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Museums and libraries set to receive a share of over £30 million of funding to improve 
access to arts and culture

Museums and libraries set to receive a share of over £30 million of funding to improve access to arts and culture

25 March 2025 - 00:00 Press Release

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Over £30 million of funding available to support museums and libraries with maintenance repairs and upgrades to their bu...

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UK's first RSV vaccination programme protects older people

UK's first RSV vaccination programme protects older people

25 March 2025 - 00:00 Press Release

UK Health Security Agency

New UKHSA study shows the RSV vaccination programme already achieving a 30% reduction in hospital admissions in older pe...

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Foot and Mouth disease controls amended in Germany

Foot and Mouth disease controls amended in Germany

24 March 2025 - 18:20 Press Release

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Import ban amended following outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Germany....

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Sexual predator’s sentence extended after intervention by Solicitor General

Sexual predator’s sentence extended after intervention by Solicitor General

24 March 2025 - 16:04 Press Release

Attorney General's Office

A sexual predator who raped a 10-year-old he groomed on social media has had his sentence increased after the Solicitor ...

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King's Counsel appointments ceremony 2025: Lord Chancellor speech

King's Counsel appointments ceremony 2025: Lord Chancellor speech

24 March 2025 - 15:56 Speech

Ministry of Justice

Lord Chancellor’s speech at the 2025 King’s Counsel appointment ceremony, recognising those who have been formally appoi...

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UN peace operations need to become more agile and responsive to remain effective: UK statement at the UN Security Council

UN peace operations need to become more agile and responsive to remain effective: UK statement at the UN Security Council

24 March 2025 - 15:48 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on a...

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SIA gathers leaders of top security businesses for action on labour exploitation

SIA gathers leaders of top security businesses for action on labour exploitation

24 March 2025 - 14:09 Press Release

Security Industry Authority

The SIA invited senior representatives from the private security industry to discuss ways that they and the regulator co...

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Vital flood defence works on the River Rother due to start

Vital flood defence works on the River Rother due to start

24 March 2025 - 12:35 Press Release

Environment Agency

The Environment Agency is beginning work to replace the flood gate at the Canklow Regulator on the River Rother in South...

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Fatal accident at Pewsey footpath crossing

Fatal accident at Pewsey footpath crossing

24 March 2025 - 12:00 News Story

Rail Accident Investigation Branch

Investigation into a fatal accident involving a pedestrian at Pewsey footpath crossing, Pewsey, Wiltshire, 26 February 2...

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British exports shine in African infrastructure and renewable energy deal

British exports shine in African infrastructure and renewable energy deal

24 March 2025 - 11:22 Press Release

UK Export Finance

A partnership with UK Export Finance (UKEF) has enabled British firm Dints to secure a £12.5 million contract for infras...

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Two new non-executive directors appointed to the SIA

Two new non-executive directors appointed to the SIA

24 March 2025 - 10:37 Press Release

Security Industry Authority

The Minister for Safeguarding and the Minister for Security have both agreed to the appointment of two new non-executive...

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Deputy PM tells Parliament: Back reforms to get Britain building

Deputy PM tells Parliament: Back reforms to get Britain building

24 March 2025 - 10:24 Press Release

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill will have its Second Reading in Parliament today. ...

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Women leaders gather in Leeds to help unlock SME business growth

Women leaders gather in Leeds to help unlock SME business growth

24 March 2025 - 10:20 Press Release

UK Export Finance

Female entrepreneurs, senior industry representatives and local leaders came together at the UKEF ‘Northern Women in Bus...

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Television personality Ant Middleton banned as company director over unpaid taxes

Television personality Ant Middleton banned as company director over unpaid taxes

24 March 2025 - 10:08 Press Release

The Insolvency Service

His company owed more than £1 million in corporation tax and VAT when it went into liquidation ...

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Scottish Anti-Illicit Trade Group relaunches to combat counterfeit crime

Scottish Anti-Illicit Trade Group relaunches to combat counterfeit crime

24 March 2025 - 09:30 Press Release

Intellectual Property Office

The Scottish Anti-Illicit Trade Group (SAITG) has relaunched this month, with the aim of combating counterfeiting and in...

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Influenza of avian origin confirmed in a sheep in Yorkshire

Influenza of avian origin confirmed in a sheep in Yorkshire

24 March 2025 - 08:00 Press Release

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Influenza of avian origin (H5N1) has been confirmed in a single sheep in Yorkshire. ...

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Tony Juniper CBE reappointed to continue protecting nature and boosting growth as Natural England Chair

Tony Juniper CBE reappointed to continue protecting nature and boosting growth as Natural England Chair

24 March 2025 - 00:01 Press Release

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

His reappointment comes as Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, is rewiring and reforming Defra and its arm's-length bodie...

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UK sanctions for human rights violations and abuses during the Sri Lankan civil war

UK sanctions for human rights violations and abuses during the Sri Lankan civil war

24 March 2025 - 00:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The UK has today sanctioned figures responsible for serious human rights violations and abuses during the civil war in S...

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UK-French relationship strengthened as Defence Chiefs discuss Ukraine and European security with their French counterparts

UK-French relationship strengthened as Defence Chiefs discuss Ukraine and European security with their French counterparts

24 March 2025 - 00:00 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

The UK and France have today continued top level defence engagements with a meeting of both nations Military Chiefs in L...

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PM call with Prime Minister Dick Schoof of the Netherlands: 23 March 2025

PM call with Prime Minister Dick Schoof of the Netherlands: 23 March 2025

23 March 2025 - 13:44 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister spoke to Prime Minister Dick Schoof of the Netherlands this afternoon....

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Government-backed technologies support those living with dementia

Government-backed technologies support those living with dementia

23 March 2025 - 00:00 Press Release

Department of Health and Social Care

Cutting-edge research networks backed by government to tackle debilitating symptoms of dementia including memory loss an...

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PM tells councils to prove action on pothole plague to unlock extra cash and reveals £4.8 billion for major roads

PM tells councils to prove action on pothole plague to unlock extra cash and reveals £4.8 billion for major roads

23 March 2025 - 00:00 Press Release

Department for Transport

The Plan for Change is tackling the pothole plague, building vital roads and ensuring every penny is delivering results ...

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More officers on streets to smoke out illicit tobacco and vapes

More officers on streets to smoke out illicit tobacco and vapes

23 March 2025 - 00:00 Press Release

Department of Health and Social Care

More officers trained and funding provided as clampdown on illegal tobacco and vape trade accelerates....

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Government unleashes next generation of construction workers to build 1.5m homes

Government unleashes next generation of construction workers to build 1.5m homes

23 March 2025 - 00:00 News Story

HM Treasury

New training will help deliver 1.5 million homes which will transform communities and drive growth through the Plan for ...

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Foot and Mouth disease detected in Slovakia

Foot and Mouth disease detected in Slovakia

22 March 2025 - 12:59 Press Release

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

The UK Chief Veterinary Officer is urging livestock keepers to remain vigilant to the clinical signs of FMD following th...

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Plans to boost skills and diversity in UK cyber backed by tech giant IBM

Plans to boost skills and diversity in UK cyber backed by tech giant IBM

22 March 2025 - 00:01 Press Release

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Technology giant IBM have backed plans to diversify the UK’s cyber sector and encourage young people into cyber careers....

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NESO to investigate Heathrow power loss

NESO to investigate Heathrow power loss

22 March 2025 - 00:00 Press Release

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

The Energy Secretary has commissioned the independent National Energy System Operator to investigate the power outage th...

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PM call with King Abdullah II of Jordan: 22 March 2025

PM call with King Abdullah II of Jordan: 22 March 2025

22 March 2025 - 00:00 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister spoke to His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan this morning. ...

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PM call with President of the European Council, President of the European Commission and the leaders of Turkey, Norway and Iceland: 21 March 2025

PM call with President of the European Council, President of the European Commission and the leaders of Turkey, Norway and Iceland: 21 March 2025

21 March 2025 - 19:11 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister spoke to the President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission and the lead...

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Research and development key to economic growth in Wales

Research and development key to economic growth in Wales

21 March 2025 - 16:56 Press Release

Wales Office

Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens champions the ground-breaking research undertaken in Wales...

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