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Kapil Ramesh Rabadia who was employed as a pharmacist manager at Golborne Pharmacy, was ha nde d t he judg emen t a t a General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) fitness-to-practise (FtP) hearing held last month (April 13-14) via remote video link

According to a determination document published last week, the committee heard how he was convicted of “fraud by abuse of position and being concerned in supplying controlled drugs following a guilty plea” in September 2021

Mr Rabadia “facilitated the removal of over 2,000 bottles of codeine linctus along with Phenergan from the pharmacy premises” after being threatened by four men, it said Currently, he is serving a concurrent sentence of 12 months imprisonment for fraud and six months in respect of

Schools At Risk Of Closing Down In London

Owing to the rising rents and sky-high housing prices coupled with the cost-of-living crisis London schools are struggling to stay open as pupil numbers are plummeting supplying a Class B drug, suspended for 18 months and due to expire on October 25, it added

Where the regulator accepted that Mr Rabadia “ was subject to coercion from unknown individuals” and that there is no evidence of either financial gain for him or harm towards the public, but it stressed that his conduct “took place over a substantial period of time” and that he supplied “excessive amounts” of the drugs “outside of the legitimate supply chain”

Pensioner charged with murdering wife

An East London pensioner has been arrested for murdering his 77-year-old wife after admitting he had assaulted her 80-year-old Tarsame Singh walked into a police station confessing that he had battered his wife Maya Devi, a retired postmistress, at their home in Cowdray Way, Elm Park

According to data from London Council there was a 17% decrease between 2012 and 2021 in London s birth rate accounting for 23,000 fewer babies in the capital The worst-hit central borough is Camden which has the second-lowest birth rate in the country, while the average house price in the area is more than £1m Four primary schools are set to close over the past four years in this borough In 2021 before Carlton Primary School in Kentish Town got closed it was half full It has then merged with Rhyl Community School, across two sites For every primary pupil that leaves the school it loses about £4,000 To keep its funding going, Rhyl has now broadened its age group to include babies providing community services such as breastfeeding clinics and adult learning to keep parents in the area Meanwhile, since 2015, Southwark has had 16 schools at risk with a 26% decrease in demand A Department for Education spokesperson said: "Next year school funding will be at its highest level n history - in real terms - as measured by the Institute for Fiscal Studies following the additional £2bn of investment for both 2023 to 24 and 2024 to 2025 in the autumn statement

The study also revealed that only five Trusts produce their ABT training in-house, with 27 outsourcing to private providers, who do not allow wider sharing of training materials

“Without access to training materials for external evaluation, there is no means to assess the training adequacy and to share knowledge across NHS bodies Policymakers should heed caution before winding out further training and recall that private companies have commercial interests to protect,” they said

Upon reaching the address, officers and paramedics found Devi with grievous head injuries The elderly woman was pronounced dead at the scene Singh appeared at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court Meanwhile, Scotland Yard said specially trained officers are continuing to support Devi’s next of kin

Both Singh and Devi belonged to India and had moved to the UK more than 50 years ago Before shifting to Hornchurch, they lived in East Ham Devi used to daily practise yoga and regularly used to visit the Havering Asian Social and Welfare Association community centre near her home

Her close friend told MailOnline that she was planning to go to Lanzarote on a sixday holiday

Palace garden was given to Johnson in lockdowns

During the covid lockdowns, the late Queen took pity on Boris Johns on and all owed him to m ake us e of B uck ingha m Palace’s gardens to exercise out of the public eye

In a very unusual way, the

Met Police defends officers for tasering man and shooting dogs dead

The off ice rs who ta sere d the ac cused and shot two dogs in f ron t of sc re aming w it nes s es were d ef end ed b y the Metropolitan Police

As per the footage that was posted on social media, officers were seen pursuing a man holding the two dogs on a short lead along a canal in Limehouse, east London on Sunday afternoon

The situation then went out of hands as the man was tasered to the floor and the animals were shot dead

Referring to the incident, police said officers “have a duty to act where necessary before any further injury is caused ”

In a statement, the force

Number Of Potential Modern Slavery Victims Hits Record High

According to the official statistics, the number of potential victims of modern slavery in England and Wales is at the highest levels since records began Between January and March a total of 4 746 peop e were referred to the Home Office as potentia victims of exploitation As the government prepares to fight attempts in the House of Lords to alter the illegal migration bill critics believe that it w ll make it harder to rescue modern slavery victims Senior MPs including Theresa May believe that the bill would scrap protection and support for those in forced labour It is not possible to know the exact numbers of victims, the police have said modern slavery victims including children, work across many sectors from construction and agriculture to the sex industry, and in places such as nail bars car washes and cannabis farms The Home Office said, the number of people referred into the national referral mechanism (NRM) –a system that identifies potential victims of modern slavery and human traffick ng so their cases can be considered – in the first three months of this year was the highest since the scheme started in 2009 In the first quarter of 2022 this is an increase of 27% from 3 773 and a rise of 7% in the period between October and December

UK’S FIRST PILOT STUDY FOR PORN ADDICTION TREATMENT GETS A NOD

nection with the incident for having a dog dangerously out of control and assault offences He has been taken into police custody

“A Taser was discharged by police ” The statement continued: “No person was taken to hospital

Queen allowed Johnson to use the gardens for his early morning runs as he tried to build up his strength after having Covid while he was prime minister Johnson’s personal protection officer imposed restrictions on where he could run, which led to the Queen’s offer, for security reasons said: “Police were called just after 5:00 pm on Sunday May 7 to a woman being attacked by a dog in Commercial Road, E14

“Officers attended the location where the aggressive behaviour of two dogs was of considerable concern and posed a significant threat to them

“A man was arrested in con-

“Both dogs were destroyed by police at the scene “This is never an easy decision for any officer to take, but police have a duty to act where necessary before any further injury is caused

“The Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards will review the circumstances of the incident ”

Not only Johnson, but she also extended the invitation to his then-fiancée Carrie Symonds and allowed her to use the gardens with the couple’s baby son, Wilfred

The historian Anthony Seldon, whose biography Johnson at 10: The Inside Story is out, said, that the offer was in response to the difficulties the couple faced “cooped up ” in the Downing Street bustle “There was little privacy,” Seldon writes

As society deals with a sharp rise in the number of people seeking medical help for porn addiction, the first-ever pilot study for the treatment of porn addiction has received ethical approval The Pivotal Recovery Course led by psychotherapist Dr Paula Hall will help people who are struggling with unwanted sexual behaviours and impulses Dr Hall already owns the Laurel Centre a specialist private clinic that treats people with porn addiction The centre last year warned that working from home had fuelled a sharp rise in the number of people reporting addiction to porn Some who sought help from the centre were said to be watching up to 14 hours of porn a day The pilot study will imitate the CHOICE recovery model, which spells out six steps of recovery: challenging core beliefs, having a vision overcoming compulsive behaviours, identifying positive sexuality, connecting with others and establishing confident recovery Participants will be asked to listen to 60 podcasts accompanied by workbooks and further resources The study which is being carried out in partnership with Leeds Trinity University, will be offered to users free of charge