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MoD: £55.7m infrastructure contract signed for upgrades at Mount Pleasant – (MoD: Veterans get access to Headley Court ~ MoD: The Invictus Games has begun with a glittering ceremony in the US ~ MoD: Rousing ceremony closes the 2016 Invictus Games in Orlando ~ MoD: Royal Air Force Typhoons intercept Russian aircraft near Baltics ~ MoD: UK & Georgia strengthen defence relationship)
DCMS: Make your mark on the Path of the Remembered
RUSI: Research Project into the Military Covenant Scheme Announced
LGA responds to Government announcement on academisation ~ As the Bard would put it; ‘To be Traditional or Academy, that is the Question!’
LGA: Flexible minimum standard of broadband speed needed to avoid digital twilight zones – (LGA: Fly-tipping: on-the-spot fines come into force)
DWP: New Pension Tracing Service Website Launched
BIS: Life science leaders say UK is better off in a reformed EU
HEFCE: Revised operating model for quality assessment: Announcement of preferred bidders
Environment Agency: Views sought on intention to grant a permit for IGas Misson site – (EA: Buckland Newton Hire waste firm in Dorset ordered to pay more than £40,000)
Natural England: Wildlife licensing: new newt licence
EHRC welcomes appointment of new Commissioner for Wales
Valuation Office Agency: Planning blight and your Council Tax
Ofgem response to Mail on Sunday report on SSE sales practices – (Ofgem opens mid-period review into price controls for National Grid Electricity Transmission and National Grid Gas Transmission)
Ofcom: Plans to speed up the UK’s Wi-Fi connections
Arts Council England: Norfolk & Norwich Festival back for 2016! – (Culture Secretary extends term of Board Members of Arts Council England ~ ACE: How arts & culture helps people with dementia in the north ~ ACE: Situations and BBC Get Creative launch a digital forest for the future ~ Arts Council music investment recognised with Royal Philharmonic Society awards)
CCC seeks new Chair for Adaptation Sub-Committee
TUC: Scaling back the BBC could be “devastating” for the private sector – (TUC: BME workers review must lead to race equality strategy for employment ~ TUC: NAO report shows too many people still being paid less than the minimum wage ~ NAO: Ensuring employers comply with National Minimum Wage regulations)
FDA: Vital public services put at risk with civil servants paying a high price for swingeing Government cuts, says FDA union
TfL: Reminder: Improvement work on Metropolitan line starts 16 May
ESRC: 'Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners' wins Bafta – (ESRC: Shortlist for prestigious ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize 2016 announced)
STFC: The 2016 physics season starts at the LHC – (STFC: UK scientist to head next big European research project)
Unicef: Syrian teenager calls on government to do more for unaccompanied refugee children
WWF welcomes UK-led drive to root out corrupt practices that fuel international wildlife trade
BCS: Computer science teachers invited for “Phish ‘N’ Chips” at CAS Conference
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