15 days ago
Residents have said they are frustrated that large numbers of lorries continue to use a road into Melton rather than the town's new £131m bypass.
Pork Pie Way opened in May providing a new 4.4-mile (7.1km) route around the north and east of the town.
However, residents in Burton Road have said they are still seeing HGVs "thundering past" their homes at all hours despite the availability of an alternative route.
Leicestershire County Council, the highways authority, said it would look at steps to encourage lorry drivers to use the bypass.
"We thought things would get better when Pork Pie Way opened," said Burton Road resident David Curran.
Pork Pie Way opened in May providing a new 4.4-mile (7.1km) route around the north and east of the town.
However, residents in Burton Road have said they are still seeing HGVs "thundering past" their homes at all hours despite the availability of an alternative route.
Leicestershire County Council, the highways authority, said it would look at steps to encourage lorry drivers to use the bypass.
"We thought things would get better when Pork Pie Way opened," said Burton Road resident David Curran.
1 month ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has charged a Texas doctor in an $89 million healthcare fraud scheme, accusing him of billing insurers for medically unnecessary cardiovascular screening tests for college student-athletes and then rubber-stamping the results as normal without reviewing them.
Jason Finkelstein, 53, faces charges of healthcare fraud and conspiracy in what prosecutors describe as a yearslong scheme that preyed on the fears of athletes that they could die on playing fields or courts of sudden cardiac arrest.
Athletes with no preexisting conditions who were concerned about being cleared to compete were administered tests they did not need and, in one case, a patient whose results were falsely certified as normal later died after his significant heart problems were undetected, the indictment says.
The prosecution is among a series of cases that the Justice Department intends to highlight at a news conference Tuesday in announcing what it says are record results in a nationwide crackdown on healthcare fraud, a long-running federal law enforcement priority that the Trump administration over the last year has sought to emphasize.
The department says Finkelstein's case, with allegations not only of unrendered services but also poor medical performance that put patients at risk, represents the type of sophisticated scheme prosecutors are striving to disrupt.
Jason Finkelstein, 53, faces charges of healthcare fraud and conspiracy in what prosecutors describe as a yearslong scheme that preyed on the fears of athletes that they could die on playing fields or courts of sudden cardiac arrest.
Athletes with no preexisting conditions who were concerned about being cleared to compete were administered tests they did not need and, in one case, a patient whose results were falsely certified as normal later died after his significant heart problems were undetected, the indictment says.
The prosecution is among a series of cases that the Justice Department intends to highlight at a news conference Tuesday in announcing what it says are record results in a nationwide crackdown on healthcare fraud, a long-running federal law enforcement priority that the Trump administration over the last year has sought to emphasize.
The department says Finkelstein's case, with allegations not only of unrendered services but also poor medical performance that put patients at risk, represents the type of sophisticated scheme prosecutors are striving to disrupt.
1 month ago
WSJ's Rolfe Winkler breaks down his exclusive interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook, who said Apple is raising prices on its devices after an "unprecedented" increase in the prices and availability of memory chips.
1 month ago
The total number of hantavirus cases linked to the outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius has climbed to 13 following a new case in Spain, the World Health Organization has said.
"Spain reported a new case among the passengers who are in quarantine, which brings the total number of cases to 13," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday in a post on X.
He added, "There are no new deaths reported since May 2. The total number of deaths remains three out of 13 reported cases so far. The situation remains stable. Passengers who got sick are receiving needed care, while others remain in quarantine."
"Spain reported a new case among the passengers who are in quarantine, which brings the total number of cases to 13," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday in a post on X.
He added, "There are no new deaths reported since May 2. The total number of deaths remains three out of 13 reported cases so far. The situation remains stable. Passengers who got sick are receiving needed care, while others remain in quarantine."
2 months ago
New York Democrats recently passed a bill that would remove the words "mother" and "father" from parts of state law, sending the legislation to Gov. Kathy Hochul's desk for final approval.
Under the new bill, targeting state child custody and parental laws, "mother" becomes "gestating parent," "father" becomes "non-gestating parent," and "paternity" becomes "parentage."
It passed in the state Senate this week after progressing through the ****** embly in March.
Wisconsin Governor's Push To Erase Gendered Language From State Law Ignites Debate
Democrats who drafted the legislation claimed the wording shift would promote "inclusivity," while critics claim the change is unnecessary, with the legislative session having ended for the year on Thursday, FOX 5 New York reported.
Under the new bill, targeting state child custody and parental laws, "mother" becomes "gestating parent," "father" becomes "non-gestating parent," and "paternity" becomes "parentage."
It passed in the state Senate this week after progressing through the ****** embly in March.
Wisconsin Governor's Push To Erase Gendered Language From State Law Ignites Debate
Democrats who drafted the legislation claimed the wording shift would promote "inclusivity," while critics claim the change is unnecessary, with the legislative session having ended for the year on Thursday, FOX 5 New York reported.
2 months ago
By Katie Paul
LONDON, June 3 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms on Wednesday unveiled an artificial intelligence agent aimed at helping businesses carry out day-to-day operations, positioning the social media giant as a player in the enterprise AI market.
Announced at the company's WhatsApp-focused Conversations conference in London, the new product expands on existing business messaging services by enabling "agentic" capabilities in which the ******* istant can take actions like booking calendar appointments and closing sales on behalf of businesses.
The company said more than 1 million businesses were already using earlier chatbot versions of such agents on WhatsApp and Messenger. The new version will be added to Instagram as well and rolled out globally to businesses of all sizes.
The move hints at Meta's ambitions to compete with rivals like OpenAI, Anthropic and Alphabet's Google in the market for enterprise applications of its AI tools, leveraging the reach of its WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook apps.
LONDON, June 3 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms on Wednesday unveiled an artificial intelligence agent aimed at helping businesses carry out day-to-day operations, positioning the social media giant as a player in the enterprise AI market.
Announced at the company's WhatsApp-focused Conversations conference in London, the new product expands on existing business messaging services by enabling "agentic" capabilities in which the ******* istant can take actions like booking calendar appointments and closing sales on behalf of businesses.
The company said more than 1 million businesses were already using earlier chatbot versions of such agents on WhatsApp and Messenger. The new version will be added to Instagram as well and rolled out globally to businesses of all sizes.
The move hints at Meta's ambitions to compete with rivals like OpenAI, Anthropic and Alphabet's Google in the market for enterprise applications of its AI tools, leveraging the reach of its WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook apps.
