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General News
TfL: London Overground passengers are now WiFi-connected at 50 stations on the Capital's orbital rail network, with the final 7 stations covered by the end of June.
The free service, from Wi-Fi provider The Cloud, will allow passengers to use their mobile devices to browse the internet, use social networks & get free, real-time travel information from Transport for London. The first 60 minutes are free.
FSCS: More than 2,100 members of the failed Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Credit Union will get their money back by the end of this week, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme declared recently. FSCS is acting to protect the members of the credit union with 5 branches in Cornwall which closed for business on Friday 15 February 2013.
The credit union members will not have to lift a finger to get their money back, says FSCS. The process is automatic and the Scheme aims to start sending payments to people in the next few days. FSCS protects consumers when UK regulated banks, building societies or credit unions go bust. It has come to the aid of more than 4.5m people, paying out £26bn since 2001.
WAG: Environment Minister John Griffiths has approved a Welsh Government grant of £6m to fund the second phase of coastal protection works at Colwyn Bay. Once completed, this scheme will protect the town of Colwyn Bay, including over 180 properties, the A55 Expressway and North Wales Coast Railway.
Colwyn County Borough Council has developed a long term sustainable coastal defence strategy for the town’s seafront. Plans include an iconic new water sports facility to support tourism & benefit the local community. This phase of the works involves bringing in over 300,000 cubic metres of sand to raise beach levels west of the water sports centre and placing rock at the base of the seawall the east.
FSA: The Food Standards Agency has expanded its UK-wide survey of food authenticity in processed meat products being carried out through local authorities. The survey, expanded to ensure that a wider range of products are sampled, will include a total of 514 products.
The sampling for the first two phases will be carried out by 28 local authorities and will include beef-based foods that are sold pre-packed, or 'loose' (for example, cafe sandwiches).
The sampling for the first two phases will be carried out by 28 local authorities and will include beef-based foods that are sold pre-packed, or 'loose' (for example, cafe sandwiches).
WAG: Equalities Minister Jane Hutt has announced over £74,000 for projects across Wales being held to mark International Women’s Day (8 March 2013). The theme for International Women’s Day in Wales this year is ‘Visible Women: Empowering girls and women in Wales’.
GPS: The Government Procurement Service has announced that a new Estates Professional Services framework has been awarded and will go live on 1 April 2013. It will provide professional property related services enabling customers to reduce their property costs, release unwanted property assets, and identify savings & opportunities to generate income from land & buildings.
FSA: Further batches of Loch Arthur Creamery cheese are being recalled because of confirmation that they contain high levels of Listeria monocytogenes.. The Food Standards Agency is issuing an updated Product Recall Information Notice.
FSA: Testing carried out by Powys County Council, as requested by the Food Standards Agency, has shown that 3 samples of beef burger products made by catering supplier, The Burger Manufacturing Company, have tested positive for at least 1% horse meat. In line with good practice, BMC is withdrawing these products.
TNA: A collection of The National Archives' historical criminal records from England & Wales is now available online as part of a licensing partnership with family history website, findmypast.co.uk. The first set of documents, comprising 518,000 records from 1817-1931, went online last week and the remaining records will be published on findmypast.co.uk in the coming months.
Once complete, more than 2.5m records spanning over 150 years from 1770 to 1934 will be searchable online, providing family & social historians with an invaluable new resource. All the records will be free to search and can be downloaded FREE of charge in TNA reading rooms at Kew, or at home for a small fee.
SOCA: Thousands of members of websites dedicated to online crime have been targeted by an ongoing SOCA-led operation. The websites targeted have been shown to be solely concerned with online criminality, including the trading or criminal use of stolen bank card data & sensitive personal information.
To help prevent progression into serious criminality, SOCA has contacted individuals who have expressed an interest in carding & other sites, either by direct email messaging or a personal visit to addresses throughout the UK.
