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Win for witnesses as courts revamp waiting rooms

Win for witnesses as courts revamp waiting rooms

16 August 2024 - 13:27 Press Release

Ministry of Justice

Victims and witnesses of crime will benefit from improved waiting rooms in 10 court buildings across England and Wales....

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Hundreds more people continue appearing in court following violent disorder

Hundreds more people continue appearing in court following violent disorder

16 August 2024 - 13:21 Press Release

Ministry of Justice

Data released today (16 August 2024) confirms 460 people arrested in connection with the violent disorder earlier this m...

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Second World War codebreaker Alan Turing’s ‘Delilah’ project papers at risk of leaving the UK

Second World War codebreaker Alan Turing’s ‘Delilah’ project papers at risk of leaving the UK

16 August 2024 - 13:00 Press Release

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

A temporary export bar has been placed on Alan Turing’s unpublished Second World War papers relating to his ‘Delilah’ pr...

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Five Sk:n Group companies in liquidation: information for patients, employees and creditors

Five Sk:n Group companies in liquidation: information for patients, employees and creditors

16 August 2024 - 11:33 News Story

The Insolvency Service

Information for patients and their relatives and carers, employees and creditors of the five Sk:n Group of companies in ...

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Chancellor appoints Professor Alan Taylor as member of the Monetary Policy Committee

Chancellor appoints Professor Alan Taylor as member of the Monetary Policy Committee

16 August 2024 - 11:00 Press Release

HM Treasury

Professor Alan Taylor confirmed as new member of Monetary Policy Committee....

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Chief Vet reminds farmers of bluetongue risk

Chief Vet reminds farmers of bluetongue risk

16 August 2024 - 09:39 Press Release

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Farmers urged to take up free testing and source livestock responsibly as case numbers increasing in Europe ...

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Anniversary Statement: Magic Cyclone, G-KEVA, 16 August 2023

Anniversary Statement: Magic Cyclone, G-KEVA, 16 August 2023

16 August 2024 - 09:00 News Story

Air Accidents Investigation Branch

Aircraft accelerated and struck a wire fence, Glassonby Airfield, Cumbria, 16 August 2023...

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Public trust in charities at ten-year high, new research shows

Public trust in charities at ten-year high, new research shows

16 August 2024 - 09:00 Press Release

The Charity Commission

People receiving charitable support grows threefold in four years, as cost of living pressures bite. ...

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New appointments to the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group

New appointments to the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group

15 August 2024 - 23:01 News Story

Closed organisation: Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group

Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG) is delighted to announce the appointment of 6 new members....

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Ministerial visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: UK and France foreign ministers' joint statement

Ministerial visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: UK and France foreign ministers' joint statement

15 August 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Foreign Secretary David Lammy and French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné gave a statement following a joint ministeri...

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AUKUS statement: 16 August 2024

AUKUS statement: 16 August 2024

15 August 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

A statement on the historic breakthrough in defence trade between the UK, US, and Australia following landmark export co...

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Statement from Sir Robert Francis on his recommendations

Statement from Sir Robert Francis on his recommendations

15 August 2024 - 23:00 News Story

Infected Blood Compensation Authority

A statement from Sir Robert Francis KC about his recommendations to the government on the proposed infected blood compen...

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Historic Breakthrough in defence trade between AUKUS partners

Historic Breakthrough in defence trade between AUKUS partners

15 August 2024 - 20:00 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

A historic breakthrough in defence trade between the UK, US, and Australia has been announced today following landmark e...

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Significant progress with final disposal of radioactive waste at Repository site

Significant progress with final disposal of radioactive waste at Repository site

15 August 2024 - 15:11 Press Release

Nuclear Waste Services

Works begin on the next phase of operations to close historic trenches and vaults at the Low Level Waste Repository (LLW...

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Security guard with fake licence prosecuted by SIA

Security guard with fake licence prosecuted by SIA

15 August 2024 - 14:54 Press Release

Security Industry Authority

A woman using a fake SIA licence to work as a security guard at a McDonald’s in East London has been convicted following...

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80th anniversary of the Genocide of the Roma commemoration event in Newcastle

80th anniversary of the Genocide of the Roma commemoration event in Newcastle

15 August 2024 - 14:50 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The UK IHRA presidency commemorated Roma Genocide Remembrance Day on 2 August, at an event in Newcastle alongside repres...

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80th anniversary of the Genocide of the Roma ceremony at Auschwitz: Lord Pickles speech

80th anniversary of the Genocide of the Roma ceremony at Auschwitz: Lord Pickles speech

15 August 2024 - 12:49 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Chair Lord Pickles reflected on the persecution of the Roma during the Nazi...

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£12 million Cockett Wick seawall improvement scheme completed

£12 million Cockett Wick seawall improvement scheme completed

15 August 2024 - 11:08 Press Release

Environment Agency

The Cockett Wick seawall improvement scheme has been completed, ensuring 3,000 homes and businesses in Jaywick are bette...

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WHO declares mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern

WHO declares mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern

15 August 2024 - 10:08 News Story

UK Health Security Agency

The UK Health Security Agency responds to the World Health Organisation declaring an mpox outbreak a public health emerg...

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UKEF puts €22 million loan behind Angolan clean water project

UKEF puts €22 million loan behind Angolan clean water project

15 August 2024 - 09:05 Press Release

UK Export Finance

Around 100,000 people in rural Angola will benefit from the new supply of fresh water. ...

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Migrant boat report published

Migrant boat report published

15 August 2024 - 09:00 News Story

Marine Accident Investigation Branch

Flooding and partial sinking of an inflatable migrant boat resulting in the loss of at least 8 lives in the Dover Strait...

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Three years as National Data Guardian: what I have learnt

Three years as National Data Guardian: what I have learnt

15 August 2024 - 08:41 News Story

National Data Guardian

Following reappointment for a second term as National Data Guardian, Dr Nicola Byrne reflects on some of the most signif...

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Latest banking satisfaction survey results revealed by CMA

Latest banking satisfaction survey results revealed by CMA

15 August 2024 - 08:31 Press Release

Competition and Markets Authority

Survey ranks banks so that customers can easily compare services and get the best deal - at a time when many are keeping...

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Guide to AS and A level results for England, summer 2024

Guide to AS and A level results for England, summer 2024

15 August 2024 - 08:30 News Story

Ofqual

Grading has continued as normal in summer 2024, following the return to pre-pandemic standards last year. Overall A leve...

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Guide to the 2024 Level 3 qualification results for VTQs in England

Guide to the 2024 Level 3 qualification results for VTQs in England

15 August 2024 - 08:30 News Story

Ofqual

Covering Applied General qualifications, T Levels, and other vocational and technical qualifications approved for report...

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Charity investigated over concerns around charitable funds sent to Yemen

Charity investigated over concerns around charitable funds sent to Yemen

14 August 2024 - 23:01 Press Release

The Charity Commission

The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into Saba Relief & Development Foundation Limited. ...

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Thousands of young people secure place at top university choice

Thousands of young people secure place at top university choice

14 August 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

Department for Education

76% of English 18-year-old applicants have been accepted into their first choice of university....

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Budweiser Budvar pays charity £414,000 for recycling failure

Budweiser Budvar pays charity £414,000 for recycling failure

14 August 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

Environment Agency

Environment Agency investigation discovers beer importer had been an unregistered producer of packaging for 18 years....

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The UK condemns the Houthis’ reckless and escalatory attacks across the Middle East: UK statement at the UN Security Council

The UK condemns the Houthis’ reckless and escalatory attacks across the Middle East: UK statement at the UN Security Council

14 August 2024 - 23:00 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting ...

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35 Stolpersteine laid in the Channel Islands

35 Stolpersteine laid in the Channel Islands

14 August 2024 - 23:00 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

35 Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) were laid in the Channel Islands to commemorate the victims and survivors of the Hol...

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