Royal Liverpool University Hospital patient found dead in grounds

THE    ROYAL ENGLAND LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL......pic courtesy:::Ebc
crime reporter(weastar times/Ebc/WP):::The 80-year-old was reported missing at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital at around 19:30 GMT on Wednesday.

Following a search, his body was found outside at about 02:45 GMT.

A hospital trust spokesman said a "robust procedure for searching for patients" had been followed after the man was found to be missing.

A post-mortem examination is due to take place to establish the cause of his death.

The spokesman for the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust said that "within 30 minutes of the patient last being seen on the ward, a hospital-wide search was launched and, within the hour, the police were informed".

"Patients are free to leave the wards at their will and we have protocols for facilitating patients' movements to and from the wards," he said.

"We also have a robust procedure for searching for patients if they leave the ward unexpectedly and for reporting if they are missing, all of which were followed in this case."

He added that the trust's "sympathies and thoughts are with the patient's family at this time".

A police spokesman said: "The man's next of kin have been informed but he is yet to be formally identified."

sports:::football:::Manchester United profits rise

sports reporter,manchester(weastar times/wp/Ebc):::

Manchester United has reported a 74% rise in profits for the second half of 2012, on the back of rising revenues.

The Premier League club said pre-tax profits for the last six months of the year were £22.3m.

Total revenues were up, with income from sponsors particularly strong, though broadcast revenues were down.

The club, owned by the Glazer family, listed on the New York Stock Exchange last year at a flotation price of $14 a share.

The shares are now trading at nearly $19 giving the company a valuation of over $3bn.

Sponsors

Ed Woodward, Manchester United's executive vice chairman, said the club's commercial operation "continues to experience extremely strong growth particularly in sponsorship".

Commercial revenue from sponsors such as Nike and Aon rose 26.4% to £78.6m for the six months to 31 December 2012.

The club also announced that it had signed a new eight-year sponsorship deal for its training kit, having bought out the last two years of DHL's existing contract in the expectation of striking a better deal.

The new sponsor would be announced "in the near future", it said.

The Old Trafford club still has debts of £366.6m and staff costs rose by more than 10% to £84.5m, mainly thanks to new player signings and player wage increases.

Manchester United has had a successful campaign on the pitch so far this season, currently topping the Premier League.

They are also in the last 16 of the Champions League, drawing 1-1 with Real Madrid in the first leg of their match on Wednesday evening.

The club claims to have 650 million supporters worldwide.

Prince Charles to edit Countryfile episode....

prince of THE ROYAL ENGLAND:::pic courtesy royal Ebc...
royal correspondent,glstshire(Ebc/WT/WP):::

The episode was filmed at the prince's organic farm in Gloucestershire and follows him as he visits projects he set up to help rural workers.

Prince Charles was keen to get involved with the programme, which also sees him attend an inner-city school where pupils grow their own vegetables.

The edition will air on BBC One and BBC One HD in March.

Bill Lyons, Countryfile's executive editor, said: "It's our 25th anniversary - we were looking for a special way to mark that and [the prince] was very much up for that.

"We'd heard a rumour that Countryfile might have some viewers in very high places and as it turned out, Prince Charles was very warm to the idea of joining us."

Filming for the show began at Highgrove during the September harvest and has continued throughout an exceptionally cold winter.

"It's the bleakest time of the farming year," Lyons said. "That says a lot about Prince Charles's commitment to rural affairs, seeing the countryside at a time when it goes to sleep for the winter - a time for reflection."

The programme sees the prince visit farmers including Paul and Jennifer Johnson, who raise sheep on the fells of Upper Teesdale in County Durham -1500ft (457m) above sea-level and one of the harshest landscapes in the country.

Prince Charles also drops in at a school in south London which has seen its commitment to reconnect pupils with the soil coincide with improved exam results.

While last weekend he was filmed at the hedge-laying competition he holds at Highgrove every year for people from all over the country who share his passion for hedges.

"He's not at all afraid to get his hands dirty and show the way he cuts back and replants," Lyons said. "It was all we could do to persuade him to stop!"

The prince, who was interviewed by Countryfile's regular hosts Julia Bradbury and Matt Baker, is a big fan of the show, telling last month's Oxford Farming Conference: "Is it not quite revealing that the BBC's Countryfile programme has become so tremendously popular?

"Ever since they moved it to its prime-time slot on a Sunday night, it has become one of their most successful television programmes, with over seven million viewers a week. There is evidently a thirst for the countryside and for the culture it represents."

Lyons, who hinted that the programme could use other guest editors further down the line, said the show would have Prince Charles's stamp on it, adding: "It was very helpful to have his views because he has such a singular vision in every way,

"He has a strong sense of the history of the countryside and, as the heir to the throne, he has absolute interest in its future."

:::EDITORIAL:::: VALENTINE FOR GREAT THE ROYAL ENGLAND

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Valentine for THE ROYAL ENGLAND family....THE ROYAL ENGLISH people.....bless around all time......

Rachel Manning trial: Boyfriend 'admitted murder'

crime reporter(weastar times/Ebc)::::A man who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend but released after an appeal admitted the crime while in prison, a court has heard.

Barri White spent six years in jail for the murder of Rachel Manning in Milton Keynes in 2000 before he was freed.

Shahidul Ahmed, 41, is currently standing trial at Luton Crown Court for the crime, which he denies.

An anonymous witness said Mr White admitted strangling his girlfriend with the cord of a telephone.

Ms Manning, 19, went missing during a night out in December 2000 and was found strangled at Woburn Golf Club two days later.

The man, referred to as Witness 419, said Mr White made the confession in 2004 or 2005 but he did not tell anyone about it until 2009, by which time Mr White was a free man.

'Hit with car lock'

He told the court: "Originally he was saying he was innocent and was talking about his appeal but one day he opened up a little bit.

"He was saying they had been at a fancy dress party and he had been in a fight with some blokes and also had an argument with Rachel.

"I think he said he slapped her and she walked off.

"He said she went to a phone box and he caught up with her and punched her or slapped her and then strangled her with the cord of the telephone."

The witness said Mr White said he stood Ms Manning up by the side of the phone box "as if she was drunk" and waited for a friend to pick them up in a van.

"He said they drove to a golf course and said something about hitting her face with a car lock or steering lock to cover a mark on her face."

He told the court he did not have anything to gain by making the claim.

Mr White, who was sitting in the public gallery during the evidence, had earlier told the jury he and Ms Manning had gone separate ways after attending a 1970s-themed fancy dress party and a night club in Milton Keynes.

Mr Ahmed, from Bletchley, was arrested for an unconnected matter in 2010.

His DNA matched that found on a car steering lock which was discovered about 1,640ft (500m) away from Ms Manning's body, and which had traces of her blood on it.

Mr Ahmed has chosen not to give evidence at the trial, which continues.

Elderly people in THE ROYAL ENGLAND have to pay more than £75,00000000000000(unlimited upon requirment) for long-term social care from this year

health reporter(weastar times/Ebc/WP):::
Elderly people in THE ROYAL  ENGLAND have to pay more than £75,00000000000000(unlimited upon requirment) for long-term social care from this year.................

for further news please see LORDS new health law for elderly people.....which will effect from this current year.... 

Hyde Park gigs 'will be louder'

Ebc entertainment report::::Rock concerts in London's Hyde Park will be louder this summer, promoter AEG Live has promised.

Last year, fans complained that gigs by Blur and Madonna were too quiet, as a result of noise restrictions imposed by Westminster council.
But AEG says a repositioned stage will allow the volume to be turned up without disturbing local residents.
American rock band Bon Jovi were announced as the first band to play on the new stage in the royal park.
AEG has won a five-year tender to host concerts in the venue. The previous promoter, Live Nation, has moved its summer concert series, including the Wireless Festival, to the Olympic Stadium.

 

We all know it's a half-measure”

End Quote Anthony Lorenz, local resident

The new set-up will be "better for residents, customers and bands", said AEG Live Events Director Jim King.

The company conducted an independent report into sound levels and King said "it was very clear early on" that the "orientation and position of the stage" was of crucial importance.
"We worked the plan in terms of relocating that stage and orienting it away from the residents because previously it had been firing straight at them."
"The report is very clear, it shows an improvement whilst still maintaining the off-site limits that we need to uphold, so we're confident."
However, residents remain unconvinced.
"We all know it's a half-measure and that they want to satisfy Westminster in order to keep the concerts running," said Anthony Lorenz, Chairman of the Residents Society of Mayfair and St James.
He called on the promoters to build higher, sound-proofed fences to block out the noise, adding: "It is incredibly unfair to the people who live there, who might be having a peaceful garden party, while there's heavy bass music coming from the park."
A 'lot of fun'
Jon Bon Jovi insisted his band would play as loudly as possible, making a joking reference to Spinal Tap: "We will make sure we play it as loud as eleven... Hopefully all the authorities know all the words and they can sing along as they're carting me off to the Hyde Park jail."
The group first played the park in 2002 and the frontman added: "Hyde Park's great, especially when you're staying here".
"That's another problem I have with London, the traffic, so when you go out the door and go to work... That's my idea of commuting."
AEG, which stages tours by artists as varied as Taylor Swift and Leonard Cohen, said the Hyde Park shows would provide a "new festival experience".
The Great Oak Stage will be a bespoke platform for the main stage acts, with LED panels and screens, designed to be camouflaged within the park setting. The lighting control booth will be set in a tree house.
Meanwhile, there will be film set facades in four zones and the promise of flushable toilets.
Speaking about the homogenisation of music events, King said: "It terms of look and feel and service, we really wanted to win this. It's the premium outdoor event location in the world, let alone London, so for us to win it we needed to raise the bar."
Head of Events for The Royal Parks, James Russell, said curfews would remain the same as last year, but it is hoped there will not be a repeat of last year's Bruce Springsteen show, where microphones were turned off mid-way through a song.
AEG's King said: "It's very unfortunate but I can't think of another time it's happened... Nine times out of 10 they (curfews) are adhered to, so I don't see a problem at all."
The capacity of Hyde Park events will also be slightly reduced. Three shows will allow an audience of 65,000 people and three will be limited to 50,000.