A surgeon who lied in order to get a job at Alexandra Hospital has been jailed for fraud.
Sudip Sarker, 48, lied about the number of keyhole surgical procedures he had carried out over his career in order to get a job as a general surgeon at Alexandra Hospital in Redditch.
Sarker, of Broadway Road, Broadstairs, Kent, was convicted of fraud by false representation at Worcester Crown Court and sentenced to 6 years in jail.
Hundreds turned away without voter ID at PCC poll in Shropshire
More than 300 people were turned away from polling stations in Shropshire after turning up without ID for the police and crime commissioner(PCC) elections earlier this month.
Disused chapel to be turned into holiday home
Plans to turn a disused chapel in a Herefordshire village into a one-bedroom holiday home have been given permission, despite some local opposition.
Man killed in A44 crash named
A man who died in a fatal collision in North Herefordshire has been named by police.
Herefordshire Council to get cash to buy flats for homeless
Herefordshire Council is to get nearly £600,000 in government funding to buy and support one-bedroom flats for homeless people in the county.
Man killed in North Herefordshire collison
A man has died following a fatal collision in North Herefordshire.
Is Leominster about to miss new housing boat?
A Herefordshire town will get fewer new homes, and even fewer affordable ones, than elsewhere in the county under new growth plans.
Assurances given over council overspend
Herefordshire Council overspent by nearly £9 million in the year to the start of last month, despite the council’s best efforts to rein in costs.
Spending on lethal tree disease announced
Herefordshire is to spend £315,000 over the next four years dealing with an lethal and incurable disease damaging the county’s trees.
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