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General News
WAG: 31 food & drink festivals the length & breadth of Wales are between them to receive over £350,000 in support from the Welsh Government. The festivals - large & small - feature a wide range of products and are an important showcase for producers & Welsh produce among who are many Wales the True Taste Food and Drink Awards winners.
STFC: A breakthrough in understanding a biological process that causes many common cancers including lung & breast cancer opens up a whole new realm of possibilities for the development of improved cancer drugs. The results are featured on the front cover of the journal Molecular and Cellular Biology published recently.
Experts from STFC's Central Laser Facility (CLF) and Computational Science and Engineering Department (CSED) have solved a puzzle that has confounded scientists for more than 30 years.
NA: BBC Learning has unveiled a new multimedia project, Domesday Reloaded, giving the public a chance to view & update the historical material collated 25 years ago for the original BBC Domesday project. Launched in 1986 to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the original Domesday Book, the first BBC Domesday project saw over a million people capture pictures, maps, video, surveys, statistics, essays and personal testimonies to help compile a digital snapshot of the country.
The technology used to record & preserve this data quickly became obsolete, however, so very few people ever got to see the finished results or their contributions. Now, 25 years on, the rarely seen community disc archive will be republished onto the BBC's dedicated website which enables people to explore the images & articles from the past.
WAG: First Minister Carwyn Jones has announced the members of his new Cabinet as the Welsh Government begins its ‘ambitious’ programme to ‘stand up for Wales and create a country of equality, opportunity and social justice’.
TfL: Transport for London has introduced a range of improvements to river service information that are focused on making it easier for Londoners & visitors to make the most of the River Thames. With real time boat information at many piers, new Tube-style river maps, improved signage to piers & services and Oyster pay as go acceptance on Thames Clipper services, it’s never been easier to set sail & see London from a new perspective.
DWP: Jobcentre Plus advisers can refer jobseekers that need additional support to get back to work onto mandatory work activity. Where advisers believe a jobseeker will benefit from experiencing the habits & routines of working life, they have the power to refer them to a 4-week placement.
The scheme, which will be delivered by a range of organisations from the private, voluntary & third sector has now started in London, the East and Yorkshire & the Humber and will be available throughout the country by the beginning of June 2011.
MoD: A new Reaper squadron is to form at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire which will control the aircraft over Afghanistan from the UK for the first time. With its array of high tech sensors and precision-guided weapons, the remotely-piloted Reaper aircraft, which is based in Afghanistan, can carry out a wide range of missions that are currently controlled by 39 Squadron crews on the other side of the world, at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada.
Reaper can use its sensors day & night to spy on insurgent activity for hours at a time and at a range where it is undetectable from the ground.
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