Defence Secretary announces £80m Guardian to protect the skies – (MoD: Defence Secretary marks major step forward for UK’s nuclear submarine capability ~ Defence Secretary launches first ever Veterans Strategy and new cross-Government Veterans Unit )
Defence Secretary honours allies Australian and New Zealand on Anzac Day ~ FCO: Sir Alan Duncan Gallipoli Commemoration Speech ~ Minister for Europe attends Gallipoli Commemorations in Turkey
Dstl: Latest battlefield forensics could save lives on the front line
LGA: Motorists drive the equivalent of 989 return trips to Mars on roads in England a year – (LGA responds to HCLG Committee Report on business rates )
10DS: PM words at unveiling of Millicent Fawcett statue: 24 April 2018 ~ MHCLG: Historic statue of suffragist leader Millicent Fawcett unveiled in Parliament Square
MHCLG: Barratt Developments agree to pay fire safety costs
ScotGov: DNA breakthrough for wildlife crime – (ScotGov: West Highland Lines gets a new group to focus on improvements ~ ScotGov: Third Glasgow Gaelic School )
WAG: Latest in Welsh language technology on show
Children’s Commissioner: Does mentoring work?
Environment Agency: £6.2m flood defence to protect A1(M) and Catterick complete
ESRC: Six projects awarded funding to help make agriculture sustainable in Colombia
STFC: UK astronomers contribute to 3D map of a billion stars – (STFC: UK supported climate satellite successfully launched in to Earth orbit )
SQA and SCMA announce new childcare award
National Archives: Prize Papers Project launches at Oldenburg Castle
TfL; 'Priority Seating Week’ launch marks first anniversary of the ‘Please Offer Me A Seat’ badge – (TfL: Half of all Tube and rail pay as you go journeys across London using contactless ~ TfL: Spring into Summer with TfL’s free guided walks )
CCW: On Tap – read our latest newsletter
RoSPA: National Family Safety Week being launched in Dundee
FDA: House of Commons inquiry risks giving MPs accused of harassment ‘clean slate’, FDA warns
TUC: Government must ban zero-hour contracts
WWF: Only £10m investment needed to ensure we still have harvests by the end of the century |