General News (Archive)

MoD:  Defence Secretary strengthens ties between UK and Oman – (MoD:  World renowned RAF Red Arrows to tour Middle East ~ MoD:  UK agrees new military training programme with France ~ MoD:  New head of alliance delivering nation’s Carriers amongst appointments welcomed by Defence Secretary)

LGA:  Taxi legislation needs updating to safeguard passengers – (LGA responds to Government's Career Break Returner Programme ~ LGA:  Taxpayers forced to subsidise planning application costs by £1bn over the next 5 years ~ LGA:  Councils respond to Independent Age MP poll on social care funding crisis ~ LGA responds to Children's Society's Good Childhood Report)

Government Equalities Office:  Career break returner programmes launched to help people back to work ~ LGA responds to Government's Career Break Returner Programme

DCMS:  Rare Scottish seal matrix at risk of leaving the UK

ScotGov:  Extra £10m for Edinburgh Festivals – (ScotGov:  Park of Keir planning decision ~ ScotGov:  Popularity of new crossing continues to soar)

WAG:  Poultry keepers urged to take action now to prepare for winter avian flu threat

Environment Agency trials use of body cameras – (EA:  Courts issue £177,720 in penalties to anglers)

Food Standards Agency:  Register for the All-island Food Poverty Network event: Hungry for Change

ACE:  Giving a voice to diverse young women – (ACE:  Leeds West Indian Carnival celebrates 50 years

Met Office:  A wet summer comes to a close

Ofsted launches new point-in-time questionnaires

STFC:  Gravitational wave research may tell us how black holes are formed

ESRC:  Women leaders, heralded as saviours during the financial crisis, are still measured by a male yardstick

TfL:  Autumn Ambles is back! Book your free walking tour and get strolling

CCC: Adaptation Sub-Committee seeks new members

UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation:  Competing designs for the UK’s new Holocaust Memorial & Learning Centre

CCW:  Water watchdog nominated for two utility sector awards

TUC: Feeble government corporate governance package is far cry from promised crackdown – (TUC: Half a million workers now covered by TUC’s Dying to Work Charter, as Royal Mail signs up)

Unicef:  Spread of acute watery diarrhoea and suspected cholera slows in Yemen amid unprecedented response efforts from unsung local heroes – (Unicef:  More than 180m people lack basic drinking water in countries ravaged by conflict or unrest)

WWF:  Rise of electric vehicles could halve UK oil imports – (WWF:  Campaigners call for more trees, less tarmac, in the government's forthcoming road strategy)

How Lambeth Council undertakes effective know your citizen (KYC) / ID checks to prevent fraud