General News (Archive)

MoD  and Royal Foundation launch new partnership to improve mental health – (Defence Secretary and Prince Harry Award Gold to Supportive Employers ~ MoD:  ‘Top of the range’ military training facility opened at Garelochhead ~ MoD:  Royal Air Force squadrons recognised for gallantry ~ MoD:  UK and Poland meet for security & defence talks)

DCMS:  Find out how you can join the commemorations on Sunday 12 November

LGA:  90 children a day entering care - urgent cash injection needed for children's services

Defra:  Asian hornet outbreak contained in Devon

Electoral Commission:  Public survey finds high satisfaction with electoral processes, and backing for further reform

Environment Agency approves Third Energy’s hydraulic fracture plan

Food Standards Agency:  New advice on eating runny eggs

DfT:  Life-saving drink drive law turns 50

Ofcom:  More UK-made programmes on the BBC

Ofsted:  HMCI's commentary: October 2017

Ofgem extends price protection to 1m more vulnerable households this winter

Met Office:  30th Anniversary of the 1987 Storm

CCC welcomes publication of the UK Government’s Clean Growth Strategy – (Committee on Climate Change seeks new members)

STFC:  Bringing Mars down to Earth – (STFC:  Physicists take their science to the visually impaired ~ STFC:  UK to design new instrument to measure climate change and study star formation in space)

ESRC launches 2018 Celebrating Impact Prize

HEFCE:  Universities grow knowledge exchange activity for the benefit of businesses and communities – (HEFCE:  Analysis shows value of innovative development projects in higher education ~ HEFCE:  Winning university collaborations deliver the Industrial Strategy across the country)

TfL’s free open data boosts London's economy

Arts Council England:  Don’t just read books – dance them! – (ACE:  Joining forces for London)

TUC reveals pension blackspots

WWF:  UK ivory trade ban must be confirmed within a year – (WWF:  Strong winds again deliver more than Scotland's entire electricity needs - new data ~ WWF responds to UK Government's Clean Growth Strategy)

Unicef:  Agencies warning of potential cholera outbreak in Rohingya settlements

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