HRH The Duke of York represented HM The Queen at celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of Malaysia's independence in Kuala Lumpur on 31 August 2007.
The OFT has today filed particulars of claim at the High Court on the application of the law in respect of unauthorised overdraft charges, and these documents will be available on the OFT website next week after...
Normal people have suffered too long. We've had enough of the endless...
The lifetime ban on Christine Ohuruogu will mean that she will be unable to...
Certain disability allowances such as the Disability Living Allowances are...
We feel there are not enough facilities in this area to support the local...
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Following news of an attack on 29 August by rebel groups on a Sudanese army base in Wad Banda in West Kordofan, FCO Minister Lord Malloch Brown said:
HM Treasury has today announced changes in the bonus rates for the Save As You Earn (SAYE) (Sharesave) scheme that will maintain SAYE in line with other interest rates.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has been notified that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided that no police officers will face criminal charges following the death of Faisal Al-Ani.
Panthers, Pinzgauers and Rover jeeps are all weakly-armoured vehicles,...
whenever I write anything it is censored so hope the title is sufficient!
The VC is awarded to servicemen who conduct staggeringly heroic actions for...
the delays through incompetence at this office means that potential taxi,...
The route of this crime is mainly traced to under age persons and the access...
Gordon Brown has attended a service to commemorate the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, on the 10th anniversary of her death.
The OFT has been made aware of a scam involving consumers being telephoned by people, alleging to be from the OFT, asking for personal and financial information including their bank account details in order for ...
19 July - Child well-being: international comparisons - FCD report
13 August - Older people and mental health
14 August - Environment: public attitudes - Defra report
15 August - Learning difficulties and inclusion - JRF reports
20 August - Victims of corporate fraud - CCJS report
21 August - Cancer survival in Europe - Eurocare
24 August - Educational outcomes for young people - Social Inclusion Unit, South Australia report
28 August - Productive welfare - DSPSW draft paper
28 August - Pre-school children policies - CEM paper
29 August - Childcare standards - Ofsted report
The law needs to be changed so that an addict can be given compulsory...
At the moment High earners only contribute 1% of their salary towards...
If Royal Mail was closed down completely, this would force the alternative...
In the aftermath of a bull terriers attack on my two small children, which...
The UK economy has seen both a chronic decline in its manufacturing base and...
All would agree that ideally the proposed pay increases in the public sector...
The staff in the NHS are being badly affected as the NHS is restructured....
I am a law abiding, taxpaying citizen, and I should not feel intimidated...
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Just a comment to say I would find it useful if we could mention who for CRC is planning to attend such events so we know.
Three estuaries - the Dee, Humber and Severn - have been earmarked by the government as Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) to protect vulnerable wildlife and habitats.
STATISTICAL PRESS NOTICE
Friday 31 August 2007
Drivers travelling on the M25 can now see real-time information on how long their journey will take on electronic roadside signs as a new service is rolled out across England.
Statistical bulletin giving information on prisoner population, liberations and receptions in the financial year 2006/07
We the undersigned request that Government departments stop referring to...
Every four minutes in a working week a horse is brutally and un-necessarily...
The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) is about to commence a building program...
If there were no Fire Service then the 'claims' bill would rocket. A better...
i think that people with a disability have things hard enough with out...
With many college and university graduates failing to get jobs in the...
The public should not have to pay the salaries of full time trade union...
There are many laws for the dog owner ie. clean up its mess, have an id tag...
A recent article (30/8/2007) by Boris Johnson in the Daily Telegraph...
At a recent meeting of the South Wales Association of the Institution of...
Currently the RN has only 25 such ships, 10 less than it had 10 years ago,...
Provision to be made for families and children with adhd to have respite...
It seems that Doctors can charge what they think for medicals required by...
All too often when/where cycle lanes are provided there are no parking...
after hearing about the numbers of sperm donors dropping partly due to...
Our society has a major problem with increasing anti social behaviour. We...
Darfur will receive one of the UN's largest ever deployments of peace-keeping troops in the coming weeks, the Prime Minister has said.
New protections to be enforced by more than 1500 inspectors
The Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally cleared the anticipated acquisition by Sportech plc (Sportech) of the Vernons football pools business of Ladbrokes plc. Sportech already operates two football pools...
£65 million in PFI credits has been awarded by Defra to a North Yorkshire partnership to improve local waste management facilities in the region.
Summary of findings and recommendations from monitoring and evaluation over six years of range of Home Zones supported by the Scottish Executive.
Supports a planned approach to the identification of sites for waste management installations.
Main Report - Findings and recommendations from monitoring and evaluation over six years of range of Home Zones supported by the Scottish Executive.
This report presents the main findings and implications of a Citizens' Jury on government communications.
Analysis of consultation responses.
Main findings.
This summer looks set to have been the wettest since UK rainfall records began in 1914, Met Office figures revealed today.
The Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP, has appointed Mr Douglas Woodward Crump and Ms Vivienne Karin Gay to be Salaried Regional Chairmen of the Employment Tribunals (England & Wales) with effect...
Bott Ltd v Bott Partnership [2007] DRS 4824 (24 July 2007)
Verbatim Ltd v Toth [2007] DRS 4331 (31 July 2007)
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc v Metcalfe [2007] DRS 4806 (2 August 2007)
He-Shi Enterprises Ltd v Clelland [2007] DRS 4773 (3 August 2007)
Elite Personnel Services Ltd v Sevens [2007] DRS 4812 (9 August 2007)
CC Automotive Group Ltd v Ostashko [2007] DRS 4719 (9 August 2007)
London Scottish Bank plc v Web Design Services [2007] DRS 4700 (9 August 2007)
Free Fringe Ltd v The Laughing Horse [2007] DRS 4638 (15 August 2007)
Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne v Jackson [2007] DRS 4479 (17 August 2007)
Baxi Heating UK Ltd v Willey [2007] DRS 4781 (22 August 2007)
3P Learning Ltd v Matheltics Ltd [2007] DRS 4882 (23 August 2007)
Kickz AG v Harris [2007] DRS 4868 (28 August 2007)
Suttons Consumer Products Ltd v Martin [2007] DRS 4840 (28 August 2007)
These proceedings between multiple claimants ("the Claimants") and Thames Water Utilities Limited ("Thames Water") arise from complaints made by the residents of Isleworth and Twickenham who live in the vicinity...
What we propose to do is to grant permission to appeal, and to allow the appeal, and make an order in terms of paragraph�1 Section�7 of the appellant's notice continuation sheet (it is on page�9 of bundle...
On 29 December 1993, the appellant (SAS) entered into a sale and lease back arrangement for 2 Boeing 767-300ER aircraft in their fleet with the respondents (Sunrock), an Irish subsidiary of Sojitz Corporation, a...
Two teenage boys have been rescued this evening after becoming grounded on mud banks in the River Ribble adjacent to Warton Aerodrome.
For reasons of health and in order to reduce carbon emissions from transport...
A local town council has admitted that they illegally removed, towed and...
The Prime Minister has said that staged pay awards in the public sector are "absolutely essential" to maintaining economic discipline and keeping inflation down.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband will be taking part in a live webchat on the No 10 website on Monday 3 September at 10:00 BST.
In response to the death of three Palestinian children in Gaza on 29 August, David Miliband said:
Two companies have been closed down by the High Court following an investigation by the Companies Investigation Branch of the Insolvency Service. The first, Blenheim Acquisitions Limited ("Blenheim") introduced...
To provide university scholarships for those who are either academically...
Having recently sat an A level in Spanish at night school, all that is being...
There are 280,000 women who are victims of what the British Medical...
All long haul freight should go by train {overnight preferably} this would...
LINks are to be the voice of the community in health and social care but...
'...back SNH and stop Donald Trump from building a golf course in Aberdeenshire that will damage a SSSI and one of the top 5 dune sites in the UK.' -- Cathy Lewis
Many state schools have the only facilities in an area to carry out sports (...
The current system of claiming for JSA is designed to prevent honest Job-...
Around 10% (1 in 10) people have dyslexic tendencies, with about 4% severe...
This petition requests that the Prime Minister and the Government reform our...
Foreign Secretary David Miliband will be taking part in a live webchat on the No 10 website on Monday 3 September at 10.00am.
From 00:01 on Monday 3 September, livestock markets for cattle, sheep, and pigs will be allowed to resume in England and Wales, outside of the Surveillance Zone in Surrey. Also from this date, animals susceptible...
A research review focusing on young people who have been looked after at home and those who have been looked after and accommodated by Local Authorities.
Report of UK exercise undertaken to test and strengthen resiliance to an influenza pandemic.
Two directors or a former event company organising stag and hen parties have agreed not to become company directors for a total of 10 years following an investigation by the Companies Investigation Branch of the...
Two companies that signed up businesses to advertisements that were to appear on plasma screen televisions in pubs and restaurants and in publications linked to local football clubs have been wound up in the High...
The Charity Commission welcomes a new Director of Charity Services, who will take up the post on Monday 3 September, as it strives to further improve the services it provides to charities.
The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) is carrying out a public consultation on modernising arrangements to take driving tests.
The Coastguard Emergency Towing Vessel, Anglian Monarch has recovered a 25 Tonne ship's hatch cover which was floating in the busy Dover Strait this week.
A man was rescued this morning after becoming lost in poor visibility, alone in an 18 foot speedboat off the North Wales coast.
Fisheries throughout the country have voiced their concern that the greatest...
i would like the employee act 1999 to change as it states that deaths in...
Yesterday a main dealership charged me ninety nine pounds per hour to...
If you owe tax then the interest on monies owed is a killer, I always...
This would create a fairer tax and help everyone currently struggling to...
This petition is a request for the Government to do more to protect the...
We believe that the current charging regulations are a danger to both...
UK Registered Dietitians working in the NHS currently have a major...
We Should Get "Bullying Counsellors" For Schools For Children Who Need To...
This year marks the 200th year since the abolition of slave trade and...
Removal of centralised HM Treasury jurisdiction over allocation of taxation...
As well as preventing a significant loss to private business enterprise (...
the minisrty have a petition to raise the age consent to 18, this means...
so that badly injured soldiers are properly compensated for ALL injuries...
Afghanistan is now the biggest grower of heroin in the world. Most of it is...
Whitby Hospital should remain open as it holds a key part in the health,...
Finance forecasts show NHS in balance
The British Geological Survey (BGS) recorded an earthquake with a magnitude of 2.2 ML in Greater Manchester at 05:46 BST (04:46 GMT). The BGS has received reports from residents throughout Manchester. The reports...
The Tax Benefit Model Tables (April 2007 edition) are published today. They show the financial position of hypothetical families living in local authority and private rented accommodation and paying average rents...
Local authorities charge small busineses non domestic council tax as well...
So many phones are sold to consumers LOCKED. LOCKED means that they cannot...
Certain Edinburgh & Surrounding Area Schools Have Been Earmarked For Closure...
Following a meeting on the subject of global climate change and its probable...
South Africa... Stautes in London should be reserved for British heroes and...
At a recent meeting about global climate change, and the possible causes...
At a recent meeting of the South Wales Association of the Institution of...
Results for seven year olds show overall high achievement
Gordon Brown visited a health clinic this morning ahead of the publication of new figures that will show the NHS is on a sustainable financial footing.
The Prime Minister has said that the Government will do "nothing" to put economic stability at risk following the unofficial strike by prison officers earlier this week.
Divorces fall by 7 per cent in 2006
Provides information, by council area, on the number and type of liquor licences in force in Scotland at 31st December 2006.
This is the latest in a series of quarterly statistics publication notices which announces the availability of the Scottish Household Survey for a particular quarter
The Department for Transport has today published National Statistics on the number of road goods vehicles travelling to mainland Europe from Great Britain: Second Quarter 2007.
The Department for Transport has today published National Statistics on the travel habits of residents in Great Britain.
Forty-three museums and galleries in England will benefit from grants totalling £4 million, Culture Minister Margaret Hodge announced today. Provided jointly by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
KALANYOS AND OTHERS v. ROMANIA - 57884/00 [2007] ECHR 697 (26 July 2007)
Tamil Nadu Electricity Board v St-Cms Electric Company Private Ltd [2007] EWHC 1713 (Comm) (16 July 2007)
This is an action for infringement of copyright and breach of contract relating to two suites of the defendant's software known as GA_Money (GAMoney) and Golf Game ("GA Golf). The claimant ("Cantor") claims...
Consultation on the draft regulations that will introduce the Diploma in Police Leadership and Management as a qualification for promotion in the Scottish police service.
At 4.30 this afternoon this afternoon, Belfast Coastguard received a 999 telephone call from the brother-in-law of a walker, who had become lost approximately 1.5 miles to the North of Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse...
Rising carbon dioxide levels will increase river levels in the future, according to a team of scientists from the Met Office Hadley Centre, the University of Exeter and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
Correction to information issued earlier today on Land Registry's monthly House Price Index July 2007
Rather than lessening the production of crops for food or threatening the...
Edinburgh Council has listed Craigentinny Primary School as 1 of 22 schools...
In an increasingly two tier property environement, the poor are oftern...
Jeff Rooker, Minister for Sustainable Farming, Food and Animal Welfare, today announced the first independent review of the Advisory Committee on Organic Standards (ACOS).
Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 Guardianship and Intervention Orders - A Guide for Carers
Land Registry's monthly House Price Index for July is published today, Wednesday 29 August, at www.landregistry.gov.uk/houseprices/
Westfield Court Nursery, Edinburgh has been serving the community for over...
The Prime Minister has unveiled a statue of Nelson Mandela in a ceremony in Parliament Square.
Rate at 57.1%
Jeff Rooker, Minister for Sustainable Farming Food and Animal Health, today announced the abolition of the fruit, vegetable and potato authorisation system in England from 2008, under the rules of the Single Payment...
Graphic images illustrating the devastating effects that tobacco can have on health will be printed on all tobacco packets from next year Health Secretary Alan Johnson announced today.
Statistical Press Notice: Smokefree Compliance Data
muslims all over the world are suffering injustice and being wrongly...
Improving Payment Practices in the Construction Industry: Consultation on proposals to amend Part II of the Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 and the Scheme for Construction Contracts (Scotland...
Falmouth Coastguard are currently trying to render assistance to 59 people who were cast adrift in an inflatable boat off the coast of Libya late last night.
'...erect a statue of the late Councillor George Seawright in the ground of Belfast City Hall' -- Freddie Gween
As parents and concerned residents of Edinburgh we wish to stop the closure...
At the moment anyone who has passed their driving test, can teach a learner...
As the majority of preachings need translating , it would remove the air of...
As a major player on the world stage and a member of the UN China refuses to...
In view of the fact that for many years the accounts of EU expenditure have...
Many people from up and down the Skipton train line enjoy a good night out...
This petition was inspired by seeing headlines about multi-million pound...
Following reports that allies of the United Kingdom will continue to refuse...
Due to an ever increasing rise in arrests,crime and death do you think it is...
The oryx is a beautiful mammal, not indigenous to the UK, but important to...
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AB, R. v [2007] NICC 26 (17 August 2007)
Wright v Kane & Anor [2007] NIQB 57 (08 August 2007)
MR JUSTICE OUSELEY: This is a challenge by Mr Turner, acting in person, under section 23 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981. He challenges the decision of the First Secretary of State (as he or she was then ...
MR JUSTICE OUSELEY: This is a challenge to the decision of the Parole Board dated 15th December 2006 in which it concluded that the claimant's recall to prison from his release on extended licence was justified...
MR JUSTICE COLLINS: This claim for judicial review is before me as a rolled-up hearing, that is to say to decide whether permission be granted and, if permission is granted, to deal with the substantive claim immediately...
THE VICE PRESIDENT: On 11th May 2006 in the Crown Court at Leeds, before His Honour Judge Kent-Jones, the appellant was convicted of inflicting grievous bodily harm. On 14th July 2006 he was ordered to be detained...
There are three matters before me today, brought on the application of Mr�C. There are two applications for permission to appeal against orders made by HHJ Coates. They relate to orders made by the judge on...
This will limit the scope for the London Stock Exchange to be regulated by...
I live in the Hounslow borough and come under Hounslow homes for re-housing...
The EU and other countries are already providing assitance to Greece to...
After the apalling death of Rhys Jones.I urge the Prime Minister to ban the...
Briefing on: Iraq, EU, Law and Order, Economy, Bank Holidays
Gordon Brown welcomed Nelson Mandela to Downing Street today, calling him the "most inspiring leader of our generation".
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is offering small employers across Wales free help and advice on filing online.
National Minimum Wage - First criminal prosecution A children's nursery owner has today been fined £2500 and £500 costs in the first National Minimum Wage criminal prosecution case.
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that eleven foreign ships were under detention in UK ports during July 2007 after failing Port State Control (PSC) safety inspection.
At a time when prison numbers have reached an all time high, it is even more...
The population is under direct attack from freak weather due to climate...