General News
CWGC: At midday on Sunday 26 September 2010, a new war memorial, built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, will be unveiled in Sussex, paying tribute to some of the 1.5m Indian soldiers who fought for the British Empire during the First World War.
The unveiling of the new memorial is being filmed as part of a new education resource being prepared by the CWGC, which examines the often overlooked contribution of servicemen & women from India during the two world wars. This education pack will be released in October 2010.
ScotGov: Scotland's new-look genealogy website was officially launched last week. The revamped ScotlandsPeople service is now up & running and features new search features designed to make it easier & quicker for people at home & abroad to discover their family roots.
This includes plotting search results on maps, helping those unfamiliar with Scottish geography (such as users overseas) understand more about Scotland and their ancestors.
This includes plotting search results on maps, helping those unfamiliar with Scottish geography (such as users overseas) understand more about Scotland and their ancestors.
FSA: The Food Standards Agency is commissioning an evaluation & comparison of third party assurance schemes that focus on food & feed hygiene and standards. UK food assurance schemes are arrangements through which primary producers, food processors and other food businesses can assure customers that particular standards have been maintained throughout the production process.
Some examples include the Red Tractor, Lion eggs, SGC (Scottish Quality Crops), AIC (Agricultural Industries Confederation – feed scheme).
Some examples include the Red Tractor, Lion eggs, SGC (Scottish Quality Crops), AIC (Agricultural Industries Confederation – feed scheme).
MoD: New ventilators, which will play a key role in saving the lives of soldiers injured on the front line, have arrived in Afghanistan. The Vela Comprehensive ventilators are being used in the Intensive Care Unit at the Armed Forces' hospital in Camp Bastion, providing additional hi-tech kit for doctors & nurses who work to save the lives of personnel injured on the front line.
Until now, medics have been using 3 different types of ventilator to help patients breathe. New technology means this flexible piece of kit is able to do the job of all 3 - including giving medics the ability to use the same ventilator on patients, even when they are being transported within the hospital.
PCS: The PCS union is urging MPs to throw out a government bill that would severely cut the terms available to civil servants who lose their jobs. As part of the ongoing campaign against the coalition government’s plans to impose stringent caps on payments under the civil service compensation scheme, union’s members asked their MPs to participate in the debate when the superannuation bill had its second reading in the Commons on last week.
More than 130 MPs - including almost a quarter of all Liberal Democrat MPs - have signed a parliamentary motion encouraging the new government to seek a negotiated settlement after the union’s successful High Court challenge to the previous government’s plans to cut redundancy terms.
FSA: The Food Standards Agency has reported that Ella’s Kitchen has withdrawn certain batches & date codes of its baby food because of possible microbial spoilage inside the straw of the packets. The micro organisms that have been identified are harmless.
Press release ~ Ella's Kitchen recalls a number of own brand baby food lines due to possible microbial spoilage inside the straw of the pouches
DH: Change4Life, ITV and walking groups are joining together to hold ITV’s Walk4Life Day on Sunday 26 September. This is a nationwide day of mass-participation walks which will see people across the country stepping out and on their way to a happier, healthier future.
10 major events will be held around England & Wales, led by local ITV personalities. The free Change4Life events will be open to everyone, from experienced ramblers to first-time walkers and will be between one and three miles long.
The walks coincide with the launch of a new website www.walk4life.info which allows people to type in their postcode to find a local walk, or if they live near one of the ten ITV Walk4Life events, to head down and join in.
There’s also a network of hundreds of regular walks across the country, which can all be found on the Walk England website.
WO: The forthcoming referendum on Wales Assembly powers will use the amended question & preamble as recommended by the Electoral Commission, Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan has announced.
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