On 7 February the Russian Government passed into law an amendment which decriminalises domestic violence in Russia. It reduces ‘battery within the family’ from a criminal to an administrative offence, with weaker...
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said:
I congratulate Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on his election as President of the Federal Republic of Somalia. Somalia has made huge progress in its recovery from ...
Our customer services team will begin handling calls to the Exceptional and Complex Cases (ECC) team in the week beginning 13 February 2017.
The number for the customer services team is 0300 200 2020.
The government has today set out initial plans to update temporary measures in place to reduce the risk of avian flu in England, after the current Prevention Zone expires on 28 February 2017.
Based on...
Help Direct UK Limited was a call centre-based business in Swansea, generating and selling marketing leads. The company entered creditor’s voluntary liquidation on 7 December 2015 owing its creditors an estimated...
A hen harrier has been lost in Upper Swaledale.
Mick, a young male, fledged in Northumberland last summer. He was fitted with a satellite tag in July by a hen harrier expert from Natural England. His ...
An improved approach to the conservation of great crested newts is to be rolled out across England.
The new approach has been piloted in partnership with Woking Borough Council in Surrey. It has focused...
A new executive agency of the Ministry of Justice, called Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, will replace the National Offender Management Service from 1 April 2017.
The Service will be responsible...
Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) to replace National Offender Management Service (NOMS) new service will be responsible for rolling out government’s reform programme to reduce reoffending ...
Our customer services team will be handling calls made to the Exceptional and Complex Cases (ECC) team from 13 February 2017.
The number for the customer services team is 0300 200 2020.
Calls ...
The AAIB is looking for Inspectors of Air Accidents (Operations). Aircraft accident investigation has never been more demanding and the AAIB remains one of the leading Air Safety Investigating Authorities in ...
Updated: Text amended to clarify the penalty is for unfitness as a company director and not a bankruptcy restriction. Mr Hinchliffe has not been made bankrupt.
Mr Hinchliffe, 49, of Harrogate and Wakefield...
During January, there were five new detention of foreign flagged vessels in a UK port. Four vessels remained under detention from previous months. A total of six vessels remain under detention at the end of January...
Nearly a quarter of all calls to our customer services helpline were about means assessments in January 2017.
Many of the questions asked could have been answered more quickly by referring to CCMS training...
The review will consider the success of automatic enrolment to date, and explore ways that the ground-breaking policy can be further developed. Three themes will be considered as part of this:
coverage...
MHRA investigation results in guilty pleas for supplying unlicensed, and potentially dangerous, medicinal products.
Gediminas and Vytautas Staskevicius appeared in the Oxford Crown Court charged with ...
Construction work on the Newhaven flood alleviation scheme started on 3 January 2017, after 2 years of development including consultation with the local community. After a competitive tendering process, the Environment...
Thanks everybody for coming today, and thank you to Dr Nick Cullinan, Director of the National Portrait Gallery for hosting and opening up early especially for us.
I hope that everybody here heard very...
The United Nations has today (8th February) launched an appeal for US$2.1 billion to provide life-saving assistance to 12 million people in Yemen in 2017.
International Development Secretary Priti Patel...
Two new fish passes on a Northumberland stream are giving salmon and sea trout easier access to 22km of watercourse.
The work by the Environment Agency and Northumberland Rivers Trust at South Low, in...
Updated: Updated story with latest warning.
Latest updateCold weather returns prompting PHE to warn people to look out for those most at-risk.
Over the past few weeks repeated cold spells have...
On 18th January 2017 at Perth Sherif Court, Mr Murray McGregor plead guilty to importing an unauthorised veterinary medicinal product, possession of an unauthorised veterinary medicinal product and that he did...
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A new number of 0121 232 5500 must be used from 27 February 2017 when calling the National Crime Team(NCT) and the Criminal Applications Team(CAT).
NCT will also only have a new single email – see below...
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has approved the development stage and initial funding of £3.8million for the 5 year “Bats in Churches” partnership project, bringing together wildlife and heritage conservation...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) stepped in after the UEA made significant changes to the content of a course – by introducing compulsory modules thus limiting students’ choice of optional modules – ...
The Homes and Communities Agency has today (8 February 2017) launched a statutory consultation to clarify and strengthen one of its consumer standards. The regulator is also publishing information to help providers...
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Alan Simpson, Esq, OBE, DL, MA(Oxon), DUniv, MICE, as Lord-Lieutenant for Stirling and Falkirk to succeed Mrs Marjory McLachlan, who retires on 15 February 2017.
Biographical...
The Secretary of State, Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, has today announced the reappointment of David Seymour CB as the Independent Reviewer of the exercised powers under the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland...
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MAIB’s report on the investigation of the collision between the pure car carrier City of Rotterdam and the ro-ro freight ferry Primula Seaways on the River Humber, UK on 3 December 2015 is now published.
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MAIB’s report on the investigation of the collision between the pure car carrier City of Rotterdam and the ro-ro freight ferry Primula Seaways on the River Humber, UK on 3 December 2015 is now published.
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