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Employment Minister Tony McNulty will today urge local companies to take advantage of the Government-backed support on offer to help them through the economic downturn, at a regional lending roadshow in Durham.
17 April 2009 00:04
Plans to stop investigatory powers being used under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) for trivial purposes were announced by the Home Secretary today. The plans include a review of which public authorities can use them and proposals to raise the level of authorisation to sign them off in local authorities.
17 April 2009 00:00
Clyde Coastguard have this evening been coordinating the rescue of five individuals from the yacht `Ariadne' which reported that she had a split hull and was taking water off the Heads of Ayr, near Troon on the east coast of Scotland.
16 April 2009 22:59
Clyde Coastguard have this evening been coordinating the rescue of five individuals from the yacht `Ariadne' which reported that she had a split hull and was taking water off the Heads of Ayr, near Troon on the east coast of Scotland.
16 April 2009 22:59
A series of meetings have been held in Halifax over the past two days involving the Lloyds Banking Group, Regional Minister Rosie Winterton MP, Deputy Regional Minister Jeff Ennis MP, representatives of Yorkshire Forward, local authority leaders, MPs and business representatives, to present the case for retaining a strong Lloyds Banking Group presence in the Yorkshire and Humber Region.
16 April 2009 17:35
Cornwall College is to hold a special day to encourage more staff and students to cycle to work to reduce traffic congestion on local roads and cut pollution.
16 April 2009 16:50
Technology and communications experts will debate how best to equip Britain for a digital future, at a Digital Britain summit in the British Library tomorrow.
16 April 2009 16:10
Guidance to help police and local authorities enforce dangerous dogs law more effectively and crack down on irresponsible dog ownership has been published, Environment Minister Jane Kennedy announced today.
16 April 2009 15:57
A Framlingham man landed his dream job when he answered an advertisement by English Heritage.
16 April 2009 15:49
Hundreds of businesses are benefitting by providing sustainable workplace travel plans for their staff.
16 April 2009 15:45
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has issued a timely reminder to the East of England's 123,000 employers - file your Employer Annual Return by the 19 May deadline, or you could end up with a late-filing penalty.
16 April 2009 15:40
World Trade Week, the first event of its kind in the UK, will take place this year from 8 to 12 June and will highlight the importance of global trade in creating jobs and growth in the current economic climate.
16 April 2009 15:37
As part of the A34 Wolvercote Viaduct replacement project the Highways Agency plan to close the A40 so that we can demolish the existing deck of the old northbound viaduct of the A34 over the A40.
16 April 2009 15:26
The Highways Agency will start resurfacing work next week on the M50 near Tewkesbury. The works will begin on 20 April and will mean that the motorway will be closed eastbound overnight for nine nights, with work scheduled to finish on 01 May.
16 April 2009 15:23
Guidance to help police and local authorities enforce dangerous dogs law more effectively and crack down on irresponsible dog ownership has been published, Environment Minister Jane Kennedy announced today.
16 April 2009 15:17
Guidance to help police and local authorities enforce dangerous dogs law more effectively and crack down on irresponsible dog ownership has been published, Environment Minister Jane Kennedy announced today.
16 April 2009 15:11
Technology and communications experts will debate how best to equip Britain for a digital future, at a Digital Britain summit in the British Library tomorrow.
16 April 2009 15:04
Two men have been sentenced today to a total of seven years in prison for their part in a criminal organisation which attempted to smuggle over four million cigarettes through Liverpool docks.
16 April 2009 14:28
International Development Minister Ivan Lewis is in Sheffield today to discuss how development issues are being promoted in schools.
16 April 2009 13:32
The Health and Safety Executive is warning employers to ensure staff are suitably trained for the safe movement of heavy machinery following the prosecution of a Cardiff company.
16 April 2009 13:32
The Government plans to continue with its Carbon Offsetting Fund which will offset specific emissions through the purchase of high-quality carbon credits. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is conducting a market sounding on its plans for the second phase of the UK Government's Carbon Offsetting Fund (GCOF II).
16 April 2009 12:36
Commenting on the Met's annual crime figures, MPA Vice Chair Kit Malthouse said:
16 April 2009 12:00
Commenting on the Met's annual crime figures, MPA Vice Chair Kit Malthouse said:
16 April 2009 12:00
The Government has published a clarification to proposed changes to the Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West, originally published in July last year.
16 April 2009 11:36
Bus comes to South Yorkshire to raise awareness and seek views Victim and women's groups support consultation
16 April 2009 11:36
A major new tourist attraction exploring the history of maritime Greenwich was given the go-ahead today, as Culture Minister Barbara Follett pledged the final £700,000 needed to make the 'Discover Greenwich' project a reality.
16 April 2009 11:27
The Highways Agency will start work this week on a cycle way scheme to improve the safety for pedestrians and cyclists at the A5006 (Campbell Road) junction with the A500 in Stoke. The work starts on Monday 20 April and will last for six weeks.
16 April 2009 11:11
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16 April 2009 11:11
A new, interactive education section has been launched on the Met Office website to support teachers and help pupils learning about weather and climate change.
16 April 2009 11:11
Guidance to help police and local authorities enforce dangerous dogs law more effectively and crack down on irresponsible dog ownership has been published, Environment Minister Jane Kennedy announced today.
16 April 2009 11:11
Over 40 leading figures from healthcare, business and the public sector will today become part of the National Leadership Council (NLC) for the NHS.
16 April 2009 10:51
- Dame Judi Dench welcomes £262,000 Grant to Help Save the Manchester Home of Cranford Author -
16 April 2009 10:51
Bus comes to West Yorkshire to raise awareness and seek views
Leeds sexual exploitation support group supports consultation
The people of West Yorkshire are being encouraged to take part in the largest-ever public consultation on tackling violence against women and girls.
16 April 2009 10:51
Business Secretary Peter Mandelson and Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon today launched the Government's vision to promote ultra low carbon transport over the next five years.
16 April 2009 10:51
The harsh challenges facing upland communities in the Forest of Bowland come under the national spotlight today (Thursday April 16) with a visit by England's Rural Advocate.
16 April 2009 10:51
A Highways Agency event at Dobbies Garden World in Shrewsbury on Easter Saturday proved a success, nearly 200 people turning up to speak to the Agency's experts about ragwort and how it is managed in the area.
16 April 2009 10:51
Entrepreneur and star of BBC's "Dragon's Den", James Caan, today called for more entrepreneurs to make their ideas happen and create an extra 100,000 ethnic minority run businesses in the UK.
16 April 2009 10:51
The Food Standards Agency has been commended for the way it commissions, manages and uses science in an independent review published today.
16 April 2009 10:51
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has issued a timely reminder to employers - file your Employer Annual Return by the 19 May deadline, or you could end up with a late-filing penalty.
16 April 2009 10:51
Works to refurbish the M20 Canterbury Road (A28) overbridge, near junction 9 at Ashford, start Monday 20 April and be complete by mid June.
15 April 2009 18:04
New signs that will let drivers know where they are if they break down or want to report a problem on the motorway are to be installed on the M23 in Surrey and Sussex from Thursday 16 April for 2 weeks .
15 April 2009 18:02
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today warned employers of waste collectors to ensure their kerbside workers are fully trained to safely assist their drivers to reverse and avoid collision with pedestrians.
15 April 2009 17:21
Asset Recovery Working Group/Payback (National)
15 April 2009 17:19
Transport operators in York, Rotherham, Brough, Scarborough, Leeds, Doncaster, Wakefield and Sheffield are among those due to appear at public inquiries held in Leeds by the Traffic Commissioner for North East England in April - May 2009. See further details below.
15 April 2009 17:03
Please note: the venue for all the following Public Inquiries is: Hillcrest House, 386 Harehills Lane, Leeds, LS9 6NF, unless otherwise stated at the side of the date and time.
15 April 2009 16:52
Lift manufacturers and maintenance companies are reminded of their duties to the safety of staff and the penalties of failing to work safely at height. The warning follows an incident in Lincolnshire where an employee fell 6.5 metres down a lift shaft, resulting in serious injuries.
15 April 2009 16:50
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is sending out a warning to timber firms to ensure that adequate safety measures are in place after a worker received serious injuries when he became entangled in his machinery.
15 April 2009 16:01
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is sending out a warning to timber firms to ensure that adequate safety measures are in place after a worker received serious injuries when he became entangled in his machinery.
15 April 2009 16:01
The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), Sir Paul Stephenson has requested that Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) undertake a review of the MPS in terms of its response to the policing of events whether planned or spontaneous and the associated potential for public disorder. HMIC believe that it is in the public interest to undertake such a review to ensure that the strategies employed and the underpinning tactics and deployments provide an appropriate graduated and measured response to the policing of protest.
15 April 2009 15:18
Nestor Healthcare Group, the Royal Mail, Poundland and Dunelm Mill are just a few of the 142 national companies working with Jobcentre Plus to discuss take up of the Government's recruitment subsidy, which will help unemployed people of six months or more into employment.
15 April 2009 14:15