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UK provides essential humanitarian supplies to civilians in Lebanon as the situation deteriorates

The UK is sending £5m to Lebanon to support humanitarian response efforts, where the United Nations [UNICEF] will distribute supplies to those in need...

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 21:51

Guidance: Small Modular Reactors: technology selection process

Progress of GBN's Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology selection process...

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 21:44

NICE Board says “New method allowing greater weight to be given to severe diseases is working”

At its meeting today (25 September 2024) NICE’s Board concluded the new severity modifier is working as intended and is allowing more medicines for severe, often life-long conditions to be recommended on the NHS...

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 16:20

Zombie-style knives banned

From this week, zombie-style knives and machetes are now illegal to possess or sell as part of new measures introduced to halve knife crime in a decade...

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 15:34

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales: A new partnership to transform our railways - Sep 24

Ken Skates (Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales): Dirprwy Lywydd, two Labour Governments working in partnership, in Wales and in Westminster, is already making a difference...

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 15:24

Northern Ireland: Murphy launches new Digital Skills Action Plan

Economy Minister Conor Murphy has launched a Digital Skills Action Plan for 2024-34...

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 15:18

Mentorship scheme boosts language GCSE take up in Wales

A Welsh Government funded scheme to encourage take up of international language GCSEs has seen a rise of over 40% in mentored learners choosing to take a language such as French, German or Spanish...

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 15:15

UCU response to Bridget Phillipson speech

Responding to Bridget Phillipson’s speech to Labour conference, UCU general secretary Jo Grady said...

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 15:13

Northern Ireland: Domestic and Sexual Abuse Strategy launched

Creating a society where domestic and sexual abuse are not tolerated is a key aim of a new strategy which has been unveiled today...

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 14:18

Train drivers resoundingly vote for Scotrail pay offer

The Train Drivers’ union, ASLEF, has announced that drivers in Scotland have resoundingly voted to accept the recent pay deal put to them by ScotRail...

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 14:14