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Dame Cressida Dick will go gracefully in 2022 as the Met continues to be hammered over its handling of the botched VIP paedophile scandal, it was claimed today. The Met Commissioner is in the firing line after Lord Brittans widow said Scotland Yard lacked a strong moral compass and had a culture of cover up and flick away. Diana Brittan has not pointed the finger directly at Dame Cressida, Britains most senior officer, but said the buck stops with the forces leadership as they blindly followed ...

THE University of Cumbria is supporting a national effort to recruit thousands of new police officers. The university has joined three other institutions to create a special public sector partnership to help deliver 20,000 additional officers by 2023. Together, they have formed the Police Education Consortium to deliver policing apprenticeships and Degree Holder Entry Programmes (DHEPs) to new recruits joining three forces across south-east England. The University of Cumrbias police app...

On March 23, 2020, Gov. Beshear established the Team Kentucky Fund, allowing Kentuckians to support other Kentuckians who suffered a serious financial setback due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund raised $3,768,222 from 11,411 donors, assisting 3,662 Kentucky families to date. “During a really challenging year, I was so inspired by every single Kentuckian who contributed to this fund,” said Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman. “This is who we are as Kentuckians – working together, neighbor he...

Dundee FC head of academy Stephen Wright talks about his development as a young footballer, being coached by Jocky Scott and Sir Alex Ferguson.

EXCLUSIVE: Dundee academy boss Stephen Wright opens up on ‘exciting’ future for Dens Park youth set-up © Steve MacDougall/DCTMedia Dundee academy boss Stephen Wright is excited about the future of young talent at Dens Park. And the former Scotland defender says it was a “no-brainer” for the Dark Blues to team up with the already-successful performance school at St John’s RC High School. From the new school year in autumn, Dundee’s S1-aged youngsters will be based at the school that...

WEALTH management firm JM Finn has announced that Bill Tibbits has agreed to join, subject to contractual obligations. Bill started his investment management career at JM Finn in 2004, before joining Singer and Friedlander, who were acquired by Williams de Broë in 2009. They were in turn were acquired by Investec, where Bill has spent the last nine years. Hugo Bedford, CEO of JM Finn commented: “We are delighted that Bill has agreed to come to JM Finn. Our very personal level of inve...

TrinityP3 bolsters capability following buoyant 12 months February 1, 2021 10:32 In respond to this increased demand, TrinityP3 has made a number of key appointments and a promotion. Kylie Sandercock has joined TrinityP3 as a finance consultant. Sandercock has experience across advertising agencies and adtech companies in developing and managing investment and financial reporting. She will be working with long-term TrinityP3 senior consultant, Lyndon Brill in expanding the application of the r...

Updated: February 1, 2021, 4:48 pm © SNS Group Dundee have the chance to take their academy “to the next level” according to the club’s technical director Gordon Strachan. That’s after the Dens Park club teamed up with the successful St John’s RC High School in the city to host their first-ever performance school, with work starting this summer. Combining education with increased football training through the week, the Dark Blues hope to produce more young players to add to their fir...

Dundee FC Performance School at St John’s RC High School February 1, 2021 / Football In the summer of 2021, Dundee FC Youth Academy will embark on a monumental partnership with St John’s RC High School by hosting its first ever Performance School.  The school will be committed to the optimal holistic development of players. The success of our programme is based on our combined principals with the aim to offer the most comprehensive footba...

Book review by Steve Bennett I’m not sure what’s the worst aspect of Contemplating Comedy: the fact that author Jonathan Levitt has simply lifted hundreds of jokes written by other people - or the ill-considered drivel he’s surrounded them with to justify that theft as some sort of insight. Of course the book is frequently funny, because he’s drawn on some of the greatest joke-writers around: Tim Vine, Stephen Wright, Woody Allen and countless more – usually credited, but sometimes no...