Asian LEADER 2014
1Jan - 14 Jan 05
4 Dec - 17 Dec 2013
08 Asian LEADER
‘Lazy’ middle aged men
Power price rises
Fresh & Frozen
more at levy move
risk of gum disease
cut by
I
Halal Foods
most common cause of
tooth loss in adults.
“Desk grazing may seem
relatively harmless, but
constantly snacking on
crisps, chocolate, dried
fruit and sugary drinks
cause teeth a whole host
of nightmares. Frequent
consumption
of
sugary
foods and drinks naturally
weakens the enamel on the
teeth, and as a result, the
Foundation
recommends
eating three square meals a
day instead of having seven
to ten ‘snack attacks’. If
people do snack between
meals, choose foods and
drinks that do not contain
sugar, limiting the amount
of time the mouth is at
risk.”
Dr Carter continued: “We
already know that poor oral
health can have a negative effect on the rest of
your body and the fact that
gum disease increases your
chances of developing heart
disease, heart attacks, diabetes, strokes and low birth
weight babies needs to be
taken very seriously indeed.
“To stay healthy you
need to adopt a good routine that includes, but isn’t
limited to, brushing for two
minutes twice a day with
fluoride toothpaste, cutting
down how often you have
sugary foods and drinks
and visiting the dentist
regularly, as often as they
recommend.
“If you are serious about
your health – and your teeth
– you should also clean in
between your teeth with interdental brushes or floss. If
your gums do start to bleed
this is a sign that you may
have not been cleaning well
enough so increase your
toothbrushing. If things do
not settle within a few days
get along to the dentist before the problem becomes
irreversible and you start to
lose teeth.”
associated with moderate to lighted in the study, about
current habits.
nactive, middle aged
“Whether you have conthe importance of good oral
men are at greater risk severe gum disease.
health.
cerns about the state of your
of developing gum dis- which helps those in fuel changes to the environmenMost people have some
ouseholds are to
form of gum disease, the
teeth or your general health
ease compared to men full
be spared the who poverty. This will save and it tal Dr Carter said: “People
and social obligations
see the health through enand fitness, you need to conregularly exercise. recent
is the customer of on
force of
average major cause£12 tooth that are paid for of their mouth
loss in for the next two
and the health of their body
sider the bigger picture.
Researchers hikes after
discovered their billadults. However, the ergy bills. These changes will
bill
“Gum
disease
affects
disease develops very slowly now two very different more
as allow us to help things,
moderate to severe gum years, although the subsidy
power firms pledged to pass
disease was associated with
in instead be and it the
on savings from a Govern- will most people,met bycan be people at a lower cost.”
slowed
low shake-up of in men
mentlevels of exerciseenergy taxpayer.down to a rate that
The Government said it
aged
levies. 45-65, most of who should allow you to keep will introduce measures that
Electricity
companies
worked in offices. cut dual- will takeyour teeth for life.
most of voluntary action
British Gas will
will boost energy efficienPrevious research has in
The research, which of
fuel bills by an averagetook to reduce network costs also cy, worth £540 million over
place at Hannover Medical
shown people who exercise
£53 from January 1, but this 2014/15, funding a one-off re- three years.
School, studied 72 healthy
regularly, have a healthy lifeis still less than half the in- duction of around £5 on elecThese include offering
men imposed not join in style and
crease who did on custom- tricity bills. a normal weight buyers of new homes up to
cent Climate
any sporting
ers last month. activity and were 40 per and less likely to £1,000 to spend on energyEnergy
had a energy firms made
develop gum disease. Chief saving measures - equivaOther predominantly sit- Change Secretary Ed Davey
but it is the stamp duty
around 19 out of 20 of us
ting working position. Their said: “ Today’s the British lent to half becoming increasExecutive of announcesimilar
announcements,
at some point in our lives.
Dental Health Foundation, on the average house - or up
ingly clear that this just isn’t
gums were assessed dualwith SSE expecting a during ment confirms a serious,
Dr Nigel package which
As well as links to a whole
an saving of around 4%
fuel exercise test, and results workable Carter OBE, used tothe case. This research pin£4,000 for particularly exshowed high age of low lev- would
the research to households
remind peo- pensive measures.
points a very high-risk group host of general health conbefore the end andMarch,
save
equivalent to around £50.
The need to review their
ditions, it is also by far the
els of physical activity were around £50 on average.” high- who G overnment will inple, especially those
Npower does not plan to inBritish Gas said it will
troduce a scheme to supcrease energy prices before reduce gas and electricity
port private landlords in
spring 2015, unless there are
prices by an average of 3.2%, improving the energy-effiincreases in wholesale costs
equivalent to £41 from an
ciency of their properties,
or network charges.
annual dual-fuel bill, with an
which will improve around
The moves come after C extra £12 rebate for the Gov- 15,000 of the least energyhancellor George Osborne
ernment’s warm home dis- efficient rental properties
confirmed that the costs of
count scheme. The change each year for three years.
some energy-efficiency and
will apply to all customers,
A further £90 million will
social schemes will be rolled whether on variable or fixed be spent over three years
back in this week’s Autumn
tariffs.
improving the energy efStatement.
The cut in British Gas
ficiency of schools, hospiIt also marks a concerted bills comes two weeks after tals and other public sector
man who fraudulently ness Northern Counties HousHe also managed to get the bank
12) Royal Mail
effort to regain the initiative it hiked electricity bills by
buildings.
set up direct debits using Association, a national
details of Telefonica (O2) and
13) Digibill (adult channel seron the energy issue, which 10.4% and gas tariffs by 8.4%,
Mr Davey conceded that
ing business bank achousing association, providing
started paying his rent to Guinness
vices)
has dominated the political
adding around £123 to the household bills would still
count to pay for subscriptions
more than 60,000 homes across
Northern Counties through their
14) Playboy TV (adult channel)
agenda since Ed Miliband average annual bill.
rise in the future if wholeto adult television channels the country.
bank account.
15) Virgin Media
promised to freeze prices for
That increase was blamed
sale prices went up.
among other services has been
Shahid is unemployed and
In addition he posed as a door16) Vodaphone
20 months if he wins the gen- on the cost of wholesale en“Of course that is the
jailed.
was in receipt of benefits when
to-door salesman for Sky television
17) Webbilling
eral election.
ergy , Government energy
case,” he told BBC Radio
Abdul Shahid 34, of Clara he managed to obtain the
and BT.
18) DGS
The Government said
initiatives and higher net- 4’s Today programme. “One
Gorton Court, Rochdale - who
bank details of his landlord
He would gain cash payments
it will cut the cost of the
work charges for delivering of the reasons why Labour’s
has previous convictions for
Guinness Northern Counties
from unsuspecting customers and
Shahid ran up direct debits payenergy company obliga- power to customers’ homes.
proposal is economic illitfraud and dishonesty - admitand set up a series of direct
then pay for their phone lines and
ments to the value of £71,082.61
tion (ECO), an insulation
British Gas managing di- eracy is that if wholesale
ted seven counts of fraud by
debits.
satellite television using other
using Guiness Northern Counties
scheme delivered by major rector Chris Weston said to- prices went up during their
false representation and one
Subscription to paid televifraudulently set-up direct debit acbank account to the following
energy suppliers, in a move day: “British Gas is pleased
price freeze, what would
theft.
sion services, including adult
counts.
companies:
that should shave £30-£35 off to be cutting energy bills by
happen is the smaller comAt Minshull Street Crown
channels, were among the serMany of the people he duped
bills, on average, next year.
an average of £53 from Janu- panies, who wouldn’t be
Court, Friday 20 December
vices he paid for using the dispoke little English and were left to
The breakdown of the payments
The Department of Enary 1.
able to trade for a loss
2013, he was sentenced to a torect debits. He also paid off
find that within weeks their servicare as follows:
ergy and Climate Change
“We’ve been able to do this
like the bigger companies,
tal of three years in prison.
debts, bought goods from a
es had been switched off and Sha- he is dishonest to the bone and he 1) BT: £987.01
also announced a rebate on because the Government
would go out of business
clearly has no qualms about ripping
Shahid was a tenant of Guincatalogue and paid phone bills.
hid was uncontactable.
2) BT Group PLC: £610.59
the warm homes discount, has committed to making and that would reduce comoff unsuspecting people and organThe total value of the fraud was
3) BT Retail: £19,552.89
petition.”
isations.
£192,000.
4) Digibill: £631.85
The
Energy
“This was a complex fraud and 5) EDF Energy: £312.00
As part of an unconnected fraud
Secretary insistdemonstrates that he is clearly an 6) JD Williams: £542.91
investigation Shahid’s passport
ed that the “fuel
extremely intelligent person and it 7) LP1 Collections (Lowell):
was seized from him when he was
poor” are still bereleased on bail. One of the charg- is just a shame he has channelled £1,344.08
ing protected and
these talents into criminality.”
es of fraud relates to an application
8) Zee TV: £1,966.34
the energy comhe made to the passport service re9) MSM Asia Limited: £1,286.47
panies would pass
questing a new document, claim- The direct debits were used to pay
10) 02 (now Telefonica): £27,162.39
on the savings
for numerous services from the
ing to have lost his original.
11) Robinson Way Ltd: £644.01
that are being
following
12) Sky Business: £2,910.71
made.
When he was arrested he was companies:
13) Sky Digital: £7,437.61
He said: “They
found in possession of the pass- 1) Zee TV
14) TV License: £484.16
are going to have
port he had obtained by fraudulent 2) MSM Asia TV
15) Virgin Media: £956.73
to reduce bills for
means. He also had a Bangladesh 3) EDF Energy (to pay his Electric16) Vodaphone Limited; £3840.49
households
by
ity bill)
visa and Emirate business class
17) Webbiling.com Ltd: £83.94
an average of £50
tickets. It is believed he was in the 4) Lowell Group (to pay off his
18) Daisy Communications: £259.10
compared to what
process of fleeing the UK to avoid debts)
19) DGS: £8.25
they would have
5) Sky TV (numerous accounts set
prosecution.
20) Royal Mail: £61.08
been.”
up)
Pc Sarah Langley, from the VolMr Davey said
6) JD Williams (catalogue payume Fraud Team, said: “Shahid
In doing so the following losses
today’s plans were
ments)
has effectively used these bank achave occurred to the below com“a really big major
7) Telefonica (o2) (phone concounts as his own over a period of
panies:
investment in entracts taken out)
several months.
Daisy Communications Ltd:
ergy
efficiency”
8) Robinson Way
“He has been able to pay for
Superstore: 95 Whalley Range, Blackburn,£40,203.48
BB1 6EE
and denied there
goods and services worth tens of 9) Daisy Communications Ltd
Telefonica (02): £38,790.42
would be fewer
(obtained numerous mobile phone/
Telephone: 01254 56699 Fax: 01254 681300
thousands of pounds and the cost
BT: £41,752.30
solid-wall insulacontracts for his business)
to the businesses involved is conRoyal
W: www.kqf-foods.com E: [email protected] Mail: £61.08
tions as a result of
10) TV Licensing
siderable.
Playboy TV: £113.29
the changes.
“His history of offending proves 11) BT
Digibill: £631.85
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