M1 JUNCTION 25 TO JUNCTION 28 WIDENING

It’s been a slick 2009 for Vikoma International, a leading designer and manufacturer of a range of equipment to deal with oil spills. The company has been celebrating major orders from the Middle East and Japan...

NAT 69/09 A man who traded in ivory from endangered species on eBay was sentenced to 10 months in prison today at Luton Crown Court following an international investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). ...

A man who traded in ivory from endangered species on eBay was sentenced to 10 months in prison today at Luton Crown Court following an international investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Elephants...

It’s been a slick 2009 for Vikoma International, a leading designer and manufacturer of a range of equipment to deal with oil spills. The company has been celebrating major orders from the Middle East and Japan...

Percy the Smokefree Penguin visited Bury to encourage smokers to quit after it was revealed that six people in the town are killed every week by smoking.

Over 65,000 counterfeit and smuggled cigarettes and six vehicles have been seized by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) as part of a two day operation to target the sale of illicit tobacco products and mis-use of...

Weekly round up of road works in wiltshire, gloucestershire, somerset and bristol

Yorkshire and the Humber roadworks update.

The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that four foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during September 2009 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection. Four foreign...

North east roadworks bulletin 17-23 october 2009

Percy the Smokefree Penguin visited Ashton-under-Lyne to encourage smokers to quit after it was revealed that nine people in the town are killed every week by smoking.

Said Business School, Friday 16 October 2009

Captain Mikhail Antonov aged 47 appeared at Grimsby Crown Court today charged with an offence under the Railways & Transport Safety Act 2003.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging employers to ensure their workers are protected when working at height after a man fell from the first floor of a building he was working on, suffering life-threatening...

 19-25 OCTOBER 2009

Roadworks information for Highways Agency roads in South Lancashire, Merseyside, Gtr Manchester and Cheshire – 7 days beginning Monday, 19 October 2009.

Roadworks information for Highways Agency roads in Cumbria and North Lancashire – 7 days beginning Monday 19 October 2009

A research project has found that far from what is perceived as a tense stand-off, many small businesses actively seek positive partnerships with regulators from their local authorities.

Commitment to other key projects confirmed.

The UK’s digital infrastructure is set to be boosted by the roll-out of next generation wireless broadband services and enhanced 3G coverage to as much as 90% of the country. 

Percy the Smokefree Penguin visited Barrow to encourage smokers to quit after it was revealed that 18 people in the town/city are killed every week by smoking.

348-09 The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that four foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during September 2009 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.

The Presbyterian Mutual Society Working Group met yesterday to review progress on finding a solution to help Presbyterian Mutual Society Members. The Working Group Chair Liam Byrne, Chief Secretary to the Treasury...

Rail passengers on the Severn Beach line are now benefitting from more frequent trains, better timed services and transformed stations and Transport Minister Chris Mole saw the success for himself today during...

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Minister for Sport Gerry Sutcliffe has today announced a start date of 14 December 2009 for UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), the UK’s first stand-alone anti-doping body.

Chris Pond has today announced that he is stepping down from his role as Chair of Capacitybuilders, due to an increase in the time commitment required by his role as Director of Financial Capability at the Financial...

Percy the Smokefree Penguin visited Workington to encourage smokers to quit after it was revealed that 18 people in Cumbria are killed every week by smoking.

A Department for Business Spokesperson said: "If management and union wish to use Acas, and think it would be helpful, that is for them to decide. But there is no substitute for negotiating modernisation that...

A new mountain area weather forecast for the Yorkshire Dales will provide hill walkers with clearer information to help keep them safer, while making the most of the spectacular countryside.

Over the past three years, the UK has provided around £4m to finance a mass malaria bed net distribution campaign - delivering over 6.1 million bed nets to people in Southern Sudan. The project is set...

YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER ROADWORKS UPDATE

238/09 The Secretary of State for Environment, Hilary Benn, and the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Miliband, today announced that Professor Anne Johnson and Professor Tim Palmer will take...

Investiture programme for Tuesday, 20th October 2009

The Highways Agency is planning to resurface a short section of the A40, north of Monmouth, near the turn to Symonds Yat, to improve safety for motorists.

On motorways and dual carraigeways HGV are overtaking with very little...

Since 9/11 Muslim extremist groups have disproportionately taken over the...

Bankers, other city "types", BBC stars etc, they all use CGT to decrease...

Regularly, throughout England and Wales, patients have their operations...

If students are required to pay the full adult price at 16 for cinema...

a simple step but one that would make a huge difference a no brainer

Newtown(Powys) is situated more than 30 miles from the Royal Shrewsbury...

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Increase the Personal...

With relevance to age related costs on activities, transport or services...

This petition is to introduce a card similar to the oyster card for people...

Why are honeybee colonies collapsing? One hypothesis is that bees...

This is a petition to have a new piece of legislation that will help to...

I would like the goverment to take action in helping to fight the batlle of...

put in significant resources to win or get out afghanistan or anywhere

Vandalism of memorials to our war dead is on the increase. Whether to steal...

In the UK, owners of leasehold flats usually pay a monthly/annual charge to...

supermarkets currently sell produce at increased rates per kilo for a...

I believe the child support agency needs more power to investigate the...

Heart 96.6 wants to see an end to the shambolic situation regarding the...

Having got into debt in the first instance to get through University, the...

To make the necessary changes in the law to ban the spreading of raw sewage...

to make all private landlords accountable for the behaviour of their...

The new pension increase is an insult to people who have worked all their...

Our national postal service has become increasingly expensive, complicated...

This government has craftily slid the Prison Service together with the...

Privatise the Post office, and put it in the hands of someone that can...

Over the last 5 years I have had to have the police involved in my life...

Don t blame the schools; get to the source. Parents are responsible to equip...

Legislation currently enacted compels local authorities to chose between an...

Darcy, Essex County Fire and Rescue Service s search and rescue dog, will...

We the undersigned petition The Prime Minister to change DWP rules regarding...

I think that it is about time that Social Services, Police etc take into...

More & More we read or see of incidents where our troops or their families...

I live abroad and have on some occasions been to A&E.I do not pay UK tax and...

Many tenants in the UK are not leaving the landlord's property despite...

I do not want the unnecessary deaths of our troops in a war which we will...

In a years time, the department for transport will decide if 'naked skanners...

The Bethnal Green Weightlifting Club is being threatened with closure by...

Given that the "Government" assets that the Prime Minister has announced...

After seeing first hand a nurse on Facebook while she was on duty while...

Schools must implement new rules; all reoffending bullies must complete an...

It is unfair to ask sufferers to pay for their medication which in many...

It is very difficult to move council home from one council to another, the...

Hundreds, perhaps thousands of animals in the UK each year are being...

For years Vauxhalls has played a major role in the lives of workers and...

The number of long-term jobless youth is at a 15-year high. Nearly 400,...

Air traffic is increasing and with it noise pollution, visual pollution and...

Firstly remove all traffic lights then as a suggestion, all drivers should...

To remove these new xray near naked body scanners from airports they are a...

Former Home Secretaries are usually elevated to the House of Lords. We, the...

Commuters, businesses and residents in the capital will benefit after the Government approved tough new powers to tackle London’s problem road works, Transport Minister Sadiq Khan announced today.

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Our response to CLG's 'Local Economic Assessments: Draft statutory guidance'.

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Our response to IDeA & PAS (Planning Advisory Service)  draft guidance on 'Preparing a local economic assessment'.

This consultation started on 31st July 2009 and ends on 23rd October 2009.

We were unable to obtain a summary of this consultation. For more details, visit its website.

The following documents relating...