Tackling violence against women, anti-social behaviour, and burglaries are among the top policing priorities for people living in the Northumbria Police area. Over 3,200 online submissions, alongside the view of numerous regional organisations, have been compiled as part of a public consultation on the future of policing priorities. The consultation began in July this year after being launched by newly elected Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Susan Dungworth, but was extended beyond August in the aftermath of the riots seen this summer. The feedback has since been compiled and informed the PCC's draft police and crime plan for 2025-2029. The draft police and crime plan, unveiled to councillors across the North East at Gateshead Civic Centre, states the PCC wishes to see Northumbria Police support the delivery of behavioural change programmes for men and boys to reduce harmful attitudes towards women and girls. In November this year, the PCC announced a free online resource, dubbed 'It All Adds Up', a series of short films designed to raise awareness and educate kids aged 14-18 to help tackle the spread of misogynist ideas. The second priority in the draft plan includes anti-social behaviour, ranging from issues with road safety to shoplifting. The draft police and crime plan calls on Northumbria Police to work with regional councils to reduce the harm on the roads caused through speeding and explore "restorative justice" in cases of shoplifting. The report also highlights "motorbike disorder" as a serious cause for concern among the public. The PPC's draft plan also calls on the force to reduce the levels of residential burglary across the region. This is in conjunction with providing support for victims of burglary, especially the vulnerable, and preventing them from being re-targeted. PPC Susan Dungworth said: "It is always a balance, the Police and Crime Plan. I could have all the desires and intentions in the world but if that is not deliverable by the police force it is pointless. This is about working very closely with the chief constable around what those priorities look like in terms of deliverability from the force and that is an on-going conversation and carries once the plan is there. "What you get from over-arching priorities is the ability to be fleet of foot and responsive and change certain things underneath that in terms of how that is delivered." Other priorities included in the draft, which will also receive feedback from the force, include tackling organised crime, hate crime, and improving the awareness of support available for victims of crime. Join our Breaking News and Top Stories WhatsApp community for all the latest news direct to your phone. To join you need to have WhatsApp on your device. All you need to do is choose which community you want to join, click on the link and press 'join community'. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the ChronicleLive team. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. If you’re curious, you can read our privacy notice . CLICK HERE TO JOINThousands of UK social media users experiencing ongoing Meta blackout
The large mysterious drones reported flying over parts of New Jersey in recent weeks appear to avoid detection by traditional methods, like helicopters and radio, according to a state lawmaker briefed Wednesday by the Department of Homeland Security. In a post on the social media platform X, Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia described the drones as up to 6 feet in diameter and sometimes traveling with their lights switched off. The Morris County Republican was among several state and local lawmakers who met with state police and Homeland Security officials to discuss the spate of sightings that range from the New York City area through New Jersey, westward into parts of Pennsylvania, including over Philadelphia. The devices do not appear to be being flown by hobbyists, Fantasia wrote. Dozens of mysterious nighttime flights started last month and have raised growing concern among residents and officials. Part of the worry stems from the flying objects initially being spotted near the Picatinny Arsenal, a U.S. military research and manufacturing facility; and over President-elect Donald Trump’s golf course in Bedminster. Drones are legal in New Jersey for recreational and commercial use, but they are subject to local and Federal Aviation Administration regulations and flight restrictions. Operators must be FAA certified. Most, but not all, of the drones spotted in New Jersey were larger than those typically used by hobbyists. The number of sightings has increased in recent days, though officials say many of the objects seen may have been planes rather than drones. It’s also possible that a single drone has been reported more than once. Gov. Phil Murphy and law enforcement officials have stressed that the drones don’t appear to threaten public safety. The FBI has been investigating and has asked residents to share any videos, photos or other information they may have. Two Republican Jersey Shore-area congressmen, U.S. Reps. Chris Smith and Jeff Van Drew, have called on the military to shoot down the drones. However, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters Wednesday that “our initial assessment here is that these are not drones or activities coming from a foreign entity or adversary.” Many municipal lawmakers have called for more restrictions on who is entitled to fly the unmanned devices. At least one state lawmaker proposed a temporary ban on drone flights in the state. “This is something we’re taking deadly seriously. I don’t blame people for being frustrated," Murphy said earlier this week. A spokesman for the Democratic governor said he did not attend Wednesday's meeting. Republican Assemblyman Erik Peterson, whose district includes parts of the state where the drones have been reported, said he also attended Wednesday's meeting at a state police facility in West Trenton. The session lasted for about 90 minutes. Peterson said DHS officials were generous with their time, but appeared dismissive of some concerns, saying not all the sightings reported have been confirmed to involve drones. So who or what is behind the flying objects? Where are they coming from? What are they doing? “My understanding is they have no clue,” Peterson said. A message seeking comment was left with the Department of Homeland Security. Most of the drones have been spotted along coastal areas and some were recently reported flying over a large reservoir in Clinton. Sightings also have been reported in neighboring states. James Edwards, of Succasunna, New Jersey, said he has seen a few drones flying over his neighborhood since last month. “It raises concern mainly because there's so much that's unknown,” Edwards said Wednesday. “There are lots of people spouting off about various conspiracies that they believe are in play here, but that only adds fuel to the fire unnecessarily. We need to wait and see what is really happening here, not let fear of the unknown overtake us." —— AP reporters Mike Catalini in Morrisville, Pennsylvania; and Wayne Parry in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, contributed to this report.Wyoming has overcome an early deficit to take the lead back in this one. After one quarter, neither squad has the contest in the bag, but Wyoming leads 26-24 over Nevada. With five games having already gone down to the wire, it's been a real nail-biter of a season for Wyoming, and they're locked in yet another close battle with Nevada. Maybe Wyoming will pull away, but we predict a narrow margin. Nevada Wolf Pack @ Wyoming Cowboys Current Records: Nevada 8-4, Wyoming 7-5 When: Saturday, December 28, 2024 at 4 p.m. ET Where: Arena-Auditorium -- Laramie, Wyoming Follow: CBS Sports App Online streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.) Ticket Cost: $14.00 Nevada has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They and the Wyoming Cowboys will face off in a Mountain West battle at 4:00 p.m. ET on Saturday at Arena-Auditorium. The Wolf Pack are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 76.6 points per game this season. Nevada will head into Saturday's contest out to bounce back: they lost a heartbreaker on Saturday after a huge 32-point victory in their prior game. They fell just short of Colo. State by a score of 66-64. The Wolf Pack didn't live up to their potential and found themselves falling short of the advantage oddsmakers thought they had coming into the game. Meanwhile, Wyoming didn't have too much breathing room in their match against CS Fullerton on Sunday, but they still walked away with a 73-69 win. Wyoming got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Kobe Newton out in front who went 6 for 9 en route to 20 points. Newton had some trouble finding his footing against Bellarmine last Thursday, so this was a step in the right direction. The team also got some help courtesy of Touko Tainamo, who went 5 for 6 en route to 13 points. Nevada's loss dropped their record down to 8-4. As for Wyoming, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-5. Saturday's matchup is shaping up to be a masterclass in shooting: Nevada just can't miss this season, having made 49.6% of their field goals per game. However, it's not like Wyoming struggles in that department as they've made 47.1% of their field goals this season. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Going forward, Nevada is the favorite in this one, as the experts expect to see them win by 7.5 points. This contest will be their 13th straight as the favorites (so far over this stretch they are 8-4 against the spread). Nevada is a big 7.5-point favorite against Wyoming, according to the latest college basketball odds . The oddsmakers had a good feel for the line for this one, as the game opened with the Wolf Pack as a 6.5-point favorite. The over/under is 137.5 points. See college basketball picks for every single game, including this one, from SportsLine's advanced computer model. Get picks now . Wyoming has won 7 out of their last 10 games against Nevada. Feb 20, 2024 - Nevada 76 vs. Wyoming 58 Jan 20, 2024 - Wyoming 98 vs. Nevada 93 Feb 27, 2023 - Wyoming 80 vs. Nevada 71 Feb 26, 2022 - Wyoming 74 vs. Nevada 61 Jan 17, 2022 - Wyoming 77 vs. Nevada 67 Jan 24, 2021 - Wyoming 93 vs. Nevada 88 Jan 22, 2021 - Wyoming 71 vs. Nevada 64 Mar 05, 2020 - Wyoming 74 vs. Nevada 71 Feb 25, 2020 - Nevada 73 vs. Wyoming 68 Jan 14, 2020 - Nevada 68 vs. Wyoming 67
News junkies will find much to love in “September 5,” a fictionalized account of ABC’s live coverage of the hostage crisis during the 1972 Munich Olympics . There are spirited debates about reporting with only one source, use of words like “terrorism” and what to do if violence breaks out during a live shot. There are negotiations with rival networks over satellite usage, disguises and fake badges made to get reels of 16mm film in and out of the locked down Olympic village and plenty of confused men (and a few women) trying to keep up with an ever-escalating situation. The film is a moment by moment retelling of how a group of sports broadcasters brought this story to the world in real time, despite the technical limitations and their own inexperience across a confusing 22 hours. Everyone came to the studio that night ready for breaking sports news, scores and pre-packaged interviews. Even that was going to be a test for the man running the control room for the first time. Geoffrey Mason, portrayed by John Magaro , was a 28-year-old coordinating producer. Someone wonders about his experience and is assured that he’s covered minor league baseball games. But in the early hours of Sept. 5, 1972 , eight members of a Palestinian group called Black September broke into the Olympic village and attacked the Israeli delegation killing wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg and weightlifter Yossi Romano. Some escaped, but nine others were taken hostage. While the tragedy of the Munich Olympics has certainly been told many times, writer and director Tim Fehlbaum saw an opportunity in the team behind the live broadcast. And he commits fully to staying in the newsroom, with all of its glorious old technologies, from the walkie-talkies they used to stay in touch and to taking time to show how they had to manually add text to the screens. He and his screenwriter were able to reconstruct the events almost minute-by-minute, which helped shape the screenplay. The players are many in this large ensemble. Peter Sarsgaard , who’s looked right in a newsroom since “Shattered Glass,” gives gravitas to Roone Arledge, then-president of ABC Sports, and Ben Chaplin is operations engineer Marvin Bader. Leonie Benesch is Marianne Gebhardt, a German-speaking interpreter who is the only person there able to understand the language of the country. She might be a bit of a composite who checks off a lot of boxes as both an entrepreneurial woman and a younger German offering perspective and insight into what this moment might mean for the country trying to put on a good front in the aftermath of World War II. An actor (Benjamin Walker) plays broadcaster Peter Jennings, and real archival footage of anchor Jim McKay from that day is used in the film. And while they all rise to the occasion, mistakes are made – including a rather big one at the end, following imperfect secondhand information from the Fuerstenfeldbruck airfield. They don’t call it the first draft of history for nothing, after all, and it may be illuminating for audiences to see how it’s handled. The film looks of its time, but it also feels fairly modern in its sensibilities which makes it always seem more like a re-telling than an in-the-moment experience. This may be to its detriment, yet it’s still an undeniably riveting and compelling watch. The word thrilling doesn’t seem appropriate, however. This is not “Apollo 13” after all. The end is not a happy one. But at time when trust in the media is in crisis, this film is a great humanizer, reminding audiences that the media is far from a monolith, but a group of individuals under immense pressure to get the story right, get the story out and go back and do it again the next day. “September 5,” a Paramount Pictures release in theaters Friday, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for language. Running time: 94. Three stars out of four.Tait-Jones scores 21 as UC San Diego defeats James Madison 73-67
The Labour Party (LP) has dismissed the video making the rounds in the social media that its leadership was partnering with President Bola Tinubu ahead of 2027 general elections. Mr Obiora Ifoh, National Publicity Secretary, LP said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. According to Ifoh, the party has on several occasions debunked the allegations that it has an understanding with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to collaborate in the 2027 general election. “As a matter of fact, the Labour Party is the most visible opposition party as at today and our National Chairman, Barrister Abure is the leading voice in the opposition camp, and has been most critical of the present government. ‘”After the 2023 general election, it continued to interrogate the system’s failure and has been very visible playing the role of the opposition, continuously critiquing the policies, proffering solutions and advising the government. “Recently, the party under the able leadership of Mr Julius Abure came up with series of programmes, including the creation of the Electoral Reform Committee. “With it we hope to enthrone a credible, fair and transparent processes, leading to the selection of leadership in the country, Labour Party being a major victim in the 2023 general election,” he stated. Ifoh said the party had created a Political Education Committee for reorienting citizens on the need to have a positive behavioral changes towards politics in Nigeria. He also saidthe party had become the first party in Nigeria attempting to deepen participatory democracy by the introduction of e-membership registration with thousands of people already subscribing. ”All these efforts to reposition the party, for someone to be demarketing such a party in such an unguarded and callous manner, is most ridiculous and unfortunate. “We are, therefore. challenging Deji Adeyanju and any other person to come up with facts and proofs that either the party leadership or Mr. Abure intends to work for President Bola Tinubu or his party, the APC in the 2027. ” Adeyanju’s assertion which is presently trending globally has caused the Labour Party enormous harm and we are demanding that he refrains from causing the party further harms. “As a political party, we view Deji Adeyanju’s now viral comments as a criminal defamation, a clearly motivated ploy to ridicule our hard earned reputation. “We are therefore, calling on Mr Adeyanju to without delay provide facts and evidences to prove that Labour Party has been ‘bought’ over by President Tinubu. “He also has a choice to withdraw his ill assertions and apologize to the leadership and millions of members of Labour Party for the great harm he has caused the party,” he stated.Warner Music Group ( NASDAQ:WMG – Get Free Report ) and Cedar Fair ( NYSE:FUN – Get Free Report ) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation and earnings. Profitability This table compares Warner Music Group and Cedar Fair’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets. Valuation and Earnings This table compares Warner Music Group and Cedar Fair”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation. Dividends Warner Music Group pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Cedar Fair pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Warner Music Group pays out 86.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cedar Fair pays out -93.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Volatility & Risk Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cedar Fair has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Institutional and Insider Ownership 96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.7% of Cedar Fair shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.3% of Warner Music Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Cedar Fair shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Analyst Recommendations This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Warner Music Group and Cedar Fair, as reported by MarketBeat. Warner Music Group presently has a consensus target price of $35.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.41%. Cedar Fair has a consensus target price of $56.07, indicating a potential upside of 14.24%. Given Cedar Fair’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cedar Fair is more favorable than Warner Music Group. Summary Warner Music Group beats Cedar Fair on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. About Warner Music Group ( Get Free Report ) Warner Music Group Corp. operates as a music entertainment company in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. It operates through Recorded Music and Music Publishing segments. The Recorded Music segment is involved in the discovery and development of recording artists, as well as related marketing, promotion, distribution, sale, and licensing of music created by such recording artists; markets its music catalog through compilations and reissuances of previously released music and video titles, as well as previously unreleased materials; and conducts its operation primarily through a collection of record labels, such as Warner Records and Atlantic Records, as well as Asylum, Big Beat, Canvasback, East West, Erato, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Roadrunner, Sire, Spinnin’ Records, Warner Classics, and Warner Music Nashville. This segment markets, distributes, and sells music and video products to retailers and wholesale distributors; independent labels to retail and wholesale distributors; and various distribution centers and ventures, as well as retail outlets, online physical retailers, streaming services, and download services. The Music Publishing segment owns and acquires rights to approximately one million musical compositions comprising pop hits, American standards, folk songs, and motion picture and theatrical compositions. Its catalog includes approximately 150,000 songwriters and composers; and various genres, including pop, rock, jazz, classical, country, R&B, hip-hop, rap, reggae, Latin, folk, blues, symphonic, soul, Broadway, electronic, alternative, and gospel. This segment also administers the music and soundtracks of various third-party television and film producers and studios. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in New York, New York. About Cedar Fair ( Get Free Report ) Cedar Fair, L.P. owns and operates amusement and water parks, as well as complementary resort facilities. Its amusement parks include Cedar Point located on Lake Erie between Cleveland and Toledo in Sandusky, Ohio; Knott's Berry Farm near Los Angeles, California; Canada's Wonderland near Toronto, Ontario; Kings Island near Cincinnati, Ohio; Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina; Kings Dominion situated near Richmond, Virginia; California's Great America located in Santa Clara, California; Dorney Park in Pennsylvania; Worlds of Fun located in Kansas City, Missouri; Valleyfair situated near Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota; Michigan's Adventure situated near Muskegon, Michigan; Schlitterbahn Waterpark & Resort New Braunfels in New Braunfels, Texas; and Schlitterbahn Waterpark Galveston in Galveston, Texas. The company also owns and operates the Castaway Bay Indoor Waterpark Resort, Hotel Breakers, Cedar Point's Express Hotel, and Sawmill Creek Resort. Cedar Fair, L.P. was founded in 1983 and is based in Sandusky, Ohio. 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