Crime-cutting jobs plan sees hundreds of firms join hiring drive
Over 300 businesses join efforts to plug labour shortfalls and grow the economy New job matchmaking tool to be rolled out across prisons in England and Wales Employment to help ex-offenders turn backs on crime and reduce reoffending Over 300 top British businesses have signed up to the Government’s recruitment initiative in the last 12 […]
David Kogan OBE confirmed as Independent Football Regulator Chair and Non-Executives appointed
David Kogan OBE David Kogan OBE has held senior positions in the television and sports industries during a 45 year career as a media executive, business leader and corporate advisor. He negotiated a succession of multi-billion pound TV rights deals on behalf of major sporting bodies, including the Premier League and the English Football League. […]
Report warns of widespread drought in 2026 without a wet winter
England will experience worse levels of drought next year if this winter is drier than normal, the Environment Agency has warned. The environmental regulator has today (Friday 14 November) released its Drought Prospects Report, examining the wet weather needed through the winter to ensure the country’s current low water levels recover by spring 2026. Despite […]
NRS Dounreay’s Fallon is apprentice of the year at ECITB awards
NRS Dounreay’s Fallon Campbell has been named apprentice of the year at the Engineering Construction Industry Training and Development Awards. Source link
UK National Statement for the Special Session on Sudan
National Statement for the Special Session on Sudan. Delivered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington, Minister for International Development and Africa. Source link
New satellite to monitor sea-level rise from space
Sentinel-6B is the latest satellite in the Copernicus programme; the European Commission’s world-leading Earth observation initiative delivered in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA). It is one of a series of missions that date back to 1992, giving a reliable record of global sea-level rises over more than three decades. Sentinel-6B is scheduled for […]
Improving picture but further flooding impacts expected in England following Storm Claudia
The Environment Agency is warning that while weather conditions are now more settled, ongoing river flooding impacts remain likely following Storm Claudia. The Met Office’s rain and wind warnings have now expired, and today is expected to be more settled. However, the recent heavy rainfall associated with Storm Claudia has led to widespread disruption, and […]
Qatar call for bids: Gulf Strategy Fund, 2025 to 2026
British Embassy Doha, in collaboration with the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), the AI Committee of the Qatar Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), and Qatar Research, Development and Innovation Council (QRDI), is pleased to invite proposals to promote collaboration between the UK and Qatar in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), with […]
Review of public order and hate crime legislation
Lord Macdonald of River Glaven KC has been appointed to lead an independent review of laws on public order and hate crime. Following the terrorist attack in Manchester on 2 October, the Home Secretary announced an independent review of existing public order and hate crime legislation. This resulted from concerns around community tensions and the […]
UK Introductory Statement for the UN HRC Special Session on Sudan
Thank you, Mr President. I deliver this statement on behalf of the Sudan Core Group consisting of Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom. We requested this Special Session because the scale and severity of the crisis in Sudan can no longer be met with silence. The situation in El Fasher is the […]