Remembering The well Known We Lost in 2016 Photos and Video

January

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10th David Bowie - music icon

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14th Alan Rickman - actor

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18th Glen Frey - of the Eagles

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23rd Jimmy Bain - rock band Rainbow

30th  Frank Finnlay - film actor

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31st Terry Wogan - radio/tv legend

February

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3rd Maurice white - earth wind and fire fame

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19th Harper Lee - to kill a mockingbird author

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28th Frank Kelly - father jack from father ted fame

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28th George Kennedy - movie actor

March

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1st Tony Warren - Coronation street creator.

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8th  George Martin - The Beatles producer

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11th Keith Emerson - Emerson lake and palmer fame.

15th Sylvia Anderson - lady Penelope from thunderbirds.

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16th Frank Sinatra jnr 

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17th Paul Daniels - magician.

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29th Patty Duke - film and tv personality

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31st Ronnie Corbett - 1/2 of comedy duo legends.

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31st Denise Robertson - tv agony aunt

April

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6th Merle Haggard - singer song writer

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12th David Gest- friend to the stars

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20th Victoria Wood - female comedienne 

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20th Joanie Lauren - WWE wrestling legend.

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21st Lonnie Mack - blues guitarist

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21st Prince

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21st Guy Hamilton - Bond actor

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24th Billy Paul 

May

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17th Guy Clark - country legend

19th John Berry - beastie boys star

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21st Nick Menza - megadeath drummer

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24th Burt Kwouk - Pink Panther fame

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31st  Carla Lane - liver birds writer and more

June 

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3rd  Muhammad Ali - he was the greatest

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14th Henry McCullough - wings guitarist

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19th Anton Yelchin - Star Trek Chekhov

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24th Bernie Worrall - funkadelic star

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28th Scotty Moore - Elvis's guitarist

July

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2nd Caroline Aherne - comedy actress

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16th Alan Vega - suicide punk pioneer

August 

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2nd David Huddleston - Santa from Santa Claus the movie

13th  Kenny Baker - R2D2

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15th  Dalian Atkinson - Villa cup hero

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29th Gene Wilder - Comedy genius

September 

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11th Alexis Arquette - transgender actress

17th Charmaine Carr - sound of music star

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25th Arnold Palmer - golfing legend.

October 

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14th Jean Alexander - corries Hilda Ogden 

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23rd  Pete Burns - dead or alive frontman

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24th Bobby Vee - 1960s teen idol

November 

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7th  Leonard Cohen - iconic singer songwriter

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11th Robert Vaughn - veteran actor.

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13th Leon Russell - musician

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24th Colonel Abrams - 80s pop star

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25th Florence Henderson - from the Brady bunch

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26th Ron Glass - us tv star

December 

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1st Andrew Sachs - Qué? Fawlty towers fame

6th Peter Vaughn - game of thrones 

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7th Ian Cartwright - Wolves footballer

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8th John Glen - first human to orbit Earth 

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8th Greg Lake - of Emerson Lake and palmer 

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10th AA Gill - writer and critic

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10th  Ian McCaskill - tv weatherman

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12th Walter Swinburn - Derby winning jockey

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18th Zsa Zsa Gabor - movie star

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23rd Piers Sellers - Astronaut & climate scientist

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24th Rick Parfitt - Quo legend

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24th Liz Smith - Nana in the Royal family

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25th George Michael - pop icon

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27th Carrie Fisher- Star Wars icon 

27th Richard Adams - Watership Down author

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28th Debbie Reynolds was an American actress, singer, businesswoman, film historian, and humanitarian. Her breakout role came in the portrayal of Helen Kane in the 1950 film Three Little Words

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28th 

Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, 91, Uruguayan politician, President (1981–1985).

Pierre Barouh, 82, French actor (A Man and a Woman), writer and musician, heart attack.

Anthony Cronin, 88, Irish poet and novelist.

Michel Déon, 97, French novelist and literary columnist, pulmonary embolism.

Donya Fannizadeh, 49, Iranian puppeteer (Kolah Ghermezi), cancer.

Lev Gor'kov, 87, Russian-born American physicist.

M. D. Harmon, 71, American newspaper columnist (Portland Press Herald), accidental gunshot wound.

Annelise Hovmand, 92, Danish director and screenwriter (Be Dear to Me).

Knut Kiesewetter, 75, German jazz musician, singer-songwriter and producer.

Sunder Lal Patwa, 92, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (1980, 1990–1992), heart attack.

Bruce D. Porter, 64, American Mormon elder, member of the First Quorum of the Seventy (since 2003).

Jean-Christophe Victor, 69, French political scientist.

Ellen Watters, 28, Canadian racing cyclist, injuries sustained in a traffic collision.

Bernard Zaslav, 90, American viola soloist.

29th 

Raymond Burki, 67, Swiss cartoonist.

Keion Carpenter, 39, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Atlanta Falcons), injuries sustained in a fall.

Kamal Mani Dixit, 87, Nepalese writer.

LaVell Edwards, 86, American football coach (BYU Cougars), complications from a broken hip.

Norman Rimmington, 93, English footballer (Hartlepool, Barnsley), kidney failure.

Lucien Schaeffer, 88, French footballer (Valenciennes, RC Strasbourg).

Cyril deGrasse Tyson, 89, American civil rights activist.

30th 

Matt Carragher, 40, English footballer (Wigan, Port Vale), cance

Uppingham Success 2016 Partnership Oakham's Failing

Uppingham Success 2016 Partnership Oakham's Failing

It was good to hear the Mayor of Uppingham on Rutland Radio giving his reason for Uppingham's
success. That success is due to the Town Council working in partnership with various bodies. Nothing is ever perfect but Uppingham do seem to have cracked it.

Here in Oakham we have a Town Council which is not working. the words of the Monitoring Officer.

Earlier in the year our Mayor Adam Lowe went on the radio and admitted he was part of that.
Personally I think he is one of the major obstructions preventing change.

Only the other week I received a report from the monitoring officer at Rutland County Council, the report gave her findings, It was also the first time I had seen the complaint made by our Mayor Adam Lowe. Thank goodness Rutland County Council don't run the justice system. The first you would know you had been tried and convicted would be when you receive a letter from the monitoring officer.

Her report seems to conclude it is disrespectful for me to open a notice board and photograph a audit
report which the council had refused to give me. I am not bothered about that because that finding
is nonsense.

What concerns me is the statement of complaint made my the Mayor Cllr Adam Lowe. It is dishonest.

The Mayor Adam Lowe lies by stating I was carrying a knife and damaged the notice board.

I am also very concerned about his conduct after I politely challenged him about his lies.
He said me a text saying I was mental and needed medical help before I harmed someone.
The year appears to have ended as it started.

The deputy Mayor is no better sending emails claiming he was assisting a Councillor on the verge
of a mental break down.
Another telling me to go and do something useful and jump under a bus when I ask him a simple
question.
I admire both men's medical qualifications and their support for Exit.

Going back to the partnership failings, Oakham Town Council does not work in partnership
with any organisation, it also fails to engage the community it claims to represent.

It will harp on about what it does for the community at a high cost. What it does for the
community is very limited.

It tenders when it can be bothered for a contractor to cut the grass and pick litter in three small
parks. I say bothered because many months ago the contract expired and the office have not started
the tendering process after being being asked by the full council to do so months ago.

The council spends thousands on hanging baskets decides without consultation it would be nice
to have larger ones. When the retailers said they did not want large baskets the council still paid for them. This resulted with one basket hanging at the dry cleaners in Market Street and none in the market place. They could have asked the supplier to provide smaller baskets,

The overpriced Christmas Tree and £17,000 spent on putting up and taking down less Christmas
Lights each year.

A few of the same band concerts in the park each year.

That is all Oakham Town Council do.
That is possible why some have so much time to spend attacking those who ask for it
to do those few things correctly or to disband.


A organisation that should be working in partnership with the council is the
The Town partnership which is like an old gentleman's club. Not wanting change and certainly
not working in partnership with the town council and if traders are speaking truthfully they are only there for a very limited number of traders.

There is no longer any representatives from The County Council on the partnership.

The Partnership changed its constitution so the Town Council can no longer appoint members
and told the town council they only wanted Stan Stubbs as a member, he is the old man who
calls me a bastard at council meetings and is often heard calling to Jesus Christ and losing
the will to live at meetings. I think he would prefer it if the council was stuck further back in time pre 1970's when council meetings were not public and everyone agreed with him.

In 2016 the Town Partnership appointed a town centre manager. Many people don't know who that person is or their role.

She is a nice lady who runs her own events company based in Leicester and was paid to
organise the 2015 Christmas Shopping event. Now she is paid a bit more to do the same.
During the time she has been employed by the town partnership she has not been formally
introduced to the Town Council.

The word Partnership seems to have another meaning hear in Oakham.

I am constantly approached by people who complain about Oakham Town Council
I point out there are vacancies and they often respond with don you think I am nuts.
If people really want change in 2017 they cant just sit back an moan.

The town council is looking to co-opt three new Cllrs in the new year because no one
called elections.

I shall battle on in 2017, I am sure people will continue to moan about the Town Council
in 2017 and do little to help it change.

I guess those who don't want their little club paid for by the tax payers to change will carry
on saying I am mental or worse.

I hope 2017 will bring about change. I would like to see Oakham Town Council expand its
role within our community and that is why I put forward my suggestion for the town council
to fund a youth worker only to be publicly attacked by The Mayor Adam Lowe.

We have over £100,000 unexplained  reserves which are not earmarked so I don't think £12,000
is going to bankrupt the council as he said. It's also £5,000 less than the money we pay to put
up and take down the dreadful Christmas Lights.

Oakham Jobs 29th December 2016

Oakham Jobs 29th December 2016

Store Colleague McColl's Retail Group 30 reviews- Oakham £7.20 an hour You will also be required to build and develop sales, assist with stock management and help to maintain a clean and well-presented store.... 28-Dec

E.ON Meter Reader - Stamford / Grantham E.on 48 reviews- Stamford £7.63 - £8.19 an hour Minimum Driving Requirements - As you will be provided with an E.ON Branded Van which will be for work use only and a company fuel card, you must have a full UK... 28-Dec

Shift Leader (Part Time) CaffèNero 114 reviews- Oakham £7.15 - £7.40 an hour And with our ambitious growth plans to open around 50 stores in the UK each year, we’ll give you every opportunity to develop.... 28-Dec

Van Driver / Installer Brands 2 Hands Ltd - Melton Mowbray LE14 The successful applicants will have van driving experience and a current full driving licence. You must have excellent verbal English skills, and be comfortable... Easily apply to this job 28-Dec

Barista (Part Time) CaffèNero 114 reviews- Oakham £6.95 - £7.20 an hour And with our ambitious growth plans to open around 50 stores in the UK each year, we’ll give you every opportunity to develop.... 28-Dec

Operative [Overhead Lie Equipment]- Peterborough x2 Network Rail 197 reviews- Peterborough Out in all weathers, you’ll play a highly practical role in keeping Britain moving. Across a wide range of manual maintenance tasks, the efficiency and safety 28-Dec

Front of House Assistant (Full Time) The Falcon Hotel 3 reviews- Uppingham They interact with the customers directly and quickly in a manner which promotes the highest level of customer service. Empty any refuge containers.... Easily apply to this job 28-Dec

Pipefitters mate United Mechanical & Electrical Solutions - Oakham LE15 £12 - £14 an hour Previous training with overhead cranes will be an advantage. Pipe fitter mate required for the installation of valves onto pipe spools within a workshop... 28-Dec

Warehouse Operative - Full Time - Peterborough Tesco 6,938 reviews- Peterborough PE1 With stores, dotcom centres and distribution centres across the UK, and a variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with and... Easily apply to this job 28-Dec

Pipefitter United Mechanical & Electrical Solutions - Oakham LE15 £15 - £20 an hour Previous training with overhead cranes will be an advantage. Pipe fitter required for the installation of valves onto pipe spools within a workshop environment.... 28-Dec

Home care support assistant – rates from £7.98 weekday to £9.98 per hour Bloomsbury Home Care 4 reviews- Stamford £7.98 - £9.98 an hour Home care support assistant – rates from £7.98 weekday to £9.98 per hour weekends*. Do you wish to start working within care or already working within the field... Easily apply to this job 28-Dec

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Waiting & Bar Staff - Oakham Wildwood 7 reviews- Oakham A complete natural with customers. At Wildwood we care about great food, great places to eat, and great people.... 28-Dec

Cleaning Operative TC Facilities Management 3 reviews- Melton Mowbray £7.20 an hour Previous cleaning experience preferred but not essential as full training will be given. You will be cleaning a local supermarket in Melton Mowbray, LE13.... 28-Dec

E.ON Meter Reader - Chesterfield / Grantham E.on 48 reviews- Grantham £7.63 - £8.19 an hour Minimum Driving Requirements - As you will be provided with an E.ON Branded Van which will be for work use only and a company fuel card, you must have a full UK... 28-Dec

Warehouse Operative Wanna LTD - Wigston Magna Warehouse Operative to assist a team in a busy internet company. At least 1 years experience working in a warehouse environment.... Easily apply to this job 28-Dec

Part Time Van Driver All Vehicle Parts Ltd - Leicester Due to continued expansion we require 2 new Part Time multi-drop van drivers at our branch in Leicester. You will be driving a small van in and around Leicester... Easily apply to this job 28-Dec

Warehouse Operator Nationwide Placements 8 reviews- Loughborough £8 - £11 an hour Previous work experience of handing warehouse tasks. Nationwide Placements are looking for experienced and hardworking Goods-Inwards Warehouse Operators to join... 28-Dec

Machine Operatives Pertemps Network Group 220 reviews- Corby £7.49 - £8.46 an hour Previous machining operation experience. These are temporary to permanent positions and an interview will be required with the client.... 28-Dec

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Cleaner (part-time) Servest Multi Service Group 19 reviews- Corby £7.20 an hour Cleaner required for 18 hrs a week over 6 days in busy retail store. Experience preferred but not essential as full training will be provided.... Easily apply to this job 28-Dec

Mail Room Sorter (NIGHTS) Pertemps Network Group 220 reviews- Wigston Magna £7.74 an hour Because of the unsociable hours, the ideal candidate will have their own transport or live locally. An opportunity has arisen with my client working in a busy... 28-Dec

Housekeeper TC Facilities Management 3 reviews- Lutterworth £7.20 an hour Previous cleaning experience preferred but not essential as full training will be given. You will be cleaning a local supermarket in Lutterworth, LE17.... 28-Dec

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Convenience Customer Service Assistant J Sainsbury's 58 reviews- Nottingham NG12 Or you could find yourself on the shop floor, helping customers find what they want and explaining anything they need to know.... 28-Dec

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Warehouse Operative Nights Bibby Distribution Ltd 4 reviews- Corby NN17 £22,056 a year To provide accurate and prompt picking, packing and dispatch of the depot warehouse goods. We have an excellent opportunity within Bibby Distributions based in... Easily apply to this job 28-Dec

Mechanical Fitter United Mechanical & Electrical Solutions - Oakham LE15 £15 - £20 an hour Previous training with overhead cranes will be an advantage. Mechanical fitter required for the installation of valves onto pipe spools within a workshop... 28-Dec

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Christmas Crib All Saints Church Oakham Rutland

Christmas Crib All Saints Church Oakham Rutland