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03 April 2017

News story: £290 million boost for clean energy in Britain
seen at 18:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

Renewable energy developers will compete for £290m worth of contracts to support the growth of clean energy in Britain, as the second Contracts for Difference auction launches today (3 April).

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News story: New penalties for breaching financial sanctions now in force
seen at 18:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

From today (3 April 2017), the Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) will start to use powers to impose penalties for serious financial sanctions breaches. These can be up to &pound...

News story: British troops continue support to UN South Sudan mission
seen at 18:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

Armed Forces Minister Mike Penning yesterday visited Bentiu and Malakal, where UK military personnel are deployed, and met those carrying out engineering tasks in support of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS...

Press release: Company owner jailed for 15 months
seen at 18:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

A waste criminal whose actions resulted in the closure of the M60, polluted a river and blighted communities has been disqualified from being a company director for 6 years and sentenced to 15 months in prison...

Press release: £2.4 billion funding boost for England's schools
seen at 18:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

Thousands of schools across England are to benefit from a &pound;2.4 billion cash injection, Education Secretary Justine Greening announced today (3 April 2017).

It comes as new government figures...

Government response: DFID in the News
seen at 18:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: 3 April - Geothermal Energy story response.

Geothermal energy in the Caribbean - Monday 3 April

Today The Daily Mail published an article on a UK supported geothermal energy programme in the Caribbean...

Press release: Innovative moveable weirs now in place
seen at 16:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

The first phase of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme has reached a major milestone as all three moveable weir gates have now been successfully put in place at Knostrop Weir on the River Aire.

Costing...

News story: HMRC launches a new way to report income and expenses online
seen at 16:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) ambition for most businesses to keep records digitally and send quarterly summary updates moves a step closer with the launch of the Making Tax Digital for Business (MTDfB) pilot...

News story: UK and US continue collaborative nuclear agreement
seen at 16:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

On March 8 2017, the 16th Standing Committee Meeting was held on the fringes of the annual Waste Management Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

The meeting included members of the US Department of Energy (...

Speech: Ulster Farmers' Union Annual Dinner Speech
seen at 16:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

I would like to begin by congratulating President Barcley Bell and guests for this celebration of all that is good with Northern Ireland food and farming.

And it is right that we take the time to...

News story: Now recruiting: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs members
seen at 16:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

The Home Office is seeking 11 new members with expertise across:

enforcement forensic chemistry neuropharmacology clinical psychology or general practice prison management offender management...
Press release: £40 million cash boost for the coast
seen at 14:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

Communities up and down the coast are set to benefit from a &pound;40 million cash boost, Sajid Javid announced today (3 April 2017).

Piers, promenades and coastal paths are some of over 30 exciting...

Speech: Nick Gibb: empowering teachers to deliver greater equity
seen at 14:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

It is an honour to open the International Summit on the Teaching Profession. This conference provides an excellent opportunity for politicians, unions and teacher representatives from the nations of the...

News story: Institute for Apprenticeships to ensure quality skills training
seen at 14:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

The new Institute for Apprenticeships will start its first official working day today (3 April 2017).

Independent from government, the institute, which is to be chaired by Antony Jenkins, has been...

News story: New water choice for English businesses
seen at 14:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

The world’s biggest competitive water market officially opened on April 1st, which for the first time gives more than 1.2 million businesses, charities and public sector bodies the chance to choose their water...

Press release: Secretary of State visits HMP Onley to meet staff and see reform in action
seen at 14:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

The Warwickshire-based establishment this week launched the Ricoh training centre at the prison, which will give offenders the opportunity to gain digital media qualifications and get a job with the firm on release...

News story: University of Edinburgh to become centre of excellence for cyber security research
seen at 14:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).
Scotland to get its first Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research Edinburgh joins Warwick amongst 14 centres announced across the UK Cabinet Office: Research centres will ensure we build...
News story: Entia: hand-held blood-testing lab for cancer care patients
seen at 14:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

Entia’s Affinity monitor at The Royal Marsden Hospital

A London-based healthtech start-up has developed a hand-held blood testing kit that can be used at home by chemotherapy patients to tailor...

Press release: New measures to unlock brownfield land for thousands of homes
seen at 14:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

Councils will have new tools to speed up development of derelict and underused land for new homes, Housing and Planning Minister Gavin Barwell confirmed today (3 April 2017).

Local authorities across ...

Press release: UK-wide Industrial Strategy engagement tour continued in Yorkshire
seen at 14:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).
Business Secretary Greg Clark and Ministers hosted 100 business leaders at an Industrial Strategy evening reception in Leeds. Lord Prior of Brampton opened a new Metals Discovery Centre in Rotherham, Margot...
Press release: FOREIGN FLAGGED SHIPS UNDER DETENTION IN THE UK DURING MARCH 2017
seen at 14:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

During March, there were four new detention of foreign flagged vessels in a UK port. Four vessels remained under detention from previous months. A total of four vessels remain under detention at the end of March...

News story: CMA appoints Senior Director for Case Decision Groups
seen at 14:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

In this role Philip will have overall responsibility for the operation of CDGs, which are the decision-makers, independent of the investigation team, on Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) cases under the...

Press release: Energy reforms come into force today
seen at 11:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).
energy suppliers to focus help on vulnerable households part of plan to improve energy efficiency of 1 million homes by 2020

Homes across Great Britain will get extra support to make their homes cheaper...

Press release: PM to visit Saudi Arabia and Jordan to 'deepen true strategic partnerships'
seen at 11:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

Tackling the terror threat and developing new capabilities to strike at the heart of Daesh are the centrepiece of a new joint initiative between the UK and Jordan, the Prime Minister will announce today.

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News story: Royal Fleet Auxiliary's new tanker arrives in UK for customisation work sustaining 300 jobs
seen at 11:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

The 39,000-tonne tanker, which can carry up to 19,000 cubic metres of fuel and 1,300 cubic metres of fresh water, will join the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, a civilian-manned fleet which provides support for warships...

Press release: Making sense of big data to improve the nation’s defence, security and prosperity
seen at 11:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has today announced the launch of the Data Science Challenge. The challenge is designed to bring the brightest minds in data science together to solve real...

News story: Clinical decision support in emergency care: apply for funding
seen at 11:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

Up to &pound;55,000 is available to develop innovative data analytics projects that will enable clinicians to make informed, safe and timely decisions.

Improved provision of critical data should enable...

Sir David Norgrove takes up office as Chair of the UK Statistics Authority
seen at 10:31, 3 April in UK Statistics Authority (Our copy).

Sir David Norgrove today takes up office as Chair of the UK Statistics Authority in succession to Sir Andrew Dilnot CBE whose term of office came to a conclusion on 31 March. Sir David has been appointed for ...

News story: Make in India, finance in the UK says the Chancellor
seen at 10:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

Britain’s position as a world-leading finance hub, India’s ambitious growth plans and the UK’s vision to build a Global Britain present an unbeatable combination for the 2 nations to take their relationship to...

Press release: £40 million cash boost for the coast
seen at 10:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

Communities up and down the coast are set to benefit from a &pound;40 million cash boost, Sajid Javid announced today (3 April 2017).

Piers, promenades and coastal paths are some of over 30 exciting...

News story: Inventory of radioactive wastes and materials in UK updated
seen at 10:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

The Inventory is part of an ongoing programme of research jointly conducted by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).

The Inventory...

Press release: Illegal waste site and exports uncovered
seen at 10:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

On Tuesday 28 March, following a two-day trial, magistrates found company director, Mark Paul Stone, and his company, Salhouse Norwich Ltd, guilty of allowing an illegal waste site to operate from a site it owned...

News story: Freight train derailment, East Somerset Junction
seen at 10:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

At around 17:50 hrs on Monday 20 March, six loaded wagons of an eastbound freight train became derailed as the train passed over East Somerset Junction, between Castle Cary and Frome, while travelling at about...

News story: Taxpayer’s stake in Lloyds now below 2%
seen at 09:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

The latest sales, conducted via the trading plan, mean the government has now recovered over &pound;20 billion of the &pound;20.3 billion taxpayers injected into Lloyds during the financial crisis...

Press release: New crackdown on child groomers comes into force
seen at 09:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).
New offence of sexual communication with a child introduced today (3 April 2017) Groomers face up to two years in prison and will be automatically placed on the sex offenders register NSPCC commends Justice...
News story: PM to visit Saudi Arabia and Jordan to 'deepen true strategic partnerships'.
seen at 09:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

Tackling the terror threat and developing new capabilities to strike at the heart of Daesh are the centrepiece of a new joint initiative between the UK and Jordan, the Prime Minister will announce today.

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News story: MAIB safety digest 1/2017 published
seen at 02:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

The latest collection of cases detailing analyses of accidents involving vessels from the merchant, fishing and recreational sectors is now available here.

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Press release: £40 million cash boost for the coast
seen at 02:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

Communities up and down the coast are set to benefit from a &pound;40 million cash boost, Sajid Javid announced today (3 April 2017).

Piers, promenades and coastal paths are some of over 30 exciting...

Press release: Justice Secretary launches HM Prison and Probation Service
seen at 02:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).
New frontline service tasked with reforming offenders launched by Justice Secretary Prison and probation staff to be given increased training and clear career progression HMPPS launch coincides with prison...
Press release: 28 day pre-charge bail limit comes into force
seen at 02:30, 3 April in News and communications (Our copy).

The government today brings an end to the injustice of people being left to languish on very lengthy periods of pre-charge bail, by introducing a limit of 28 days.

The limit is one of several measures...