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23 December 2009

Learning and skills council chief executive to lead new skills agency
seen at 17:56, 23 December in Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority News - national (Our copy).

Learning and Skills Council Chief Executive Geoff Russell has today been appointed as the first Chief Executive of the new Skills Funding Agency.

Benn: let's stop feeding our festive leftovers to landfill
seen at 17:56, 23 December in Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority News - national (Our copy).

Dunfermline building society compensation scheme: appointment of the independent valuer
seen at 16:08, 23 December in Consumer Council for Water News - national (Our copy).

Following a competitive process, on 22 December 2009, an independent Appointment Panel appointed Ian Burns, head of Smith & Williamson’s transaction services and valuations practices, as independent valuer...

Benn: let’s stop feeding our festive leftovers to landfill
seen at 16:06, 23 December in NDS2 News - national (Our copy).

Oxford City Council to get funding

Benn: let’s stop feeding our festive leftovers to landfill
seen at 16:06, 23 December in NDS2 News - national (Our copy).

Lambeth and Islington Councils to get funding

Expert’s top tips for a new year quit attempt
seen at 16:02, 23 December in Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority News - national (Our copy).

Stop smoking experts from the NHS in the West Midlands are giving their top tips to the thousands of people planning a New Year quit attempt.

Support for thalidomide survivors
seen at 16:02, 23 December in Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority News - national (Our copy).

Details of a £20m three-year pilot scheme to explore a more personalised way of meeting the health needs of Thalidomide survivors have been announced today by Health Minister Mike O’Brien.

Glasgow bus company fined by traffic commissioner for not running services to timetable
seen at 16:02, 23 December in Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority News - national (Our copy).

A Glasgow bus company has been fined £3,300 by the Traffic Commissioner for Scotland Ms Joan Aitken for failing to run their services to time.

Benn: let's stop feeding our christmas leftovers to landfill – new grants for somerset and west dorset
seen at 16:02, 23 December in Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority News - national (Our copy).

New research from Defra shows that 78% of people support having a separate food waste collection to enable recycling of food, and two thirds of households said they used their separate food waste collection. 

Learning and skills councill chief executive to lead new skills agency
seen at 16:02, 23 December in Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority News - national (Our copy).

Learning and Skills Council Chief Executive Geoff Russell has today been appointed as the first Chief Executive of the new Skills Funding Agency.

Stirling bus company fined by traffic commissioner for not running services to timetable
seen at 16:02, 23 December in Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority News - national (Our copy).

A Stirling bus company has been fined £1,100 by the Traffic Commissioner for Scotland Ms Joan Aitken for failing to run their services to time.

Benn: let's stop feeding our festive leftovers to landfill
seen at 16:02, 23 December in Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority News - national (Our copy).

New research from Defra shows that 78% of people support having a separate food waste collection to enable recycling of food, and two thirds of households said they used their separate food waste collection.  

Traffic commissioner suspends licence of borders bus operator for having defective vehicles
seen at 16:02, 23 December in Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority News - national (Our copy).

A  Borders bus company has had its licence suspended by the Traffic Commissioner for Scotland after a public Inquiry heard of serious defects to buses used on school runs.

South birmingham stop smoking worker leads major national smoking campaign
seen at 13:11, 23 December in Rural Payments Agency News - national (Our copy).

Carol Carter from Halesowen has been at the forefront of a major campaign - spreading the word in a series of radio and newspaper interviews across the UK promoting Smokefree United – part of the NHS Stop Smoking...

Coastguards assist paramedics in icy conditions in dorset
seen at 12:17, 23 December in NDS2 News - national (Our copy).

Portland Coastguard Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre were requested by the South West Ambulance Service this morning to render assistance to their paramedics utilising the Coastguard Rescue Teams 4x4 vehicles...

Coastguards assist paramedics in icy conditions in dorset
seen at 12:14, 23 December in Government Equalities Office News - national (Our copy).

Portland Coastguard Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre were requested by  the South West Ambulance Service this morning to render assistance to their paramedics utilising the Coastguard Rescue Teams 4x4 vehicles...

Personal skills accounts on course for next autumn, reports find
seen at 12:14, 23 December in Government Equalities Office News - national (Our copy).

Trials of a scheme to improve access to information about training courses, and show learners how much Government funding is available to them are so far proving to be successful, a report out today has found...

Two new members of civil nuclear police authority appointed
seen at 12:14, 23 December in Government Equalities Office News - national (Our copy).

Energy and Climate Change Minister Lord Hunt today announced the appointment of Stephen Barrett and Robert Wright as members of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority.

Uk submits response to european commission green paper on reform of the common fisheries policy
seen at 12:11, 23 December in Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority News - national (Our copy).

The UK Government has today submitted its official response to the European Commission’s green paper on reforming the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).

£13m seized from crooks pumped back into the fight against crime
seen at 12:11, 23 December in Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority News - national (Our copy).

Millions of pounds of criminal cash is being given back to help the fight against crime, Home Office Minister Alan Campbell announced today.

Healey: £300m to revive communities and create jobs
seen at 11:05, 23 December in Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority News - national (Our copy).

Housing Minister John Healey today announced that communities across the North and Midlands will share £311m next year to boost work already underway to transform homes and regenerate communities.

New quit kit helps smokers give up for good in 2010
seen at 11:05, 23 December in Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority News - national (Our copy).

An innovative free Quit Kit which gives smokers the right tools to successfully stop smoking is launched today as new research shows that almost half of smokers (44%) in England have resolved to quit this New...

Tackling shoddy building work – putting more power in people’s hands
seen at 11:05, 23 December in Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority News - national (Our copy).

New measures to help people get fairer treatment when building work goes wrong were published today as part of a consultation on boosting the professional standards for builders and tradesmen in approved competent...

A close shave: last chance to save painting of sheep-shearers from leaving the uk
seen at 11:05, 23 December in Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority News - national (Our copy).

Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge, has placed a temporary export bar on a painting by Samuel Palmer, The Shearers.  This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the painting in the United Kingdom...

'...take immediate action to stop local councils signing up to long contracts for new incinerators that would emit thousands of tonnes of additional C02 every year.' -- Ms Frankie Dolan
seen at 06:15, 23 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Many county councils are currently heading down the route of building large...
'...Absorb the M6 Toll road into the normal motorway network.' -- Mr Harry Harrison
seen at 06:15, 23 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
The M6 Toll road was introduced as the "Birmingham Northern Relief Road"....
'...Revoke the formal state visit given to the Pope Benedict XVI' -- Robert J Brown
seen at 06:15, 23 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
The Catholic Church in the USA said that "it will be unable to continue the...
'...Save HMS ROEBUCK' -- Richard Copley
seen at 06:15, 23 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
HMS ROEBUCK is one of the Armed Forces units currently being considered for...
'...introduce a study into basic UK politics for children in school years 10 and 11' -- Sam Knight
seen at 06:15, 23 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
We request pupils in years 10 and 11 to be given some lessons in politics in...
Record number of londoners successfully complete apprenticeships
seen at 06:03, 23 December in Association Of Chief Police Officers News - national (Our copy).

A record 143,400 people, including 8,600 people in London, completed an apprenticeship in the 2008/09 academic year, according to data on vocational qualifications released today by the Department for Business...

Get ready to splash! new-look swimming pools to be completed in first three months of 2010 in london
seen at 06:03, 23 December in Association Of Chief Police Officers News - national (Our copy).

Swimmers at public pools across England will enjoy brand-new and revamped facilities in 2010 – thanks to a new wave of investment from the Government’s £140m free swimming initiative that has so far...

River basin management plans published
seen at 06:03, 23 December in Association Of Chief Police Officers News - national (Our copy).

Defra, the Environment Agency and Welsh Assembly Government today published River Basin Management Plans (RBMP) for ten river basin districts in England and Wales.  The plans set out how good water status will...

Thanks for these comments. Certainly the CRC...
seen at 02:14, 23 December in Commission for Rural Communities (Our copy).

Thanks for these comments.

Certainly the CRC wants to be an important part of the improvement agenda for the parish sector. And we work with others, notably the National Association of Local Councils...

Get ready to splash! new-look swimming pools to be completed in first three months of 2010 in the south-east
seen at 01:18, 23 December in National Audit Office News - national (Our copy).

Swimmers at public pools across England will enjoy brand-new and revamped facilities in 2010 – thanks to a new wave of investment from the Government’s £140m free swimming initiative that has so far...

River basin management plans published
seen at 01:18, 23 December in National Audit Office News - national (Our copy).

Defra, the Environment Agency and Welsh Assembly Government today published River Basin Management Plans (RBMP) for ten river basin districts in England and Wales.  The plans set out how good water status will...

Banned - gbl and other 'legal highs'
seen at 00:18, 23 December in Government Equalities Office News - national (Our copy).

A range of former so called ‘legal highs’ including GBL, BZP and man-made chemicals sprayed on herbal smoking products such as ‘Spice’ are now illegal, Home Secretary Alan Johnson announced today.

Healey: £300m to revive communities and create jobs
seen at 00:18, 23 December in Government Equalities Office News - national (Our copy).

STRICTLY EMBARGOED NOT FOR BROADCAST OR PUBLICATION UNTIL 0001 WEDNESDAY 23 DECEMBER Housing Minister John Healey today announced that communities across the North and Midlands will share £311m next...