Early indications are that local authorities achieved efficiency gains worth around £700m in 2004/5, the ODPM said today. The announcement confirms that local government is well on the way to meeting the...

Essential work to repair bridge joints on the A10 Kingsmead Viaduct near Ware in Hertfordshire, starts on the northbound carriageway on Wednesday 6 July.   

Road users will benefit from better information at the roadside as a result of a programme to install overhead information signs on the M1. The scheme will take a year to complete and will finish in Summer 2006.   

The latest event in the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Better Backs event takes place at Aggregate Industries' Holme Park Quarry near Carnforth on tomorrow (Tuesday 5 July).   

Overnight safety works to improve junctions 9-10 on the M23 will start on Monday 11 July 2005 and are expected to last for two weeks.   

Works to bring the parapets, the safety fences along the bridge edges of the M25/ M1 interchange, in line with current standards, will start Monday 4 July 2005 and be finished by mid November 2005.   

Safety work to install a new drainage system, traffic calming measures and resurfacing of the A21 in the centre of Lamberhurst Village, in Kent, will start today, Monday 4 July 2005.   

Overnight work to resurface and lay quieter and anti-skid surfacing on the A27 eastbound entry slip road, at the interchange with the A2030, Eastern Road, near Bedhampton, Hampshire, will start on Tuesday 5 July...

Farmer William Towers has pleaded guilty to four offences of illegally administering veterinary medicines.   

Heritage Groups Ask For Your Views -   

Responses to the consultation on the Repeal of the Schools Scotland Code 1956 and Replacement Regulations.

The code-breaker who revolutionised British reading of the Enigma code, Marian Rejewski, was honoured by Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir Michael Walker, and his Polish counterpart, General Czeslaw Piatas...

Work to provide improved lighting on the M11 at Junction 4, the junction with the A406, at Woodford and Chigwell, Essex, will start on Monday 11 July 2005 and last until the end of September 2005.   

Irlam company Varn Products - which develops specialty chemicals for the printing industry - will receive its Queen's Award for Enterprise 2005 on Friday 8 July. The hand-made crystal bowl will be presented at ...

The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Alan Johnson today announced that Peter Allen has been re-appointed to the Industrial Development Advisory Board (IDAB), for three years from 1 July 2005.   

A high profile partnership of industry bodies, government departments and employer representatives have launched a new campaign to help North West employers "Be Ready" for legislation on age discrimination, scheduled...

Asked about reports that the Prime Minister did not have full confidence in the Home Secretary, the PMOS said that the Home Secretary had the Prime Minister's full confidence and support and to suggest anything ...

Asked why we were deporting people to Zimbabwe, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had set out the position last week. We had had a policy of not returning people to Zimbabwe which ended last November. Since then...

Asked where the Prime Minister would be when the result of the IOC vote was announced, the PMS said that the plan was that he would be in Gleneagles. Asked if he was confident, the PMS said that the Prime...

Asked about German aid commitments and their lack of enthusiasm the PMS said that at this stage it would not be helpful for her to start commenting on reports that were coming out of other countries or out of meetings...

Asked in the context of the speech Geoff Hoon would make to the IPPR later today what the Prime Minister's views on compulsory voting were, the PMS said that Geoff Hoon was starting a debate. This was his personal...

Asked about findings which suggested that 1 in 10 teenagers had at some time been in possession of a knife or gun, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said that journalists should look at the context of the report...

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Teenagers/Weapons, Voting Reform, G8, Olympics, Zimbabwe and Home Secretary.

The Highways Agency will be working to ensure that traffic is kept moving over the weekend of 9 and 10 July when Oasis are playing at Milton Keynes Bowl in Buckinghamshire.   

Melmerby and Fellside Village Shop and Post Office sprang back into service this week thanks to the determination of local residents.   

Villagers at Chilsworthy, near Holsworthy recently celebrated the opening of their new village hall which has received a grant of nearly £37,000 from Defra's Rural Enterprise Scheme (RES).   

English farmers have shown that reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) can work, Margaret Beckett Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said today.   

China, the second biggest source of unsolicited emails, has today committed to UK/US-led international efforts to combat spam.   

Students from three South Wales schools will be helping HMS Cardiff say a final farewell to its namesake city this week (6 -12 July) when they take part in a Careers Forum on Friday (8 July).   

A 'Backs Awareness Workshop' will be the highlight of the Northern Launch of the Wales Manufacturing Health and Safety Forum this Thursday (7 July) in Cardiff.   

Motorways and major roads leading to Silverstone in Northamptonshire are likely to be busy from Friday 8 July to Sunday 10 July as race-goers travel to the circuit for the British Grand Prix.   

A controlled demolition of a 1,500-tonne bridge over the River Mersey at Stretford will take place as part of the M60 widening between junctions 5 and 7. Work takes place overnight on Saturday 9 July.   

Off-peak and weekend work to resurface and improve safety on both carriageways of the A14 between Junctions 7 and 10 at Kettering, Northamptonshire is due to start on Monday 11 July and last approximately eight ...

The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Secretary of State for Defence John Reid, today opens the Living Museum, launching a week of nationwide commemorative events to mark the 60th Anniversary of the end of the...

Teenagers will hand over a written Communique to Tony Blair and other G8 leaders in Gleneagles following three days of meetings and workshops.

A new EU directive to be signed this week will set efficiency standards for everyday item such as washing machines, boilers and PCs.

An ambitious and powerful new Directive to cut greenhouse gas emissions from inefficient household appliances and other equipment is to be signed by the EU this week.