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The Highways Agency will be carrying out essential maintenance and improvement works on the A303 near Mere in Wiltshire, requiring the road to be closed for five weeks, starting on Monday 15 February.

A new payment scheme for hill farmers who protect and look after

England’s iconic uplands was launched by Environment Minister Huw Irranca-Davies in the Peak District today.

England’s iconic uplands was...

Issued by COI News & PR East on behalf of NHS East of England. Basildon has been chosen to stage one of a series of events aimed at getting children and young families in the town to Change4Life by getting...

Issued by COI News & PR East on behalf of NHS East of England.  Great Yarmouth has been chosen to stage the first in a series of events aimed at getting children and young families in the town to Change4Life...

Issued by COI News & PR East on behalf of NHS East of England.

Harlow has been chosen to stage one of a series of events aimed at getting children and young families in the town to Change4Life by getting...

Issued by COI News & PR East on behalf of NHS East of England. King's Lynn has been chosen to stage one of a series of events aimed at getting children and young families in the town to Change4Life by getting...

Issued by COI News & PR East on behalf of NHS East of England. Luton has been chosen to stage one of a series of events aimed at getting children and young families in the town to Change4Life by getting...

A waste disposal company has been charged with breaching health and safety legislation after a member of the public was killed at the Civic Amenity Site in Newbury.

Issued by the COI News & PR East on behalf of NHS East of England. Peterborough has been chosen to stage one of a series of events aimed at getting children and young families in the town to Change4Life ...

A new payment scheme for hill farmers who protect and look after England’s iconic uplands was launched by Environment Minister Huw Irranca-Davies in the Peak District today.

A North East engineering firm is on track to secure a string of new overseas orders with the help of UK Trade & Investment’s “Gateway to Global Growth” initiative

A Stockport shot blasting company has been fined after a worker was scarred for life when his legs were set on fire.

A Surrey woodworking company has been given a conditional discharge after a worker was seriously injured by large falling MDF boards.

Minister for Health, Mike O'Brien said:

The Soteria Consortium has been chosen to provide a harmonised Search and Rescue Helicopter (SAR-H) service for the UK well into the 21st Century - the Ministry of Defence and the Department for Transport announced...

Young people in Sandwell will be able to take advantage of free sport and leisure activities over the half-term week thanks to funds from the Government’s Positive Activities for Young People (PAYP) initiative...

Responding to the Science for All Expert Group, Science and Innovation Minister Lord Drayson said:

At  the NAPF Corporate Governance Seminar, Cheapside, London EC2, Tuesday 09 February 2010

The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games remain on time and within budget, data published today by the Government and Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) confirms.

New figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show the extent to which slip, trip and fall accidents at work affect business.

 

Slips and trips are the most common cause of major workplace...

HRH The Duchess of Gloucester and Veterans minister Kevan Jones launched the Families Activity Breaks (FAB) scheme today at the Ministry of Defence, together with sponsors, families and activity break volunteers...

The Highways Agency is installing new message signs on the A1 and A19 which are capable of displaying text and picture messages. The new signs, called MS4s, will give drivers the latest information about the ...

For Suffolk business, Skyline-IFE Ltd the door to greater international success is about to open; or rather the gate is as it signs up for the Gateway to Global Growth programme from UK Trade & Investment...

Women's employment strategy launched

Communities Secretary John Denham today issued a rallying call for an army of community champions to challenge anti-social behaviour in their neighbourhoods.

A Borders minister is urging farmers in his parish and throughout Scotland to come home safely from their fields as he lends his support to the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) ‘Make the Promise’ campaign.

Booklets on how to get help to tackle the problem are sent to households across Trafford, Cheshire West and Chester, East Cheshire, Stockport, Warrington, Wigan, Burnley and Pendle.

Burnley-based Moorhouse’s Brewery looks set to quadruple its overseas sales after it took advice on how best to tackle the New York market.

Communities Secretary John Denham today issued a rallying call for an army of community champions to challenge anti-social behaviour in their neighbourhoods.

The Highways Agency will be carrying out work overnight this weekend to install new overhead gantries, signs and signals as part of the expansion of the Managed Motorway scheme on the M6.

The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:

Booklets on how to get help to tackle the problem are sent to households across Trafford, Cheshire West and Chester, East Cheshire, Stockport, Warrington, Wigan, Burnley and Pendle.

9 February 2010 The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Ben Bradshaw): I would like to set out the Government’s plans for product placement on television.   

Harriet Harman, Minister for Women and Equality, will today host an unprecedented meeting of women Ambassadors to agree how to work together to improve women's lives, and to work to support the establishment ...

26/02 A consultation on how to implement new European rules on pesticides was launched today, and seeks people’s views on how to ensure the continued sustainable use of pesticides.

Birmingham’s musical youths will be hoping to ‘shine’ bright thanks to a new project in the city funded by the Government’s Youth Sector Development Fund.

is enough being done to protect people in our local area. this petetion will...

With the impending administration of Snowsport GB the British Ski and...

I am petitioning to have 'Out of hours' doctors services taken away from...

life on the rail network may be more efficient both in terms of cost and...

Breastfeeding rates in the UK are appallingly low with only 20% of babies...

i wish you to ban MPs from accepting jobs in industries they have had...

We wish to ensure that nicotine containing products (electronic cigarettes)...

We Petition the Prime Minister to make Contraceptives free for everyone....

When applying for an exemption to the DDA section 1 for permission to keep a...

... to save the best farmland of the United Kingdom for food growing. The...

Ready meals are very common place in our supermarkets these days and most of...

local councils are charging (cemetery permission fees) this is on top of...

The last two members of a large London-based gang have been jailed for their part in a fraud that laundered over £24 million of cash received from organised crime gangs. Some of the money seized was...

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Paper for the 21st meeting of the Commission for Rural Communities, 28 January 2009.

Housing Minister John Healey has today backed the country’s biggest ever green home building programme, with four areas sharing £60 million cash - including North West Bicester in Oxfordshire - to build...

The last two members of a large London-based gang have been jailed for their part in a fraud that laundered over £24 million of cash received from organised crime gangs. Some of the money seized was...

Housing Minister John Healey has today backed the country’s biggest ever green home building programme, with four areas - including Whitehill-Bordon in Hampshire - sharing £60 million cash to build ...

An unregistered gas fitter from Reading has been fined a total of £3,500 after pleading guilty to four health and safety offences at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court today.

This consultation started on 7th January 2010 and ends on 1st April 2010.

The consultation is aimed at seeking feedback on a number of specific questions regarding the proposed Next Generation Fund, including...

This consultation started on 1st December 2009, but we couldn't automatically determine when it ends. Check its website for more information.

We were unable to obtain a summary of this consultation. For more...

This consultation started on 1st December 2009, but we couldn't automatically determine when it ends. Check its website for more information.

On 1 December 2009 Margaret Hodge launched a two month consultation...

This consultation started on 25th November 2009 and ends on 23rd February 2010.

A consultation document containing proposals for regulations and guidance made under the Personal Care At Home Bill has been...

This consultation started on 28th November 2009, but we couldn't automatically determine when it ends. Check its website for more information.

We were unable to obtain a summary of this consultation. For more...

This story is embargoed until 09 Feb 2010 - 00:01 Higher Education Minister David Lammy commenting on the Association of Graduate Recruiters, graduate recruitment survey said;

A new TV advertising campaign that shows how rewarding a career in social care can be and urges individuals to consider this as a career option, kicks off this week.

The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Ann Abraham, today published ‘Fast and fair?’ a report on the UK Border Agency (the Agency).

New figures released today (9 February 2010) reveal that an estimated 900,270* adults in the South West still smoke