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Care Quality Commission - 10:39 03 Sep 2010
CQC lifts registration condition on Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Care Quality Commission news
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) today, Friday, said Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust has made sufficient improvement to emergency response times and it would now lift the condition it had imposed on the trust’s licence. read the full story here...
Department for Communities and Local Government - 10:38 03 Sep 2010
Faiths in Action funding to strengthen local communities
Department for Communities and Local Government news
Faiths in Action has just awarded funding to over 100 organisations to run local inter faith projects, helping to strengthen neighbourhoods across England. read the full story here...
Financial Services Authority - 10:36 03 Sep 2010
FSA fines Moneywise IFA Limited for advice failings in relation to platforms
Financial Services Authority news
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Moneywise IFA Limited (Moneywise) £19,600 for failing to have sufficiently robust compliance arrangements for the investment advice it gave customers using platforms and discretionary portfolios. read the full story here...
Wired-GOV Newswire (news from other organisations) - 10:29 03 Sep 2010
British Heart Foundation - Insomnia linked with high blood pressure, says new research
Wired-GOV Newswire (news from other organisations) news
People who suffer from insomnia are at increased risk of developing high blood pressure, according to new American research. read the full story here...

News alerts from earlier today...

Welsh Assembly Government - 09:45 03 Sep 2010
Additional training to identify and help victims of forced marriage
Welsh Assembly Government news
Social Justice and Local Government Minister Carl Sargeant has invited front line staff from criminal justice, health, education and social services to attend a bespoke training course on handling cases of forced marriage. read the full story here...
Ofgem - 09:24 03 Sep 2010
OFGEM LAUNCHES INVESTIGATIONS INTO MISSELLING AND SETS UP HOTLINE FOR
Ofgem news
Ofgem has begun investigations to establish whether four suppliers (npower, Scottish Power,Scottish and Southern Energy and EDF Energy) are complying with new obligations to preventmisselling, brought in following Ofgem’s retail market probe. read the full story here...
EU News - 09:21 03 Sep 2010
EP adds bite to EU financial watchdog rules
EU News news
EU authorities are to get tough new powers to settle disputes among national financial supervisors and to ban risky financial products and activities, in a revamp of EU financial supervision plans agreed on Thursday. read the full story here...
Scottish Government - 09:13 03 Sep 2010
Swimming fund makes a splash
Scottish Government news
Free swimming lessons for primary school pupils across Scotland are set to increase, it was announced yesterday. read the full story here...
Department for Transport - 09:07 03 Sep 2010
Red Ensign marks eleventh Merchant Navy Day
Department for Transport news

The Red Ensign will fly over the headquarters of the Department for Transport today to mark the UK's eleventh Merchant Navy Day.

read the full story here...
Wired-GOV Newswire (news from other organisations) - 09:02 03 Sep 2010
Read Before Burning: how to increase the effectiveness and accountability of quangos
Wired-GOV Newswire (news from other organisations) news
The Institute for Government has published its report on Arm's length bodies – not so affectionately known to the media as quangos. read the full story here...
Wired-GOV Newswire (news from other organisations) - 08:56 03 Sep 2010
Campaign hand-in event with Nick Clegg on Millennium Development Goals ahead of UN meeting
Wired-GOV Newswire (news from other organisations) news
Bond, the UK coalition of NGOs working in international development, will host a special event on 15 September which will be the Deputy Prime Minister's first public address on the issues of development and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) since taking office in May. read the full story here...
Third Sector - 08:50 03 Sep 2010
Trial to test experimental drug for advanced pancreatic cancer
Third Sector news
Cancer Research UK’s Drug Development Office has launched a clinical trial* to test an experimental drug in patients with advanced (Stage IV) pancreatic cancer – one of the most difficult cancers to treat. read the full story here...
EU News - 08:45 03 Sep 2010
Tougher penalties to prevent and combat trafficking in human beings
EU News news
Knowingly using the sexual or other services of a trafficked person would be made a criminal offence, and penalties for traffickers would be stepped up, by amendments to a draft EU directive on human trafficking. read the full story here...

News from the last week...

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  2. 02 Sep 2010 15:16
    Hurricane season gets active
  3. 02 Sep 2010 15:14
    New Library and Archive Qualifications supporting 'Skills for the Future' get sign off
  4. 02 Sep 2010 15:11
    Children's Panel recruitment
  5. 02 Sep 2010 15:06
    FSA bans insurance broker David Marriott for persistent misuse of client money
  6. 02 Sep 2010 14:50
    Environment Agency - Five weeks left to register for CRC
  7. 02 Sep 2010 14:48
    Views wanted on taxifolin
  8. 02 Sep 2010 14:46
    Get on board with Get online week – six weeks to go!
  9. 02 Sep 2010 14:44
    Welsh Secretary welcomes Electoral Commission’s Report on Referendum Question
  10. 02 Sep 2010 14:43
    Support for Dundee’s digital sector
  11. 02 Sep 2010 14:11
    Brooke Kinsella visits North East anti-knife project
  12. 02 Sep 2010 14:05
    UK Deputy Prime Minister: Lifesaving UK aid for devastated areas in South Pakistan
  13. 02 Sep 2010 13:54
    IPCC publishes findings from managed investigation into Bridgewater Hall incident
  14. 02 Sep 2010 13:53
    ‘Money in mattress’ boost for Welsh councils
  15. 02 Sep 2010 13:48
    Advance notice of the review of the NOS for the LAIS sector
  16. 02 Sep 2010 13:43
    The European Commission green lights the exchange of audit working papers with Australia and the United States of America
  17. 02 Sep 2010 13:36
    Regulator shuts down 200th rogue claims firm
  18. 02 Sep 2010 13:33
    Skills for Work at Sgoil Lionacleit
  19. 02 Sep 2010 12:43
    New Safety Advice Issued on Electric Gates
  20. 02 Sep 2010 12:39
    Foundation Phase roll-out continues in Wales
  21. 02 Sep 2010 12:35
    Government food labelling changes
  22. 02 Sep 2010 12:30
    142 schools to convert to academy status weeks after Academies Act passed
  23. 02 Sep 2010 12:28
    Helping charities in Pakistan
  24. 02 Sep 2010 12:26
    Cervical screening
  25. 02 Sep 2010 12:22
    British military bridges being sent to Pakistan
  26. 02 Sep 2010 11:58
    September alert for Employers
  27. 02 Sep 2010 11:50
    Your chance to vote in the Wales Recycling Awards
  28. 02 Sep 2010 11:48
    More support for flood victims
  29. 02 Sep 2010 11:44
    Environment Agency - Big brands sign up to low carbon diet
  30. 02 Sep 2010 11:43
    HCA - First carbon zero home for Mansfield
  31. 02 Sep 2010 11:41
    The Spice Parlour facing possible fine
  32. 02 Sep 2010 10:47
    Europe's seas: Commission sets out criteria for good environmental status
  33. 02 Sep 2010 10:42
    Welsh local authorities win landslide over landfill
  34. 02 Sep 2010 10:34
    Standard Life jobs
  35. 02 Sep 2010 10:29
    UK Youth Justice System Treats Ethnic Groups Differently
  36. 02 Sep 2010 10:23
    Update on products free of colours associated with hyperactivity
  37. 02 Sep 2010 09:43
    Packed and plucked pigeons seizure baffles border officials
  38. 02 Sep 2010 09:25
    Cancer Research UK - Half of Brits got sunburnt this year and many would do it again
  39. 02 Sep 2010 09:08
    Exemplification of standards in Foundation Subjects
  40. 02 Sep 2010 09:05
    Car park charging and booking system update
  41. 02 Sep 2010 09:04
    Career Launcher win ‘Best Skills Project in a Rural Community’ award
  42. 02 Sep 2010 08:52
    Wounded officer speaks on behalf of injured troops
  43. 02 Sep 2010 08:39
    Time for schools to enter EU Young Translator Contest
  44. 02 Sep 2010 08:30
    Staff to Ballot on Industrial Action to Halt London Hospital Pathology Privatisation
  45. 01 Sep 2010 15:24
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  46. 01 Sep 2010 15:20
    Tropical storm warning for Turks & Caicos Islands
  47. 01 Sep 2010 15:17
    Home Office defends position on human trafficking
  48. 01 Sep 2010 15:15
    Work with Parents National Occupational Standards
  49. 01 Sep 2010 14:46
    Coastguard to run 'Exercise Windmill' within wind farms
  50. 01 Sep 2010 14:30
    Scottish communities are riding high thanks to Awards for All
  51. 01 Sep 2010 14:26
    Call for evidence - Review of Offender Learning
  52. 01 Sep 2010 14:24
    British forces mentor the next Afghan military leaders
  53. 01 Sep 2010 13:20
    Progress of HEAT targets
  54. 01 Sep 2010 13:15
    A new view of the Universe
  55. 01 Sep 2010 13:12
    A bridge too far - Lottery honours WWII heroes 66 years on from Market Garden
  56. 01 Sep 2010 12:55
    Scottish Health Survey - UK comparisons
  57. 01 Sep 2010 12:52
    Conservation Measures Boost Rare Butterfly Species on the Porton Down Range
  58. 01 Sep 2010 12:44
    Arts Council opens application for artistic assessors
  59. 01 Sep 2010 11:28
    CAB enquiries still increasing; disability benefits and urgent debts show biggest surge
  60. 01 Sep 2010 11:24
    London Underground welcomes RMT and TSSA leaderships' agreement to ACAS talks
  61. 01 Sep 2010 11:22
    Mackerel conference
  62. 01 Sep 2010 10:32
    Health Protection 2010 Conference - programme announced
  63. 01 Sep 2010 10:29
    Homeless figures down
  64. 01 Sep 2010 10:24
    Local Government Challenge: The hunt is on for the next generation of management stars
  65. 01 Sep 2010 10:19
    Ariel Survey brings Bumper Harvest of Cropmarks
  66. 01 Sep 2010 09:48
    Cockenzie power application
  67. 01 Sep 2010 09:45
    Search for the nation’s best loved and most neglected river
  68. 01 Sep 2010 09:40
    Army officer's Masters helps save money at Camp Bastion
  69. 01 Sep 2010 09:35
    Consultation extended on the draft decision to grant an environmental permit for the Viridor Energy from Waste plant at Trident Park, Cardiff
  70. 01 Sep 2010 08:41
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  71. 01 Sep 2010 08:38
    Improving family justice - give your views
  72. 01 Sep 2010 08:34
    Q&A: EU-China customs cooperation and combating illicit trade
  73. 01 Sep 2010 08:22
    Statins do not raise risk of cancer, says new study
  74. 01 Sep 2010 08:20
    Malnutrition remains a problem for elderly hospital patients
  75. 01 Sep 2010 08:00
    Bowel screening
  76. 01 Sep 2010 07:57
    £825,000 for projects to improve local rural health services
  77. 01 Sep 2010 07:53
    Benefits of Community Payback
  78. 31 Aug 2010 15:52
    Clampdown on 'party flats'
  79. 31 Aug 2010 15:38
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  80. 31 Aug 2010 15:32
    Investigation following death of man in Gillingham
  81. 31 Aug 2010 15:27
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  82. 31 Aug 2010 15:24
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  83. 31 Aug 2010 15:22
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  84. 31 Aug 2010 15:20
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  85. 31 Aug 2010 15:17
    Welsh Office Minister opens Llanarmon Yn Iāl Post Office Service
  86. 31 Aug 2010 15:10
    Health Minister to open new units to speed up treatment and improve patient care
  87. 31 Aug 2010 14:44
    Giving people their say on planning
  88. 31 Aug 2010 14:38
    Grant Shapps: Bypass Whitehall and scrap outdated byelaws
  89. 31 Aug 2010 14:32
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  90. 31 Aug 2010 14:26
    Publication of DWP Research Report 681: Feasibility study for the future Jobcentre Plus Customer Satisfaction Survey
  91. 31 Aug 2010 13:43
    Homeless persons legislation
  92. 31 Aug 2010 13:37
    UK's most powerful submarine joins the Navy
  93. 31 Aug 2010 13:24
    RoSPA CONGRESS TO LOOK AT ROAD SAFETY IN TIME OF SPENDING CUTS
  94. 31 Aug 2010 13:21
    Eric Pickles: Time for a fair deal for the travelling and settled community
  95. 31 Aug 2010 13:17
    The Independent Commission on Banking met on Friday 27th August 2010.
  96. 31 Aug 2010 12:39
    Cancer Research UK - Oesophageal cancer rates in men up 50 per cent in a generation
  97. 31 Aug 2010 12:34
    Hospital mortality rates
  98. 31 Aug 2010 12:29
    CQC response to statement from Age UK about malnutrition in NHS hospitals
  99. 31 Aug 2010 12:26
    Action taken against two brokers for mortgage fraud failings
  100. 31 Aug 2010 12:16
    British trawler prosecuted for going wrong way in Traffic Separation Scheme
  101. 31 Aug 2010 11:29
    Influenza immunisation
  102. 31 Aug 2010 11:25
    Hundreds of unclaimed bikes pile up in the Capital's police stations
  103. 31 Aug 2010 11:19
    Silence from secret services could aid extremism
  104. 31 Aug 2010 11:13
    Martha Lane Fox to speak at Socitm 2010
  105. 31 Aug 2010 10:30
    Nearly a third of nurses not confident that their malnourished relatives entering hospital would be noticed
  106. 31 Aug 2010 10:27
    Go ahead for college merger
  107. 31 Aug 2010 10:23
    HCA - Official unveiling of Fryston Village sculpture
  108. 31 Aug 2010 09:59
    Under sea CO2 storage licensing plans published
  109. 31 Aug 2010 09:56
    Scottish Housing Expo
  110. 31 Aug 2010 09:54
    UKaid: More RAF flights bring shelter for 3,500 families in Southern Pakistan
  111. 31 Aug 2010 09:26
    International paedophile network smashed as private Facebook group infiltrated
  112. 31 Aug 2010 09:20
    Report exposes hidden costs of community sentences over custody
  113. 31 Aug 2010 09:16
    FAB holidays help bereaved Service families
  114. 31 Aug 2010 08:09
    'Y' men get heart disease - genetic clues revealed
  115. 31 Aug 2010 08:04
    Latest ONS figures show need to keep cutting spending
  116. 31 Aug 2010 07:54
    Heart failure medicine looks promising
  117. 31 Aug 2010 07:52
    UK and US Service personnel to run across America for injured colleagues
  118. 31 Aug 2010 00:01
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  119. 30 Aug 2010 21:00
    Coastguard suspend search for kayaker
  120. 30 Aug 2010 19:02
    BOY, WAKE BOARDING, HIT BY POWER BOAT
  121. 30 Aug 2010 17:23
    Thrown away beacon sparks coastguard search
  122. 30 Aug 2010 14:57
    Yarmouth coastguard alert shipping to 60 tonnes of lost cargo
  123. 30 Aug 2010 11:00
    Coastguard request help from the public after extended search for kayaker
  124. 30 Aug 2010 01:17
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  125. 30 Aug 2010 00:01
    EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01 MONDAY 30 AUGUST 2010 - Ministers call on business to improve disabled access ahead of the 2012 Games
  126. 28 Aug 2010 17:40
    DIVER REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS AFTER BREATHING STOPPED FOLLOWING DIVE