New building regulations aimed at curbing the unacceptable number of deaths, injuries and house fires caused by faulty electrical installations, come into force on 1st January.   

The vast majority of people in England and Wales trust their neighbours according to the main findings from the 2003 Home Office Citizenship Survey, published today.   

The Highways Agency reports that all motorways and trunk roads routes in the North East are running smoothly except the A66 between Scotch Corner and the Cumbria Border which has been closed to high-sided...

A £600,000 scheme will light up a 1.25-mile stretch of the M53 in Wirral with the latest environmentally friendly lighting system.   

The Highways Agency reports that all motorways and trunk roads routes in the North East are running smoothly except the A66 between Scotch Corner and the Cumbria Border which has been closed to high-sided...

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has chartered a British Airways jumbo jet to bring people stranded by the disaster in south east Asia to the UK. The flight will leave Bangkok on Saturday January...

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on Earthquake Appeal/Prime Minister's Holiday.

REMINDER PRESS NOTICE The second phase of maintenance work to improve safety on the A1 between Carlton-on-Trent and North Muskham, near Newark, Nottinghamshire, is due to begin on Tuesday, 4 Jan 2005.   

Healthcare professionals throughout England will receive help in the fight to tackle obesity thanks to £3 million of extra government funding, Public Health Minister Melanie Johnson announced today.   

Kebab shops, burger bars and hotdog vans that attract alcohol-fuelled violence face closure under new rules that come into force next year.

The United Kingdom has dispatched aid to families made homeless by the Asian earthquake and tsunamis.

New diversion route signs will be installed on the A1 near Peterborough to help reduce congestion following an unplanned incident or during maintenance work.   

Kebab shops, burger bars and hotdog vans could, from next year, be shut down if they are attracting alcohol-fuelled violence and rowdy behaviour after the pubs have shut, Licensing Minister, Richard Caborn...

Ben Bradshaw, Minister for Nature Conservation, today launched a new strategy and action plan for the sustainable management of wild deer in England.