Poor broadband provision, quarrying and retaining access to services are just three issues that have been highlighted by Yorkshire Dales National Park residents as part of a public consultation.
Today the Government issued its Mid-Term Review, taking stock of progress made in implementing the Coalition agreement signed in May 2010.
The review reflects on the Government’s progress in building...
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The latest statistics on affordable housing starts and completions funded by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and the Greater London Authority (GLA) were released on Friday 16 November 2012.
The...
Local residents and businesses are invited to have their say on whether a Peak District village should create a neighbourhood plan.
A West Midlands logistics company has been fined £300,000 after one of its drivers was killed by a runaway lorry in Northamptonshire.
An unregistered gas fitter has appeared in court in Swindon for carrying out unsafe work on a boiler leaving a householder at risk.
Today the Government issued its Mid-Term Review, taking stock of progress made in implementing the Coalition agreement signed in May 2010.
The review reflects on the Government’s progress in building...
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Additional ‘Notes and definitions’ are given below.
Table 1300: Number of outstanding mortgages, arrears and repossessions, United Kingdom, from 1969MS ...
The draft statistics plan describes the Department for Communities and Local Government’s proposals for collecting and publishing official statistics over the period April 2011 to March 2012.
We are seeking...
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The Moor than meets the eye Project takes its next step forward with an open public meeting being held at the King George V Sports and Community Centre in Moretonhampstead during the evening of Friday 25 January...
Now in its seventh year, Who Do You Think You Are? Live returns to London's Olympia between 22 and 24 February 2013. This is the UK's leading family history event offering genealogical experts, informative...
Discovery, our new catalogue, will be unavailable on Sunday 13 January. This is due to essential maintenance work being carried out to upgrade the service. You can search and download digital records using Discovery...
Hugh Robertson, Minister for Sport and Tourism, has confirmed the reappointment of David Kenworthy as Chair of UK Anti-Doping.
Statement on joint working with the CQC and HFEA
A hotel chain has claimed it was unable to serve burgers anything other than well done because of Health and Safety Laws.
The enquirer has heard from two different people organising school fêtes that they are looking for polystyrene packing pieces for their school lucky dips as apparently they are not allowed to use shredded paper...
The Pensions Advisory Service has published an article in the Mail on Sunday explaining how to maximise retirement savings.
We all hope to stop work one day and enjoy retirement. A good pension...
This release provides estimates of businesses' expenditure and employment relating to R&D performed in the UK in 2011, irrespective of the residence of the ultimate owner/user of the R&D produced. Estimates in cash...
Services Producer Price Indices for Quarter 3 2012
Presents information about the lower end of the earnings distribution and estimates for the number of jobs paid below the national minimum wage. The estimates are based on data from the Annual Survey of Hours and...
The Department for Transport has awarded Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) funding in 3 streams. Tranche 1 and key component projects were awarded in July 2011. This was followed by 2 funding announcements...
These documents were produced to support the Local Sustainable Transport Fund application process. They were published and made available to all project teams.
Reports research findings on the government’s proposal for adults aged 24 and above, who study for qualifications at level 3 and above, to make greater contributions to the costs of their learning.
The...
Research published today by The Pensions Regulator indicates that large defined contribution (DC) schemes are more likely to display the quality features necessary for good outcomes for retirement savers than smaller...
The Pensions Regulator has published a report detailing its actions that enabled the restructuring of the UK Coal group.
Today the Government will issue its Mid-Term Review, taking stock of progress made in implementing the Coalition agreement signed in May 2010.
The review reflects on the Government’s progress in...
This document is a supplement to the ‘Port marine safety code’. It contains more detailed guidance on issues relevant to harbour authorities. It is designed to provide general guidance and examples of how a harbour...
The report and accounts of the General Lighthouse Fund (GLF) are prepared pursuant to Section 211(5) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the 2011/12 Government...
NERC is saddened by the death of a highly respected scientist and colleague.
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has today agreed that the Crown Prosecution Service will conduct a comprehensive assessment of all material in the possession of the Metropolitan Police Service...
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has established a specialist Appeals Unit that will take on new cases in the appeal courts, including all work involving the Criminal Cases Review Commission and Unduly Lenient...
Five men have now been charged with stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation, in the first prosecution of its kind since legislation came into force in March 2010.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has authorised charges of conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments and also conspiracy to cheat against Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif, Salman Butt and Mazhar Majeed.
Individuals who retract truthful allegations of rape or domestic violence out of fear are less likely to be prosecuted under proposed new guidance for prosecutors on the offence of perverting the course of justice...
Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings has today become the first company to be convicted of the new offence of corporate manslaughter.
Rajib Karim, a software engineer for British Airways (BA), was found guilty today at Woolwich Crown Court of involvement in preparing a "chilling plan" to blow up a passenger plane.
Three Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service managers will face charges of manslaughter by gross negligence for the deaths of four firefighters in a warehouse in Atherstone-on-Stour in 2007, the Crown Prosecution ...
Prosecutors are 'still in the foothills' when it comes to prosecuting disability hate crime, the DPP Keir Starmer QC said today (Wednesday ) in a speech to Sussex Law School's 'Issues in Criminal Justice’ series...
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided that the prosecution of three men for the killing of private detective Daniel Morgan in 1987 cannot continue.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has today authorised the UK Border Agency's London Immigration Crime Team to charge two Church of England clergy with conspiring to facilitate unlawful immigration.
Former MP Philip Woolas will not be prosecuted in relation to statements he made about an opponent during the 2010 General Election in Oldham East and Saddleworth.
Today, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Keir Starmer QC, and the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Richard Alderman, issued joint guidance for prosecutors on the Bribery Act 2010.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is today launching a new scheme for the delivery of prosecution services in court. All advocates undertaking prosecution work in the Crown Court (and Higher Courts) from October...
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided not to consent to a request from an individual to begin a prosecution of BT Group Plc and Phorm Inc in relation to alleged unlawful interception of internet browsing...
Women in England and Wales are still more at risk of crime in their own homes than anywhere else, the Director of Public Prosecutions said in a speech today entitled 'Domestic Violence: the facts, the issues, the...
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has written to the legal representatives of 20 protestors convicted of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass after a protest at Ratcliffe on Soar power station...
The Crown Prosecution Service is extending its service for bereaved families at court, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has announced.
"Rape and domestic violence victims should be confident in reporting abuse without fear of prosecution if they are later pressured into retracting the allegation, following the publication of new CPS guidance...
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has asked retired High Court judge Sir Christopher Rose to conduct the independent inquiry into issues arising out of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station protest...
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided that George Collier should be charged with gross negligence manslaughter in relation to the death of Meg Burgess on 26 July 2008 in Prestatyn, Wales.
The Crown Prosecution Service has decided that Munir Yakub Patel should be prosecuted under the Bribery Act 2010 in relation to allegations of misconduct during his employment at Redbridge Magistrates' Court, Ilford...
The Crown Prosecution Service has decided that it is no longer appropriate to continue the case against Rebecca Leighton, charged with criminal damage intending to endanger life following unexplained deaths at Stepping...
Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, today announced that Margaret Moran, former Member of Parliament for Luton South, has been summonsed to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on 19 September...
"The justification for the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is often cited as a tradition, an initiation into adulthood or a religious practice. It is in fact, a serious crime which carries a maximum...
A former magistrates' court administrative officer has today admitted taking a £500 bribe to "get rid" of a speeding charge. This is the first prosecution and conviction under the Bribery Act...
The Crown Prosecution Service is successfully prosecuting more cases than ever of offences of violence against women and girls.
The Crown Prosecution Service is successfully prosecuting more cases than ever of offences of violence against women and girls.
Ratcliffe-on-Soar report finds that CPS did not deliberately withhold information in prosecution case
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) triumphed at the global Learning Awards event, which was attended by nearly 500 people and attracted entries from 20 countries. The gala evening, held at the Marriott Hotel Grosvenor...
The anxious wait is over today for barristers and solicitors from around England and Wales who applied to join the new Crown Prosecution Service Advocate Panel.
A landmark case has today seen three men convicted of stirring up hatred against the gay community by distributing leaflets calling for the death of homosexuals.
The capital's Chief Crown Prosecutor is calling for a greater debate on ways in which society can challenge, combat and dispel the assumptions and myths associated with rape victims.
The CPS is prosecuting more hate crimes, more successfully and with more defendants pleading guilty than ever before.
The Crown Prosecution Service has recovered more than half a million pounds from Anne Darwin in connection with the insurance fraud over her husband’s faked death.
Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), has today issued Crown Prosecution Service prosecutors with new guidance on dealing with people who may have committed an offence during a protest or demonstration...
The Crown Prosecution Service's lead sports prosecutor is today (Wednesday) asking sports authorities to help stamp out racist chants from the sidelines. Nick Hawkins is also calling for education on the use of ...
The Crown Prosecution Service can reveal that a UK convicted terrorist has, for the first time, entered into an agreement with the CPS to give evidence in a trial against other alleged terrorists. Strict reporting...
Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), has today published interim guidelines on the approach prosecutors should take when assessing the public interest in cases affecting the media.
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has invited 29 individuals convicted following the Drax Power Station protest in 2008 to appeal against their convictions. This protest involved the former undercover...
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) to ensure consistent and thorough handling of cases involving undercover officers where there may be a criminal prosecution has been signed by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS...
Families of victims will be consulted on whether rape charges linked to murder should be prosecuted, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC has announced in guidance to prosecutors issued today.
A Northamptonshire man has been sentenced to two years in prison for a scam that led 75 local children to believe they would be dancing at the closing ceremony at the Olympic Games – described by CPS East Midlands...
Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, has today launched a consultation on a proposed new edition of the Code for Crown Prosecutors (the Code). The Code is the overarching document that all prosecutors...
Following a public consultation, Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), has today published final guidelines on the approach prosecutors should take when assessing the public interest in cases...
Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, has today launched a public consultation on guidance about the most serious driving offences, including death by careless or dangerous driving.
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has today published interim guidelines setting out the approach prosecutors should take in cases involving communications sent via social media.
The Director of Public Prosecutions has today published guidance that explains how charging decisions are made following crimes involving two or more participants in what is known as joint enterprise.
London Metropolitan University and the UK Border Agency have reached agreement (note 4) following an earlier judicial hearing at which the Court made clear its concern to protect the interests of those students ...
The Government has today announced £200 million additional funding for the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF) (note 1). This is on top of the £100 million announced in the Budget...
The task force established by the Universities Minister, David Willetts, held its final meeting yesterday.
The Nuffield Foundation, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) have launched a major new funding programme designed to promote a step-change...
An online service has been launched to help employers check graduates’ qualifications and recognised degree-awarding bodies.
HEFCE has launched a consultation on improving the Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC), an activity-based costing approach used by UK higher education institutions (HEIs).
HEFCE has published the outcomes of its consultation on the future direction of quality assurance in higher education (notes 1 and 2).
A report on postgraduate education by the Higher Education Commission was launched today.
Seven new university and business research partnerships in sectors including life sciences, energy efficiency and advanced manufacturing were announced today by David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science...
The projected performance for the higher education sector in England for the period to 2014-15 is sound overall, although this is heavily dependent on the sector achieving its student recruitment targets.
October marks the beginning of the academic year for many higher education institutions. In the past few weeks I have visited the Universities of Keele and Hertfordshire, and met with representatives of the University...
The third round of HEFCE’s Revolving Green Fund (RGF) is announced today, with £20 million (Note) available from 2013.
£80 million to develop research facilities across the UK will encourage collaboration and support excellent research.
HEFCE and the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) have today published correspondence with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), relating to the development of a national strategy for access and student...
Jisc, the body which provides innovative technology, resources, information and advice to support UK higher and further education (HE and FE) and skills, is now registered as an independent charity following a review...
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has announced a new member of the HEFCE Board.
In November, I was invited to speak to the European Association of Conservatoires’ Annual Congress in St Petersburg on the subject of regulation and the arts. Closer to home, I also met a number of vice-chancellors...
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is consulting on proposals to develop a new system for alternative providers of higher education.
The Higher Education Academy (HEA) has published four toolkits offering practical guidance to those working in higher education (HE) outreach and widening participation. The toolkits are web-based and are available...
HEFCE has launched a consultation that proposes to require each university and college to comply with a set of principles on research integrity if they are to remain eligible for funding to carry out research.
Individual bees and entire colonies are affected by exposure to a combination of pesticides, new research shows.
The NERC organisational and departmental success rates for 2011-12 are now available.
NERC Council are currently seeking applications from suitably qualified academics and experienced individuals from the industrial/commercial sector to fill a number of vacancies for part-time membership.
NERC Council will meet on 1 November 2012 to discuss the proposed merger of the British Antarctic Survey and the National Oceanography Centre, taking account of the outcome of the recent consultation.
NERC Council announces the outcome of its meeting on 1 November 2012 to consider the proposal to merge the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and National Oceanography Centre (NOC).
Farmers with land close to the River Fowey in Cornwall are getting a helping hand from South West Water to make improvements to their farms that in turn will help reduce pollutants seeping into the river.
A new practical guide to developing, implementing and evaluating citizen science projects to monitor the environment has been produced by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the Natural History Museum.
Environmental scientists scoop top prize for Climate Change and Natural Hazards categories.
This workshop in London on 20 February 2013 will help develop an industry-led collaborative research and knowledge translation programme to address key challenges surrounding sustainable agriculture.
A UK-led team of researchers has identified 15 issues that could affect the diversity of life on Earth in 2013.
NERC-funded scientists plan to decode the ash tree's entire genetic sequence in the hope of stopping Britain's trees from being completely devastated by the Chalara ash dieback fungal disease.
NERC is looking for a new BAS director; full details are available on the BAS Director website.
In the early hours of Christmas Day Professor Martin Siegert of the Subglacial Lake Ellsworth experiment confirmed that the mission to drill into the lake has been called off for this season.
In response to the findings of a review of NERC aircraft capability, the NERC executive has decided to create an integrated fleet of aircraft for NERC research, survey and polar logistics, combining the airborne...
NERC is saddened by the death of a highly respected scientist and colleague.
The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) is delighted to announce that Professor Les Ebdon will take up his position as Director of Fair Access to Higher Education on 1 September 2012. Professor Ebdon, who is currently...
Expanding the evidence base around fair access and retention is one of the key challenges faced by the Office for Fair Access (OFFA).
The need for greater analysis and research is one of the key themes...
The latest annual monitoring report by the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) published today (Wednesday 4 July 2012) shows that in 2010-11 English universities and colleges invested significantly more in outreach...
The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) today announced its decisions on access agreements submitted by universities that wish to charge tuition fees of more than £6,000 a year in the academic year 2013-14...
The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) responded today to the first report from the Independent Commission on Fees, which assessed the impact of the increase in higher education tuition fee caps on application...
This guidance note clarifies our approach to:
 inflationary increases to fees for continuing students below the fee cap for 2013-14 fees for Erasmus/study year abroad and sandwich placement years. If...
The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) welcomed Alan Milburn’s report on access to higher education, University Challenge: How Higher Education Can Advance Social Mobility, published today.
Professor Les Ebdon...
The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) welcomes the report Tracking the Decision-Making of High Achieving Higher Education Applicants, published today by the Sutton Trust and Department for Business, Innovation...
The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) have today published correspondence with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) relating...
The Office for Fair Access today welcomed the news from UCAS that more 18-year-olds from disadvantaged backgrounds are going to university [note 1]. Professor Les Ebdon, Director of Fair Access to Higher Education...
An update on NASA's CURIOSITY mission, how space data can be applied to bring about medical advances and an opening address from The Duke of York who highlighted the £9 billion annual contribution the ...
STFC is saddened to learn that Sir Patrick Moore has died this afternoon.
UK physicists are among the recipients of two $3M special prizes awarded by the Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation.
STFC today announced the winners of its 2012 Photowalk competition, which showcases some of the UK's leading-edge science and world-class technical facilities.
A two and a half ton instrument that can look back billions of years, simultaneously pinpointing 24 galaxies and uncovering intricate detail about each of them, has made its first observations in Chile.
The Science and Technology Facilities Council showcased its work to transfer space technology into successful non-space industrial applications at the European Space Solutions Conference in London last week.
Television broadcaster and acclaimed science communicator Maggie Philbin has received the 2012 WISE Women of Outstanding Achievement Award for Communication and Outreach, sponsored and presented by STFC.
UK astronomers from the University of Edinburgh have used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to reveal six new galaxies and fresh details about a seventh previously discovered galaxy that could make it the most...
The Science and Technology Facilities Council congratulates its Chairman, Professor Michael Sterling, who has this week been officially knighted by the Prince of Wales.
A fantastic week for UK physics has culminated with the latest research findings from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN showing that the CMS and ATLAS experiments are now reporting that the significance of...
On the morning of 17 December 2012 CERN teams completed the first Large Hadron Collider (LHC) proton run. This remarkable first three-year run of the world's most powerful particle accelerator was crowned by a new...
Businesses and research organisations in sectors from engineering to healthcare can discover how high performance computing (HPC) can enhance the innovation of their products and services at the Hartree Centre's...
STFC congratulates Peter Higgs and Richard Holdaway at New Year Honours 2013
The UK flag was lowered at Gemini's Hawaii observatory on the last day of 2012 in a small ceremony marking the end of the UK membership.
To celebrate the work of science journalists and their importance in promoting contemporary scientific ideas and discoveries, today sees the launch of a new prize for physics journalism.
Growing Food in Schools
Prince's Trust Comedy Gala
Visit to 1st Battalion Welsh Guards
Antarctic Winter Crossing Expedition 2012
Battersea Dogs & Cats Home
Decorating the Christmas Tree
Accounting for Sustainability Forum
West Glamorgan and Carmarthenshire
Bethnal Green and Peckham
The Prince records a message for troops
The Prince visits his Savile Row tailor
The Prince visits his Savile Row tailor
From 2004 to 2012, the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation was the Government’s lead regeneration agency for east London, with responsibility to realise its economic potential.
After 6 full years of operation, LTGDC had put in place the programmes, partnerships, projects and sites to deliver new homes, more jobs and to secure significant private sector investment
Since its creation in 2005 ensuring that east London achieved its economic potential benefiting new and existing communities has been LTGDC’s over-riding aim.
An inquiry into a vital Compulsory Purchase Order for the largest site in the Northampton Enterprise Zone will start on 13 November.
Led by West Northamptonshire Development Corporation, the CPO has been...
An Inquiry by the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee, has called for a new approach to apprenticeships, following evidence from a Northamptonshire based scheme.
Construction Futures has developed...
It’s around this time of year that my wife starts talking about Christmas shopping and festive family arrangements. Call me a scrooge, but it can be a period that I don’t particularly look forward to!
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A prominent site in the Northampton Enterprise Zone has been purchased by WNDC. The brownfield land, which has been derelict for over five years, will be part of a major office development known as St Peter’...
A landmark deal has been agreed that could see the University of Northampton move to a new £330m campus in Northampton Town Centre.
Located in the Northampton Enterprise Zone, the Avon Nunn Mills...
As the old maxim goes, sometimes the right thing to do is the hardest. It’s something I often remind myself when I read reports about the health of the UK’s property market.
In December boards will be going up around the former fishmarket in readiness for work to start on site, as another Northampton Alive project is set to revitalise even more of the town.
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A recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers has caught my eye. It claims that London and Toronto have the best public transport systems of the world’s most important cities.
For anyone who has braved...
I think it’s fair to say that 2012 will be etched in the national memory for generations to come. After all, it was the year of the Olympics, the Diamond Jubilee, and the resurgent sense of pride in a country...
Towner Director leaves for new job at firstsite
Connect10 competition gives venues the chance to host 10 leading artists
£3.5 million lottery transformation for York Art Gallery
The Space highlights: unmissable digital arts and culture from London 2012 Festival
Manet and Britten works among treasures worth more than £29 million saved for the nation in 2011/12
View all the UK’s oil paintings on the Your Paintings website
We highlight the top stories of 2012’s remarkable year of arts and culture
Elemental Force
Join the flock with Shaun the Sheep and Eden Arts
Watch behind the scenes of the Royal Opera House live online
The Gambling Commission has warned owners of clubs, pubs and hotels that hosting poker as private gaming is not possible without excluding public access. The advice comes in the light of recent cases where people...
Keeping local authorities up to speed on what constitutes an illegal gaming machine at IoL.
The Gambling Commission has revoked more than 250 personal licences in cases where personal licence holders who have held their licences for over five years have failed to pay the maintenance fee.
The Gambling Commission is continuing to provide support and expertise to Haringey Borough Council in a multi agency operation to remove illegal and unlicensed gambling machines from the borough.
Feedback from the Gambling Commission's website visitors is helping to drive forward improvements to www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk
The government has today published draft legislation to amend the Gambling Act 2005 in respect of remote gambling.
The Gambling Commission publishes a fortnightly newsletter (e-bulletin) containing latest news, notifications of approaching consultation deadlines; and publication announcements.
The Gambling Commission has published the industry statistics for the year covering 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012.
A club premises certificate has been withdrawn from a Reigate social club following a local authority investigation into alleged illegal poker completed with the support and expertise of the Gambling Commission.
The Gambling Commission publishes a fortnightly newsletter (e-bulletin) containing latest news, notifications of approaching consultation deadlines; and publication announcements.
A Department for Culture, Media and Sport consultation on whether to change the minimum amount of proceeds that a society lottery has to return to good causes will be launched in the New Year.
Following the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Autumn Statement, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced that PLR’s funding will be reduced by 1% in 2013-14 and by 2% in 2014-15.