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Joint statement on the Strait of Hormuz: 3 July 2026

Joint statement on the Strait of Hormuz: 3 July 2026

03 July 2026 - 20:50 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Joint statement by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Emmanuel Macron on the Strait of Hormuz....

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Sir Ian Bauckham's speech at the Wellington Festival of Education

Sir Ian Bauckham's speech at the Wellington Festival of Education

03 July 2026 - 17:20 Speech

Ofqual

A speech given by Ofqual's Chief Regulator, Sir Ian Bauckham, at the Wellington Festival of Education....

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Investigation launched into Bradford waste dumping

Investigation launched into Bradford waste dumping

03 July 2026 - 17:00 Press Release

Environment Agency

The Environment Agency has launched an investigation into the illegal dumping of waste on land in Bradford, West Yorkshi...

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Crime news: certain AGFS fees to increase

Crime news: certain AGFS fees to increase

03 July 2026 - 15:44 News Story

Legal Aid Agency

Certain Advocates' Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS) fees are increasing for representation orders dated on or after 28 July 2...

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UN Human Rights Council 62: UK Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on Ukraine

UN Human Rights Council 62: UK Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on Ukraine

03 July 2026 - 15:31 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

UK Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on Ukraine. Delivered by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Eleanor Sanders....

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How to submit applications and complaints to the CAC

How to submit applications and complaints to the CAC

03 July 2026 - 15:16 News Story

Central Arbitration Committee

The submission of applications and complaints to the CAC....

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Over £4 billion invested in next-generation fighter jet with new international contract

Over £4 billion invested in next-generation fighter jet with new international contract

03 July 2026 - 14:57 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

The £4.6 billion contract awarded to industry joint venture Edgewing, funded jointly by the three partner nations, will ...

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Semaglutide (Wegovy) approved to treat form of liver disease

Semaglutide (Wegovy) approved to treat form of liver disease

03 July 2026 - 14:25 Press Release

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

The semaglutide injection has been approved to treat metabolic-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) in adults with moderate...

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Certification Officer Annual Report 2025-2026

Certification Officer Annual Report 2025-2026

03 July 2026 - 14:18 Press Release

Certification Officer

Annual Report to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade and the Chair of ACAS on the activities of the Certificat...

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World War One soldier laid to rest on the eve of the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme

World War One soldier laid to rest on the eve of the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme

03 July 2026 - 14:16 News Story

Ministry of Defence

Private (Pte) Robert Leonard Lock, from Littleport, near Ely, Cambridgeshire, buried in France today, on the eve of the ...

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Sellafield secures top-two ranking for apprenticeships

Sellafield secures top-two ranking for apprenticeships

03 July 2026 - 13:44 News Story

Sellafield Ltd

Sellafield Ltd has been named England's second highest-ranked apprenticeship employer in the HIGHERiN Top 100 Apprentice...

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Export bar to save flint handaxes crafted by some of Britain’s very first human settlers

Export bar to save flint handaxes crafted by some of Britain’s very first human settlers

03 July 2026 - 13:00 Press Release

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

A temporary export bar has been placed on two prehistoric handaxes representing some of the oldest human settlements in ...

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BAE Systems tops the DWP's latest apprenticeships rankings as leading employers named

BAE Systems tops the DWP's latest apprenticeships rankings as leading employers named

03 July 2026 - 12:58 Press Release

Department for Work and Pensions

Top ranking apprenticeship employers have been revealed after the publication of the new leaderboard – with BAE Systems ...

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Environment Agency operation convicts four Devon waste criminals

Environment Agency operation convicts four Devon waste criminals

03 July 2026 - 12:54 News Story

Environment Agency

The landowner and three waste carriers have been convicted for waste dumping, with the latest defendant told to pay over...

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CAC Annual Report 2025-26

CAC Annual Report 2025-26

03 July 2026 - 12:47 Press Release

Central Arbitration Committee

Publication of the CAC's Annual Report for 2025-26....

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Culture Secretary celebrates over 400 towns applying to be UK Town of Culture

Culture Secretary celebrates over 400 towns applying to be UK Town of Culture

03 July 2026 - 12:32 Press Release

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The Culture Secretary visited the Museum of Liverpool yesterday to celebrate entires to the UK Town of Culture competiti...

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Martyn Oliver's keynote speech at the Festival of Education

Martyn Oliver's keynote speech at the Festival of Education

03 July 2026 - 11:36 Speech

Ofsted

Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver, spoke at the 2026 Festival of Education in Berkshire....

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More than half a million secured for environmental improvements

More than half a million secured for environmental improvements

03 July 2026 - 11:34 Press Release

Environment Agency

Northumbrian Water pays £550,000 for environmental improvements following two separate pollution incidents....

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Environment Agency secures £50,000 from Yorkshire Water

Environment Agency secures £50,000 from Yorkshire Water

03 July 2026 - 11:26 Press Release

Environment Agency

The Environment Agency has secured £50,000 from Yorkshire Water Services for not releasing enough water into the environ...

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UN Human Rights Council 62: UK Statement for the Urgent Debate on El Obeid

UN Human Rights Council 62: UK Statement for the Urgent Debate on El Obeid

03 July 2026 - 09:41 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

UK Statement for the Urgent Debate on El Obeid. Delivered by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Eleanor Sanders....

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Glasgow director banned after importing raw tobacco hidden in furniture
UK and US strengthen military medical partnership through new agreement

UK and US strengthen military medical partnership through new agreement

03 July 2026 - 07:40 News Story

Cyber & Specialist Operations Command

New agreement will expand military medical education, training and professional development opportunities....

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Bright Horizons regulatory action

Bright Horizons regulatory action

02 July 2026 - 23:01 Press Release

Ofsted

After serious safeguarding concerns at a Bright Horizon nursery came to light in September 2025, Ofsted began an extensi...

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Keep Britain Working continues drive to stop people falling out of the workforce

Keep Britain Working continues drive to stop people falling out of the workforce

02 July 2026 - 23:01 Press Release

Department for Work and Pensions

Nearly 200 workplaces have signed up to be “Vanguards” preventing people dropping out of work due to ill-health, in a ne...

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NHS patients get faster access to medicines under new pilots

NHS patients get faster access to medicines under new pilots

02 July 2026 - 21:31 Press Release

Department of Health and Social Care

NHS patients could access cutting-edge medicines potentially months earlier under a series of pioneering pilot schemes....

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Almost 20,000 new homes unlocked after breakthrough by government Water Delivery Taskforce

Almost 20,000 new homes unlocked after breakthrough by government Water Delivery Taskforce

02 July 2026 - 21:30 Press Release

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

18,771 new homes in East Anglia, Lincolnshire and the Home Counties closer to being built...

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Fastest infrastructure building in a generation as planning rules overhauled

Fastest infrastructure building in a generation as planning rules overhauled

02 July 2026 - 21:30 Press Release

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New reforms confirmed today to speed up the approval process for major infrastructure projects. ...

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Attorney General launches free Rule of Law lesson plans for every school in England and Wales

Attorney General launches free Rule of Law lesson plans for every school in England and Wales

02 July 2026 - 16:46 Press Release

Attorney General's Office

Free, classroom-ready lesson plans on the rule of law are now available to every school in England and Wales, following ...

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PM meeting with His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik Al Said of Oman: 2 July 2026

PM meeting with His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik Al Said of Oman: 2 July 2026

02 July 2026 - 16:36 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister met His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik Al Said of Oman in Downing Street this afternoon....

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Pubs to stay open for Sunday night's England v Mexico World Cup match

Pubs to stay open for Sunday night's England v Mexico World Cup match

02 July 2026 - 16:17 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Pubs and bars will be able to stay open until 5am on Monday morning so England fans can come together to watch the World...

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