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Ramesh Patel
Ramesh Patel was born in India and grew up in Zambia – Africa. In 1976 he moved to the UK. Ramesh read a degree in Pharmacology at Portsmouth Polytechnic before securing his first job with Ayerst Laboratories – a division of Wyeth. After Ayerst, Ramesh joined Smith Kline and French and helped to launch the first genetically engineered Hepatitis B vaccine. Following this he then moved to a new British company – Shire – specialising in osteoporosis. In 1990 Ramesh started BHR Pharmaceuticals with two colleagues and launched branded generics. In 1993 BHR switched to selling diagnostics in 1993 with the launch of a dip-strip pregnancy test followed by urinalysis tests and readers. 1994 saw the introduction of statins being sold over the counter, and BHR was in a strong position to provide cholesterol testing equipment to Boots. Since then, 7000 CardioCheks are in use in the UK, both in private and NHS facilities helping people get to know their cholesterol numbers in a rapid and cost-effective manner. Today BHR continues to launch innovative products to help people improve their own health. 1) What is your current position? Managing Director of BHR PHARMACEUTICALS LTD – a medical point-of-care diagnostics marketing, support and distribution company
2) What are your proudest achievements? Providing the CardioChek Cholesterol system to the UK market which we believe has saved the NHS a sum greater
Richard Jones got the shock of a lifetime when the two armed police stormed into the hotel bedroom looking for a fugitive also called Richard Jones. Jones had booked into a £140-a-night double room at the Radisson Blu hotel in Cardiff. He was asked to prove his identity
6) What is the best aspect about your current role? Looking for new products from all across the world that will enhance the life of people in the UK than £12 million over the last 10 years 3) What inspires you? Helping people take control of their own health 4) What has been the biggest obstacle in your career?
by the police. He said a police officer took a picture of his driving licence and then realised their mistake. He shares his name with Richard Jones, 46, of Newport, Gwent, who is wanted by police following a breach of his restraining order.
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The lack of funding and suitably qualified people in the area we are located 5) Who has been the biggest influence on your career to date? My cousin Dr Suresh Patel – who taught me to never give up!
Police mistake naked businessman in hotel shower for criminal It seems everything is in the name. In a typical manhunt mix-up by police, a naked businessman was confronted by cops armed with tasers in the shower of a luxury Cardiff hotel, as he has the same name as a wanted criminal. Fifty-three-year-old
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Met’s ‘thought police’ Scotland Yard is investigating a police officer for alleged racism after telling a pro-Kurd protester “You don't tell me what to do in my country.” PC Marcus Tyson, a constable with the Metropolitan Police was responding to the demonstrator who was screaming abuse to the policeman. During the demonstration by the members of the Kurdish community last month, the PC told the activist “ get out of here”. PC Tyson has accused the Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards (DPS) of “oppressive political correctness” for placing him on “restrictive duty” while it investigates to see for “gross misconduct”. The officer could lose his job if found guilty. A video posted online
of the demonstration on 14th August shows the police officer being verbally abused by the protestors with one saying “F*** the police.” He is then confronted by a woman, one of the event organisers to whom he says “You don't tell me what to do in my country.” PC Tyson describes the Met’s actions to a “Stalinist thought police. The action the DPS has taken against me is so wildly over the top, it discredits the investiga-
tors and brings their judgment into question. I would like to know upon what basis they regard my statement as being racist it is purely a statement of fact that this is my country.” During the incident Tyson states some of the protestors were also chanting messages of support for the PKK and were blocking traffic, inducing an ambulance with “sirens blaring”. The activist made a formal complaint to the Met on 20th August. Last week Tyson was told has was being placed under investigation for “breaching the standards of professional behaviour” by “using discriminatory language” against the activist. The Met confirmed the DPS is investigating Tyson but refused to comment further.
Company director jailed for beating up Uber driver Robert Croucher, 35, has been jailed for beating up an Uber driver. The businessman reportedly cried in court and begged to not be sent to prison saying it would ruin his life. "This will destroy my life, I am the director of a company, and everyone would lose their jobs. We have 1000 clients, we have staff all around the country, and it would die," Croucher cried. However, magistrate Sandra Blandford stood firm on her decision and asked him to "get used to life being different" while jailing him for 20 weeks. She said, "Your behaviour was unacceptable. We find that you did kick Mr Mohammad Hussein a number of times while he was on the floor, and one of those kicks was to the head." Croucher was at private members' club Raffles on Kings Road, Chelsea, with his girlfriend where kicked Hussein 20 times, including
kicking to the head, as he lay on the floor. Describing the incident, the driver said, "A lady got into the cab, a man threw his bag in. I refused because I got scared because the gentleman suddenly got angry, something happened between them and he harshly slammed the door. I got out to open the door, and then the gentleman took the keys from through the window. He then slapped me. I was begging for my keys and he suddenly pushed me on the pavement. He has just kicked me in several parts of my body and head." A staffmember of the club filmed the incident, showing Croucher slapping Hussein and shooting insults at the staff, before he threw the keys down the street. Hussein said, "My head was very swollen, I went to hospital where I stayed for four hours. I went to my GP a few days later and got prescribed antibiotics, it was severe pain."
The director insisted he only slapped the driver, but it was found he had kicked him in the head as well. Blandford said, "The CCTV evidence was compelling. We saw the slap, and the security guards saying call the police. We saw the urgency in which they ran over shouting no need to kick him in the head." The magistrate added, "This is a very serious offence, only a custodial sentence can be justified." Croucher has been jailed for 20 weeks, ordered to pay £620 costs, a £115 victim surcharge, and pay Hussain £500 in compensation.