Everyone will benefit if the world sticks by its commitments to help Africa, Tony Blair has told Bob Geldof.
Natural England, a powerful new environmental champion, is launched on 2 October 2006.
Wednesday 11 October sees the official launch of Natural England, a new and powerful government agency that has been created to champion the natural environment.
Dovedale in the Peak District has been declared a National Nature Reserve. The declaration, which is the first to be launched by Natural England, was made in recognition of Dovedale's diverse flower-rich grassland...
Ahead of its launch on 11 October, the new natural environment champion Natural England has announced that it has agreed a budget for 2006/07, which will enable funding to be released immediately for a range of...
The Environmental Stewardship scheme can help secure a healthier future for England's farmland birds, according to Natural England, the Government's champion for wildlife.
The key elements of a programme to help farmers tackle the causes of harmful water pollution are now in place, Environment Minister Ian Pearson announced today.
Natural England has launched its health campaign, the first of its four national campaigns to reconnect people with the natural environment.
Natural England welcomes the ratification by the UK government of the Council of Europe's European Landscape Convention.
Leading scientists and policy makers have agreed that farmers and land managers have a major role to play in addressing climate change.
New research shows that National Parks are not just wonderful places to visit: they bring prosperity for businesses in and around them and for the regions in which they are found.
Natural England welcomes the Government’s announcement that the Environmental Stewardship scheme is to remain open to new applications from 1 January 2007.
Over a third of adults surveyed hadn’t made a leisure trip in the last week, according to the England Leisure Visits Survey for 2005, with 40 per cent saying that they were too busy working or studying to go out...
Natural England is working closely with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency who are co-ordinating the overall response to the incident.
Poultry found dead on a farm in Suffolk contained the highly pathogenic Asian strain H5N1 avian flu virus. Natural England has been supporting the Defra response to the incident.
From 7 February 2007 until further notice, new restrictions are in force in the Protection and Surveillance Zones in Suffolk, suspending activities likely to disperse wild birds.
A new fund to boost sustainable development in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty has succeeded in getting more than four hundred environmentally friendly projects up and running.
Natural England has unveiled its proposals for improving access to the English coast. Subject to the approval of its Board, Natural England looks set to advise the Government to introduce legislation to create ...
Natural England’s Board has agreed new proposals for a 4,500 km continuous corridor of clear and well-managed public access along the entire length of England’s coast.
Speaking at the National Farmers' Union annual conference, Natural England’s Chief Executive Helen Phillips announced changes to streamline the application procedure for Higher Level Stewardship.
Natural England is inviting new applications for a share of a £5 million grant scheme designed to reduce the impacts of aggregate extraction in England.
Natural England welcomes the Government’s announcement that spending on agri-environment schemes will increase from £1 billion from 2000-2006 to almost £3 billion from 2007-2013.
Natural England is urging those enjoying the countryside over the Bank Holiday weekend to follow the Countryside Code. After a record breaking April there is a heightened risk of fire, which can devastate wildlife...
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General Licence consultation Responses.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is to manage the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who died whilst being detained by officers from Her Majesty's Revenue and ...
The Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally concluded that the anticipated joint venture between Kemira GrowHow Oyj (Kemira) and Terra Industries Inc (Terra) could damage competition in the market for the ...
Community first responders have a diffacult job responding to category A...
It is a disgrace that our old and sick people in residential care homes are...
Goods bought from sellers outside the EU and delivered by post are currently...
Alcohol is an intoxicating, dehydrating drug which can be very dangerous....
This weekend Ahmed Errachiddi was released from Guantanamo and sent to...
Save lives, encourage business and save the taxpayer money
That Ministers of the Crown and their dependents use the NHS for their...
Mersea Island is an island that relys on many things, and fishing is one of...
The honey bee is an often overlooked but absolutely vital part of the...
The Governement should undertake an up to date review of Applied Behaviour...
This has been on before but had no publicity really until it was too late!...
A UK company is currently placing online colonial records of 3.000.000...
Each driver that tailgaits applies their brakes regularly and causes a...
I notice a worrying trend to banning activities / products which have been...
Telephone users phoning businesses should not have to pay for time spent on...
The UK Commission for Integrated Transport accepted there was a case for the...
As part of the Building Schools for the Future initiative, the existing...
Hiding behind the referendum that eventually saw us join what was then the...
Several babies that either have been born with or caused by position have...
In 1997 the Government promised to legislate so that all pubs and clubs must...
In recent years there have been a large number of speed ramps / cushions...
This satisfies peoples needs/wants to go 90Mph and satisfies learner drivers...
Since 1979, the police have had an effective and fair means of negotiating...
Primates accross the world are being captured and sold with many being...
The size of the overall student debt of a graduate/undergraduate is...
There is a misconception that High Functioning Autism means mild or less...
It's time TV cleaned up its act. If you think British television needs to...
Take action on discriminatory law, Section 10 of the Crown proceedings Armed...
The government needs to reopen the BMH's to provide appropriate medical care...
At present, more and more Local Councils have no choice but to adopt the...
The recent disaster regarding the details of prospective doctors has shown...
The criminal has no compunction about arming himself in order to inflict...
Household rubbish fires are a nuisance, and unnecessary. Most, if not all...
This petition is, I hope, fairly self-explanatory. No snooker player has...
Asked that given the current unpopularity of fortnightly bin collections, would the Government be advising local authorities on this issue, the PMS replied that as we had said before, this was a matter for local...
Asked if we recognised the FT story about the Prime Minister getting a top European job after he stepped down, the PMS replied that the range of stories in this morning's papers illustrated perfectly what we had...
Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned by the "shambles and chaos" of the Scottish elections, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) replied that this was obviously a serious matter, and we shared the public...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Scottish Elections, Prime Minister and Rubbish Collections
New patient champion to help end waiting announced as new figures show waiting at record low
Consumer Minister Ian McCartney today announced two re-appointments to the National Consumer Council, and four re-appointments to the Welsh Consumer Council. The terms all run until 31 December 2008, or closure...
Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling today announced the appointment of four new members of the independent Low Pay Commission, which advises the Government on the National Minimum Wage. The appointments...
NEWS FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY
At present in the UK, If you want to have broadband internet and you do not...
Music is the foundation on which many of earth's civilisations have been...
On the 25th of April it was announced to the members of 6 Squadron that the...
In the current financial circumstances, I do believe to maintain our economy...
Many of the food stuffs farmed and grown in this country are, in the public...
Provide free rail travel for OAPs in England and Wales.Scottish OAPs already...
Nassima is 7 years old. Dawn met Nassima's future father, Mustapha, while...
This would allow people who have worked all their lives and contributed to...
With over 400,000 legacy cases pending within the UK immigration service and...
Disbanding the United Kingdom's entire Armed Forces is an absolute necessity...
They say 'the customer is always right', yet customers have milked this...
Local authorities have been relieved of the requirement to indicate the time...
These figures show the numbers of mortgage and landlord possession actions in the county courts of England and Wales for the first quarter of 2007.
The technologies that can help combat climate change already exist, the latest international report on climate change has concluded today.
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THE UK will be better able to prepare for the possible impact of climate change on public health, thanks to new research..
I will tomorrow publish a consultation paper The Law on Damages.
The paper considers issues arising from anumber of Law Commission reports. These include recommendations for changes to the Fatal Accidents...
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Peter Hain) has made the following Ministerial Statement.
I wish to announce that, with effect from 3 May 2007, in accordance with the powers conferred on me...
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Anne McGuire) has made the following Statement.
I am pleased to announce that we are currently making arrangements ...
29 March - Collaboration to transform public services - Demos report
2 April - Localism and governance ESRC report
6 April - International perspectives on civil service reform - ippr report
8 April - Crime and punishment reform - ippr report
Like many things in life, when it comes to saving water the majority of us have good intentions- if only it was easier, or we had more time.
A consultation paper proposing changes to parts of the civil law on damages was published today by the Department for Constitutional Affairs.
The principal aim of the study was to review and collate existing sources of information on the use of transport by those visiting Scotland for leisure, recreation and business purposes.
The principal aim of the study was to review and collate existing sources of information on the use of transport by those visiting Scotland for leisure, recreation and business purposes.
My right hon.and noble Friend the Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor has made the following written ministerial statement.
"I will tomorrow publish a consultation paper: 'The Law on Damages'. The paper...
I wish to announce that, with effect from 3 May 2007, in accordance with the powers conferred on me by rule 5(1) of the Prison and Young Offenders Centre Rules (Northern Ireland) 1995, the boundaries of Hydebank...
I am pleased to announce that we are currently making arrangements to increase the statutory sum of a vaccine damage payment. The change, which will come into force on12 July, will increase the sum for all new...
Statistics showing insolvencies in the first quarter 2007 are published today (4 May) by the Insolvency Service.
This case concerns a project at 60 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, which are premises that the claimant, ("CCD") bought and wanted to develop. During the course of the piling for that development, there were three...
The Claimant (Mr Cherney) is an Uzbek by birth who spent a great deal of his working life in Russia. He now resides in Israel. The Defendant (Mr Deripaska) is Russian. He has vast business interests including (subject...
This is the trial of preliminary issues ("the Preliminary Issues") in two sets of proceedings in which creditors of PRG Powerhouse Limited ("Powerhouse") have challenged the validity of a company voluntary arrangement...
In this application the claimants challenge the validity of an order for compulsory purchase made on 12 December 2005 by the Urban Regeneration Agency, (known as English Partnerships ("EP")). The order in question...
The West London Waste Authority (WLWA) is a joint authority of the London Boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond on Thames. It undertakes the waste disposal functions of those boroughs...
MR JUSTICE SULLIVAN: This is an application by the GMC for an extension of an interim order of suspension made under the Medical Act 1983 (as amended). The extension sought is from 2 May 2007 (the existing order...
It has been the policy of successive British Governments over many years not to pay compensation to former British service personnel for the fact of having been made prisoners of war in any conflict. But, perhaps...
The First Claimant is a Romani Gypsy. She currently resides in a caravan located at Plot 6, Clays Lane Caravan Site Newham London E1 5HJ. She is the licensee of that plot and has lived on the site for 20 years. ...
The First Claimant, Neptune Wharf Limited, is the freehold owner of land and premises comprising 2.43 ha of warehouse and offices with yards, outbuildings, entrances, access ways and verges and bank of the Hertford...
LORD JUSTICE LAWS: This is an application for the issue of a writ of habeas corpus. It is made in the following circumstances. The claimant is charged with two offences of witness intimidation. He was brought...
This case came to us as an urgent application by UMBS Online Ltd ("UMBS") for permission to appeal against the order made by Lloyd Jones J on 5th March 2007 dismissing its application for judicial review of two ...
Many road traffic accidents involve collisions between two vehicles one of which has turned right from a minor road onto a major road along which the other was proceeding. In the great majority of such cases the...
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Her Honour Judge Susan Hamilton QC will retire as a Circuit Judge on the South Eastern Circuit on 4 May 2007.
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