The Foreign Office today revised its Travel Advice for Kenya due to the serious and continuing outbreaks of unrest in parts of the country following the disputed Presidential election results.
Coastguards rescued a wild pony this afternoon which had fallen down a gulley on Anglesey.
In a farcical scenario, that will be repeated ad nauseam in the coming years...
Nearly 200 arts organisations, including 37 theatre companies, have been...
BBC Licence Tax payments are taken from law-abiding taxpaying citizens of...
FOR over half a century one of Plymouth's most senior citizens has devoted...
Today (20 December 2007), in a live TV interview, Lord Mackenzie stated...
For years the local council has been wavering over how best to regenerate...
Gordon brown has thanked readers of The Sun newspaper for their contributions to a campaign to help injured servicemen and women.
Met Office forecasters are predicting a change to cold and wintry weather as we head back to work after the festive break.
Looking back at 2007, the weather and climate change have never been far from the headlines meaning the Met Office has had another busy year.
Looking at what’s available and I can’t afford to insulate my home any more...
£25 million in grants issued for micro wind turbines and solar panels
Gordon Brown has said free and fair elections in Pakistan would represent the "single biggest obstacle" to terrorists who seek to divide the nation.
Essential safety work on East Cliff Bridge on the A2 near Dover in Kent will start on Sunday 6 January and is expected to last for three weeks.
HM The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of His Honour Judge Peter David William Coulson, Q.C., to be a Justice of the High Court.
HM The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of His Honour Judge Alistair Geoffrey MacDuff, Q.C., to be a Justice of the High Court.
Jeff Rooker, Minister for Sustainable Food and Farming at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, today launched a UK-wide consultation on regulations to enhance the protection of Scotch Whisky - ...
Have fun but stay safe is the message for New Years Eve revellers in advice issued today by The Home Office Minister responsible for alcohol harm reduction, Vernon Coaker.
His Honour Judge Rucker will retire as a Circuit Judge on the Western Circuit on 31 December 2007.
HM The Queen has appointed Timothy Robert Lamb QC to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, has assigned...
Small business managers should resolve to make 2008 a year to improve their leadership skills and boost their competitiveness, John Denham, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills said today.
Joint FCO, DFID statement
Gordon Brown has promised "real and serious changes" over the coming 12 months as he laid out his priorities for 2008 in a New Year Message.
CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD St. James's Palace, London SW1 29 December 2007
Police from 21 forces across the country seized over 3,700 litres of beer, wine, cider, alcopops and spirits from youths aged under 18 during an autumn crackdown on drinking in public places. The results of the ...
Despite growing concern about climate change, when it comes to making New Year's resolutions, Britons are more worried about losing weight than saving the planet. According to a YouGov poll, just 15 per cent of ...
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has amended its Travel Advice to Pakistan. We currently advise against all but essential travel. The Travel Advice now reads:
Members of the Armed Forces will be given new support to help them buy an affordable home, announced Housing Minister Yvette Cooper.
Revenue & Customs officers investigating a suspected £20 million VAT missing trader and money laundering fraud swooped in early morning raids today making six arrests in Scotland. Codenamed Operation Vaulter...
Applications for EU part funding are invited from trade organisations for promotional activities aimed at increasing the information on, and sales of, certain agricultural products of EU origin in specified non-...
Gordon Brown has encouraged President Musharraf to go-ahead with planned democratic elections following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
A boost in digital radio sales over Christmas is likely to mean better access to traffic information for motorists in the North West. An estimated one million DAB digital radios were sold across the country over...
I do not think it is fair to be taxed 22% on a second job. I think you...
Health education is important for the general public. It is essential that...
The government need to provide full funding for the British Olympic Team for...
The Janjaweed are rampaging round Darfur - acting like lords and masters and...
AOL today reports " The price of a first-class stamp is to increase by 2p to...
We also urge the Prime minister to implement ECAT to the highest standards,...
Unemployment is apparantly at its lowest level for years. However: 21% of...
This is a petition for you to sign if you belive that all children at...
Members of the Armed Forces will be given new support to help them buy an affordable home, announced Housing Minister Yvette Cooper.
To ensure that Northern Rock is sold as soon as possible to the highest...
I am absolutely fed up of going for a walk with my dog and him being...
In response to millions of e mails into my in box, promising me millions of...
If I'm a student studying in London, it would mean spending over half the...
The Government to encourage or legislate that vehicle manufacturers fit as...
Public clocks are a feature of churches, stations, shops fronts etc. If one...
Until confidence can be restored that the government and it's departments...
That way Government would have to think more about what it was actually...
volunteer placements at hospitals can have up to 6 month waiting lists which...
Currently disabled people have very few options when it comes to parking. If...
Please sign this petition to stop the closure of the much needed maternity...
When you have lost a baby and then become pregnant you are more than likely...
The petitioner is urging the P.M. to respond to criticisms that "The...
The Department of Health is encouraging pregnant and breastfeeding women to boost their intake of vitamin D in the darker winter months. Healthcare professionals say more children than ever are presenting with ...
The Prime Minister has said that "cowards afraid of democracy" assassinated Benazir Bhutto earlier today.
"I am deeply shocked by news of the latest attack in Rawalpindi which has claimed the life of Benazir Bhutto and killed at least 15 other people. My thoughts and sincere condolences go to Ms Bhutto's family at this...
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears today launched radical proposals to make people's voices heard on the key issues they care most about, such as tackling anti-social behaviour, helping older people or improving...
An angler who was swept off rocks into the sea was saved within minutes, thanks to the swift action of the Porthcawl RNLI lifeboat crew and the fact that he was wearing a floatation suit.
contaminated cannabis flooding the uk which has been contaminated with...
I suggest to change the driving test to include a personality test, to help...
In the UK there are many charities that work with victims of the human...
through the Foreign Secretarie's Office to bring about change to promote...
I have had a long battle to get funding to stay on Anti-Tnf after taking...
If all Government funding was collected via VAT and income tax only, the...
Every day all around the uk places such as brixton market sell snails and...
I think that the govenment should build more houses for first time buyers....
Encouraging as many people to go to university is of benefit to the...
'...Nationalise Northern Rock and since we (the electorate) have lent approximately £2000 each per tax payer, give dividends to tax payers by a tax reimbursement on all profits made from this business.' -- ...
A treehouse that was build by many innovative young people on private land...
We should ban all cars with less than 35mpg. This will improve our country's...
Local authorities that have taken part in public awareness campaigns have cut chewing gum litter in their areas by an average of 58%, figures published today show.
State of the art digital technology that has revolutionised the way the NHS captures, records and uses patient x-ray and scans is now being used in every hospital trust in England, the Department of Health said ...
A crackdown on unscrupulous employers advertising jobs in the adult entertainment industry has been introduced by Jobcentre Plus, announced Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Peter Hain.
Businesses employing illegal workers face large fines and prison sentences, according to a new marketing campaign unveiled by the Government.
SPP8 Town Centres and Retailing, published in 2006, sets out the Scottish planning policy framework for town centres and retailing. The SPP identifies a range of techniques to support planning for town centres and...
We want those heading off on Boxing Day walks and setting New Year resolutions to be more active and make use of England’s great outdoors by joining the ‘Outdoor Gym’ in 2008.
The Department for Transport has today announced the appointment of four new members to the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC), and the reappointment of six existing members.
Final Report of a detailed assessment of issues relating to parents perceptions of access to and demand for childcare and to compare and contrast these, where possible, with the results of the 2000 and 2004 surveys...
The overarching aim of this research was to provide a detailed assessment of issues relating to parents' perceptions of access to, and demand for, childcare and to compare and contrast these, where possible, with...
Technical Guide to Transport and Works (Scotland)
Guide to Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007
At four o clock this afternoon Liverpool Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) received a call from Isle Of Man joint control centre requesting assistance in the coordination of the rescue of a cliff faller...
Over 4,000 foreign national prisoners have been removed or deported from the UK in 2007 exceeding the Prime Minister's target.
The Claimant is a former manager of Leeds United Football Club, his employment having been terminated on 20 September 2006. He sues over an article appearing in The Sun on 7 May 2007 proclaimed as a "Bates Exclusive...
Young People's Minister Beverley Hughes today presented disadvantaged young people with an extra special Christmas present as she announced £9 million for creative youth-led projects including film making...
This is an action in which the claimant ('Nokia') seeks to establish that the inventions claimed in a number of the defendant's ('InterDigital's') patents are not essential to the third generation mobile telecommunications...
LORD JUSTICE HUGHES: This appellant was tried in his absence for offences of violence to prison officers. He was in prison at the time of his trial. The trial judge proceeded in his absence on the basis of information...
All best wishes to CRC for a very happy and positive 2008 !!
This document is available as a download only Paper for the 9th meeting of the Commission for Rural Communities, 6 December 2007.
This document is available as a download only Paper for the 9th meeting of the Commission for Rural Communities, 6 December 2007.
Matthew Taylor has published a call for evidence to help inform his review of how land use and planning can better support rural business and deliver affordable housing.
The call...
We'd like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Looking forward to 2008Early in the New Year we'll be we'll be producing new information which shows how, working alongside...
SPP8 Town Centres and Retailing, published in 2006, sets out the Scottish planning policy framework for town centres and retailing. The SPP identifies a range of techniques that can be used to support planning for...
Through the holiday period, most of our offices are closed with the few exceptions listed.
Thanks for your comment John. We're not involved with the process of the consultation, but we did want to draw people's attention to it. To find out more about the process you can contact Post Office Ltd...
This document is available as a download only Paper for the 9th meeting of the Commission for Rural Communities, 6 December 2007.
Drivers who act on CO2 this festive season and follow the Department for Transport's Smarter Driving tips can help tackle climate change and save money during this expensive time of the year.
A month-by-month review of some of Gordon Brown's key activities in 2007, with links to major stories and videos.
the amount of money people are spending on insurance is insane, you spend £...
Request the road the A11 between Thetford and Barton Mills be upgraded to a...
It is a fact that police paperwork is getting in the way of Police Officers...
i was a victim of a failed mental health patient who gained rights over me...
This money should be repaid by Northern Rock shareholders to the taxpayers...
The United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) which will be set up maybe next year...
'...put pressure on the US to abolish the use of the death penalty for all crimes.' -- Richard MacKenzie
This is a counter petition to the one asking for grammar schools to be...
Further details of the proposed theme park can be found in the Observer, 16/...
Computer retailers should be disallowed from selling computers with...
The Government plans to tax businesses that it believes are guilty of "...
The Prime Minister told the British public that the EU treaty/referendum...
Take That are the biggest musical influence since the Beatles and they were...
The Human Tissue and Embryology Bill (currently before Parliament) will pave...
Consecutive governments have spent millions of our tax money on chasing car...
I have just read the report available on line. It repeatedly refers to theDepartment of Work and Pensions. The department's name is Department for Work and Pensions
Rather than pointing out a minor difference in the title of the Department, perhaps it would be more effective for the department to work effectively with rural pensioners and help them claim their entitlement...
I think it'simportant that the government and ofcom realise the importance of supplying a quality broadband connection throughout the uk, but also that steps are taken to ensure that this is the case...
Thanks for your comments. We're sorry about this unfortunate mistake. Hopefully it didn't affect the meaning of what was written.
Thanks for your comment Stephanie
People with Multiple Sclerosis are quite often housebound, and need extra...
Make the following utilities, Gas,Electricity and Water into Mutual...
Dear Prime Minister, People who have immigrated to the UK under the work...
Millions of workers will have reason for an extra toast this Christmas, with the Government increasing paid holidays so that for the first time, staff have access to more leave days to cover the Christmas period...
We’ve been working on Public Bill (née Standing) Committees, and some lovely new volunteers have been working their socks off on the Scottish Parliament, to be added to TheyWorkForYou. Yay! Unfortunately, the server...
To reduce overtaxing petrol in petrol stations nationally, this petition...
In this day and age of electronic payments and internet shopping, holding a...
To date approximately 300 people have been killed following the use of...
We are urging residents of the Courier region to sign our petition which...
For too long, our national sport has been undermined by greedy and...
The debate on the European Union is dominated by Euro Sceptics with...
Self-explanatory
Please change the law so that every employee has the right to take a break...
Stop all sex and pornographic chanels on sky and cable television.
The decision to close the Henderson Hospital which offers unique help to...
Phone contracts used to be for a year. Simple. Companies are now putting in...
If this proposal (to be ratified Feb 2008, planned to take effect Sept 2009...
Under the current party political system it is hard for the government to...
The 1997 Single Status agreement called for pay and grading reviews to be...
The proposed development by Zurich/Eagle Star, for 12,500 houses on the...
the diagnoses of hypothyroidism is in a very sorry state at this time....
There are too many people who are living off unemployment benefits without...
Getting pain relief in this country can be very difficult for anyone in...
I believe that the current scheme of women retiring first, especially with...
there are numerous channels dedicated to children why not one for the older...
In an age when we are being both encouraged and pressured to leave our cars...
Schools aren't recycling enough, yet schools are one of the major wasters...
Gordon Brown refuses to allow the British people the referendum promised on...
I wish to petition about statutory holidays. New employees generally...
The current timetable for digital switch over means that some areas of the...
at present only the nonresident parents financial circumstances get taken...
A restricted moped is more dangerous than having a derestricted one. I ride...
Magnets in toys can be extremely dangerous, causing serious or life...
The metal windows in council houses are very against helping global warming...
Jack Ashley's Independent Living Bill would give disabled people of all ages...
many sevice men and women including members of the T A served in the...
The regulations have been applied to Estate Agents as defined in the Estate...
Regarding the horrific and potentially fatal consequences of children...
We petition the Prime Minister to set aside the necessary funds to Improve...
I hereby request that the PM, Mr Gordon Brown, makes a public and open...
This is an application by five Danish Defendants against the Claimants, Heifer International Inc (Heifer), (1) to stay proceedings in this court pursuant to Section 9(1) of the Arbitration Act 1996, (2) that the...
The issue that arises in this case is whether the Immigration Service has acted unlawfully by failing to provide safe accommodation for the Claimant in an Immigration Removal Centre.
At approximately ten to five this evening, Yarmouth Coastguard received a 999 call from two people on board a fifteen foot angling boat which had suffered engine failure.
Aynsley special school is situated close to Blythe Bridge Stoke on Trent and...
make all peddle cyclists take a cycle test on simmilar grounds to car and...
Taunton residents have a limit of how much they can throw out. Yet the...
Whereas we are informed that inflation is "low" and "under control" we are...
AOL today reports a rise in positive tests for illegal substances in the...
Anyone legally in the UK, even temporarily, deserves to be treated like a...
The only way to reduce the consumption of precious non renewable oil...
Childrens playgrounds have become a Health and safety nightmare when it...
Situated within a vulnerable community, this well kept and improving school...
While accepting that my regard for her might be deemed somewhat excessive, I...
The technology exists to allow all homes to be heated (and cooled) using...
Time and Time again visiting fans to italian clubs are subjected to violence...
People on low incomes are being encouraged to take out mortgages they cannot...
Compensating victims of violent crime is "adding to their woes" because of...
Honours should not be given to donors, supporters, activists or party...
From 1 February 2008 the Career Transition Partnership, the company who are...
Today the story in the news (14/12/07) about the abuse of emergency service...
While everyone can be sympathetic to those suffering from fuel price...
Many people oppose positive discrimination; they make the point that...
There is a perception, fostered by the right-wing press (especially tabloids...
Broadband is today not a luxury, but an essential component of everyday...
That hate crime legislation amounts to nothing more than statutory...
Insert a tiny location chip(like micro dot security) in the heel of every...
It is time for Governments to lead by example in the war against climate...
If the price of fuel continue to rise disabled people will inevitably become...
Around £200,000 was spent on improving the City Square in Lincoln City...
Headley Court Rehabilitation Centre in Surrey is one of the few military...
The United States feel they rule the world, and this is supported by the...
Cyprus has been divided since 1974 into the Turkish Cypriot north and the...
It is ludicrous to require people who are near retirement age, but not at...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Nobel Prize...
St. Georges Cross, Glasgow car park is just an example. An almost empty car...
The Government should provide more grant funding to act as an incentive to...
Schools throughout the country have drama and music but nothing to do with...
Many "members of the public", who have NOT been charged by the police, for...
Royal mail should stop all such payments and be instructed to repay any...
The speed limit of 40mph outside built up area's for commercial vehicles is...