligence against doctors and hospitals. In this case, the lower court had actually imposed a cost of Rs. 10,000/- on the patient's attendants for filing a frivolous complaint.
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Precautions in procedures where failure results in a surgical intervention
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In procedures where failure leads to a surgical intervention, two elementary precautions must be taken. First, the consent must clearly spell out the possibility of failure of the procedure and the possibility of the consequent surgery. Second, requsite preparedness must be there in anticipation of a surgery. Delay in performing such a surgery could be held as negligence. (In this case, angioplasty crashed and within a few hours, the patient had to undergo open heart surgery. The patient made a very specific allegation that there was no surgical standby which resulted in inordinate delay in performing surgery.) ,
In doubtful cases, especially when the patient's orientation seems doubtful, it is advisable to take additional consent of an attendant, preferably the closest relative present, alongwith the patient's consent. (In this case, though the patient was conscious, signature of both the patient and his wife were taken on the consent form for angioplasty and the court specifically took cognizance of the aforesaid while holding that the consent was proper.)
In case the patient is unable to give consent, consent of the closest relative must be taken. Efforts must be made to do so even in case of emergencies, though strictly speaking, one is not bound to take consent in emergencies. (In this case, angioplasty crashed and the patient was taken for open heart surgery within a few hours, but even then consent of the patient's wife and sister-in-law was taken. The court viewed this favorably.)
Care and caution is required in taking consent from an illiterate or less literate patient. In case of literate patients, courts presume that the patient understood whatever was written in the consent form, but such a presumption does not exist in case of illiterate patients. (In this case, the allegation that signatures were taken in a routine manner was rejected by the court and one of the reasons specifically stated by the court for doing so was that the patient and his family were highly educated.)
In case of critical patients, it is always advisable to take a second opinion or involve other doctors. This advice becomes rather mandatory when such a request is made on behalf of the patient. Patient's request as well as the fact that other doctor/s were involved must be specifically noted in the patient's medical records. (In this case, the court has specifically taken note of the fact that the patient's brother-in-law had brought two consultants who had approved the line of treatment.)
Record specifically the lifestyle habits of patients such as drinking, smoking, and so on which could adversely affect treatment or surgical procedures. (In this case, the court held that the patient's habit of heavy smoking had caused post-operative complications that led to multi-organ failure and, ultimately, death of the patient.)
Important decisions must always be taken after due deliberations with the patient and the patient's family and not in a hurry. Emergencies, of course, are an exception.
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Precautions in making referrals on patient's/attendants' request
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Whenever a particular act is performed on the request or insistence of the patient/attendants, it is advisable to take a written request from them or at least the fact that the particular act is being done on the request of the patient/attendant must be duly recorded in the patient's medical records. (In this case, the doctor (OP2) had specifically pleaded that he had referred the patient to a higher center on the request of the patient's father, but this plea did not convince the court perhaps as nothing was on record.)
In cases where the investigation report shows any abnormality, the option of repeating the investigation must be seriously contemplated by both the diagnostic center as well as the referring doctor. (In this case, the court had very specifically observed that though the platelet count of the patient showed abnormal value, the patient was not advised to repeat the test.)
In suitable cases, after performing an investigation on a machine, repeating the investigation by manual method or other alternative/s must be seriously considered, especially if the findings are abnormal or there is a cause for suspicion. (In this case, the court drew adverse inference against the diagnostic center because "after conducting the test on machine, it failed to repeat it by manual method, particularly when the report had shown abnormal value of platelet count.")
It is advisable that in suitable cases, the investigation reports must also record the name of the machine on which the investigation is performed. (In this case, the court has very specifically pointed out that the diagnostic center (OP3) did not mention in the report the name of the machine on which the blood count of the patient was taken.)
Diagnosis, provisional or final, or at times even suspicions must be written specifically in the prescription. Failure to do so would be construed as negligence. (In this case, the doctor (OP2) admitted that he had not mentioned that the patient was suffering from vasovagal syncopial attack in the prescription as the patient was being treated as an outpatient. The court held that this was improper.)
In all cases where the requisite facilities/doctors are unavailable to manage the patient properly, the patient must be referred to appropriate facility/consultant at the earliest.
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Non-anesthetists can give anesthesia, but only in grave emergencies
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Hospitals and surgeons must refuse to perform a surgery in the absence of an anesthetist. Grave emergency is an exception, but even then, efforts must be made to requisition the services of an anesthetist from a nearby area/hospital. The fact that efforts were made to call an anesthetist and the grave emergency, both, must be duly recorded in the patient's medical records and the operation notes. (In this case, the hospital (OP) did try to put a defense that qualified anesthetists were unavailable and, hence, the pediatrician administered anesthesia. But the court found that an anesthetist was available in the District Civil Hospital and was in fact called after the mishap.)
Simply because a doctor has been practicing as an anesthetist, sonologist, or such other specialist for a pretty long time without any adverse event does not mean that this doctor can continue practicing as such. The requsite qualifications prescribed by the Medical Council of India (MCI) are absolutely necessary. (In this case, the hospital (OP) tried to defend the administration of anesthesia by the pediatrician on the ground that he had been a regular anesthetist for over 2000 surgeries and there was no mishap. This defense was obviously rejected by the court.)
Failure to provide the requsite medically indicated aid and support to a victim of medical mishap is viewed as serious defeciency of service by courts. A sense of urgency must prevail in each and every act in any such eventuality. (In this case, the court drew adverse inference against the hospital (OP) as the patient was shifted to the ward even though she had not gained consciousness, ventilator support was withdrawn early, and the patient was given only oxygen incubation. The court had very aptly observed, "When the patient's life was at stake, much more urgent and serious medical steps were required to be taken.")
Before surgery, the anesthetists must review the patient's medical record, history, prior medications, allergies, time requirements, the best combination of drugs to use, procedure to follow, and so on.
Courts in India are granting compensation for factors such as deprivation of love and pleasure of the other partner in case of a married couple.
In case of an unnatural death or where the cause of death is not known, it is advisable to send the dead body for post-mortem. There is no need to wait for any permission or request from the dead patient's attendants/relatives for the same.
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Court directs MCI to act against erring doctor or face contempt charges
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Public perception of lethargy of the Medical Council in acting against doctors is perhaps forcing the courts to take a stern view. In this case, the court referred the case of a pathologist (OP) to the Medical Council of India for taking appropriate action and further directed that the Medical Council of India, New Delhi should send compliance report in this case to the Registrar of this Commission within 90 days; otherwise, it would tantamount to contempt of court.
Doctors must be careful in issuing medical certificates. Issuing a false, misleading, or inaccurate certificate could result in disciplinary action. (This case was not a case of medical negligence. The patient, in order to justify his delay in filing an appeal, had produced a medical certificate issued by the pathologist (OP) stating that he was suffering from cervical spondylitis for a period of 9 months. The court held that the pathologist (OP) had issued a false certificate and directed the Medical Council of India to take disciplinary action against the pathologist (OP).
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The "regenerative medicine" field that encompasses stem cell therapy focuses on regenerating your body to treat it instead of focusing on prescriptions and surgeries. Stem cell therapy achieves this effect by injecting stem cells into your body in the hopes of regenerating the cells you need, like meniscus tissue in the case of knee arthritis.
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Stem cell therapy can be used to potentially treat symptoms from a wide range of conditions, diseases, and injuries. PRP can help with many issues as well, especially sports injuries. Take Tiger Woods and Rafael Nadal for example, both star athletes who received PRP treatments to help them recover from injuries.
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Musculoskeletal and Sports Injuries
Stem cell therapy may accelerate the repair of torn ligaments and tendons, regenerate bones, reduce inflammation, and increase range of motion.
- Osteoarthritis: Also known as degenerative arthritis, this joint disease breaks down joint cartilage and underlying bone, causing joint stiffness and pain. Stem cell therapy may regenerate cartilage and bone, so it may also ease the joint stiffness and pain caused by osteoarthritis.
- Hip Injuries: Stem cells within your own body can regenerate ligaments, tendons, and bone in the hip, and may help you recover from your injury.
- Torn Ligaments: Since stem cells can rejuvenate and even regenerate tendons and ligaments, stem cell therapy may help you repair your ligaments and heal more quickly.
- Knee Injuries: From inflammation to tendon and bone damage, stem cell therapy could help you recover much more rapidly from your knee injuries.
- Shoulder Injuries: As in the case of a rotator cuff injury, stem cell therapy's ability to repair ligaments, tendon, and bone could help you more rapidly recover from your injuries.
- Orthopedics & Sports Medicine: Many professional athletes and sports players, including legends like Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus, have used stem cell therapy for some of your injuries.
Cardiopulmonary Conditions
These debilitating conditions can leave you feeling like you don't have many options. However, stem cell therapy may be able to help regenerate strong, healthy cells in the human body.
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF): When you learn that your heart can't sustain sufficient blood flow to your body, it can be terrifying to say the least. Stem cell therapy may be able to use stem cells from your own fat to supply healthy myocardial cells, potentially fixing this problem.
- Cardiomyopathy: Since stem cells can form new, healthy cells, they may regenerate and rejuvenate your scarred heart muscle to a healthier state.
- Post Heart Attack (MI): Since heart muscle can die during a heart attack, stem cell therapy may be able to generate new cardiac cells to replace dead ones.
- COPD: Think of asthma and bronchitis, among other degenerative diseases that make it difficult to breathe. Stem cells may regenerate airway structures to allow more air through affected passages, making it easier to breathe again.
- Cardiopulmonary & Cardiology: The human stem cell can accelerate soft tissue healing, repairing blood vessels and promoting growth of epithelial tissue. Thus, cardiologists are recognizing its therapeutic value. Consult with a doctor to see how stem cell therapy could help in your particular situation.
Degenerative Eye Diseases
While eye diseases can be frustrating, stem cell therapy may be able to help regenerate healthy cells and cells damaged by an injury.
- Macular Degeneration: Affecting more than 10 million Americans, the leading cause of vision loss is considered to be incurable. However, stem cell therapy may be able to help since it can regenerate the cells of the central portion of the retina.
- Retinal Micro-Hemorrhage: When abnormal bleeding occurs in the retina, stem cells may to repair the damaged blood vessels.
- Ophthalmology: With over 20 years of research on using stem cells for epithelial wound healing, we now know well that stem cells may help you since they can regenerate damaged tissues.
Neurological Conditions
Stem cells from your own fat may regenerate and rejuvenate brain and nerve cells, helping you recover from your conditions.
- Alzheimer's Disease: The primary cause of dementia, Alzheimer's is a terrible disease. Stem cell therapy can regenerate and rejuvenate brain cells in patients with Alzheimer's, potentially improving their quality of life.
- Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Stem cells from your own fat can regenerate the nerve cells you need, decreasing inflammation and decompressing your damage spinal cord.
- Stroke Damage: New, healthy cells can eventually diminish some of the effects of a stroke, and stem cell therapy can regenerate new, healthy brain cells.
- Cognitive Impairment Since stem cells can regenerate nerve cells in your brain, they may improve mental alertness and memory.
Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune diseases can cause a number of frustrating or even debilitating conditions, but stem cell therapy may be able to help regulate your body's autoimmune response.
- Lupus: Stem cell therapy may be able to help patients with this chronic autoimmune disease. Adipose stem cells, or stem cells from fat, can decrease inflammation and repair damaged tissues.
- Rheumatoid Arthritis: Both systemic IV treatments and injections directly into pained joints may reduce inflammation and increase range of motion for patients with RA.
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS): While there is no cure for MS, affected nerves can be regenerated by stem cells, meaning that stem cell therapy may be able to help with or reduce your symptoms.
- Crohn's Disease (IBD): By reducing inflammation and repairing tissue, stem cell therapy could potentially relieve your symptoms. In so doing, you may no longer have to rely on corticosteroids, immunosuppressant medicines, dietary treatments, and surgery.
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): Once again due to its ability to reduce inflammation and regenerate and rejuvenate damaged tissue, stem cell therapy could help the symptoms of IBD.
- Type I Diabetes: Given the ability for stem cells to regenerate beta cells in the pancreas, stem cell therapy can even help with Type I Diabetes.
- Cirrhosis: Through the rejuvenation and regenerate tissue and reduce inflammation, stem cells from your own body fat can help counteract the cellular degeneration and inflammation caused by this disease.
- Grave's Disease: Stem cells may help regenerate the thyroid to a more normal state of function, relieving symptoms of Grave's Disease.
- Myasthenia Gravis: Receiving a stem cell therapy procedure may help with energy and causing the remission of the symptoms of myasthenia gravis.
- Vasculitis: Thought to be caused by infection or a faulty immune response, stem cells from your own fat may decrease inflammation and even turn into white blood cells or correct a faulty immune systems response.
- Pain Management & Wound Healing: Since regenerative therapies can repair damaged tissue and regenerate new tissue, they exhibit great potential to reduce pain and heal wounds.
Metabolic Disorders
While these disorders can cause fatigue and many other symptoms that can affect your quality of life, stem cells may be able to improve your condition be stimulating regeneration of the needed cells.
- Type II Diabetes: Stem cells may regenerate insulin in the body, helping patients with Type II Diabetes.
- Osteoporosis: Stem cells can regenerate bone tissue, helping treat the fragility brought on by loss of bone tissue.
- Liver Disease: Stem cells can regenerate hepatic (liver) cells , helping rejuvenate the liver and potentially restoring proper function.
- Fibromyalgia: With the potential to increase energy levels, decrease inflammation, and reduce perceived pain, stem cell therapy has a lot to offer patients with fibromyalgia.
- Chronic Fatigue: Stem cells from within your own fat can regenerate and rejuvenate the other cells in your body, which may increase your energy levels and allow for increased quality of life.
- Hypertension: Commonly referred to as high blood pressure or arterial hypertension, this condition may be helped by stem cell therapy. Since stem cells can rejuvenate and regenerate myocardial (heart) cells as well as your arteries, which could lower blood pressure as a result.
- Lyme Disease: Stem cells can regenerate many different cells in the body, decreasing inflammation in the body and increasing energy levels. In theory, these treatments could provide patients with a higher quality of life.
Aesthetics & Anti-Aging
- Anti-Aging Therapy: Given their potential to regenerate new cells to replace damaged and depleted cells throughout the body, including skin and hair tissue, stem cells may restore you to a more youthful look and feel.
- Cosmetic Uses: Using PRP in combination with stem cells, stem cell therapy can rejuvenate the look of a patient's skin. This is most commonly done on the face with the hope of restoring a more youthful look.
- Hair Loss: Also known as baldness or alopecia, stem cells can help regenerate hair follicles and may lead to the growth of new, lush hair.
Where Should I Get Stem Cell Therapy?
Stem cell therapy is available at stem cell therapy clinics, which attempt to help patients by injecting stem cells into their bodies, either by IV or directly to the source they intend to treat.
When it comes to stem cell therapy, using the right type of stem cells allows you to potentially regenerate most anything in the human body, from blood and bone to skin and neural tissue. Given its potential, it can be used to treat many conditions, whether caused by injury or illness. Therefore, it is important for people considering stem cell therapy to work with a doctor that develops a customized treatment plan taking your unique circumstances into consideration.
How Do I Contact A Stem Cell Therapy Clinic?
Reach out to an experienced clinic that follows high quality standards and has safe practices. If you're in need of a suggestion, try Dynamic Stem Cell Therapy in Las Vegas, Nevada.
If you have questions about stem cells or stem cell therapy, Dynamic Stem Cell Therapy employs an incredible staff and a compassionate, world-class doctor that can help you find the right path for your personalized treatment. Book a free consultation or contact us today, and we'll help you discover if stem cell therapy could be right for you.


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