The Department of Health (DH) and Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) are seeking two agencies to manage the creative and communications planning activity for new campaigns to help reduce teenage pregnancy; improve sexual health in young people; and raise awareness of the range of contraceptive choices available.

On Monday 6 July 2009, at 11am at Comely Bank Cemetery in Edinburgh, former machine gunner Alf Tubb will unveil a headstone in memory of Reginald Earnshaw, his friend and former shipmate who was one of the youngest service casualties of the Second World War.   Records show Reginald Earnshaw was aged “about 15” when he died aboard the SS North Devon, but it’s believed he may have lied about his age in order to serve his country, perhaps being as young as just 14. 

The Government today begins a consultation on how employment tribunals can pass on details about whistleblowing cases to appropriate regulators.

The Department for Transport has appointed Dai Powell as the new Chair of the Disabled Persons’ Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC).

There’s so much information out there about climate change that it is hard to know what to believe. It can get a bit confusing but it doesn’t have to be like that.

The Met Office is giving a clear guide to the facts about climate change and what can be expected in the future at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show next week. We will also dispel doubts by talking about the fiction.

Young entrepreneurs will today join Regional Business Minister, Rosie Winterton and stars from the world of football and rugby at the Hull KC stadium to launch the Hull Enterprise Academy.

The public body for better local regulation, LBRO, could help councils get new powers to secure compensation for consumers, following today’s publication of the Government’s Consumer White paper

The Business Secretary Lord Mandelson is going to GM’s van-making plant in Luton today where he is meeting the unions as well as Vauxhall workers.

Yarmouth Coastguard has coordinated the evacuation of a 57 year old male passenger from the Ventura, a large cruise liner from the middle of the North Sea after he was taken seriously ill.

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Two contracts, together worth £231M, have been awarded to General Dynamics UK to upgrade the UK Armed Forces’ Bowman military communications system, the Ministry of Defence announced today.

The first of the Royal Air Force’s £450 million fleet of 28 new Advanced Jet Trainers (AJT), the Hawk T Mk2, have arrived at RAF Valley in Anglesey, allowing pilots to train on an aircraft with systems closely compatible with the latest front line jets. 

Defra’s Chief Veterinary Officer Nigel Gibbens is urging pet owners to remain vigilant this summer as temperatures soared throughout Britain this week.

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson today condemned planned strike action by postal workers over Royal Mail modernisation plans.

The operation to lift the remaining section of the MSC Napoli was successfully completed yesterday afternoon. Cutting has now commenced and will now continue in accordance with the agreed salvage plan.

Professor Michael Sterling, until recently Vice Chancellor of Birmingham University, has been selected as the preferred candidate to become Chair of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).

Cracking down on persistent rogue traders and a ban on unsolicited credit card cheques are at the forefront of measures announced in the Government’s Consumer White Paper today.

“A Better Deal for Consumers - Delivering Real Help Now and Change for the Future” sets out action to promote responsible borrowing and lending and provides a longer term framework to enhance and enforce consumer rights in the wider economy and a changing world.

The Central Office of Information (COI) has radically overhauled its framework (roster) of market research agencies.
A total of 108 agencies from across the UK secured a place on one or more of the five lots. 50% of these are new to the framework.

COI’s Research team thoroughly evaluated applications from 260 agencies and assessed almost 900 case studies during the review. The successful agencies were selected on the basis of their expertise in one or more of the following specialisms:

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has selected DLKW to develop new creative work for an awareness raising employment rights campaign, to run over the next two years.

After a deployment lasting five years on operations in Afghanistan, the Joint Force Harrier’s last remaining squadron returned home today, Wednesday 1 July, to their base at RAF Cottesmore in Rutland. Personnel from 1(Fighter) Squadron returned to base to be greeted by their families, friends, the Minister of State for the Armed Forces, the Rt Hon Bill Rammell MP, and senior officers from the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy.

A major multi-partner European research project aiming to tackle the problems posed by seafarer fatigue has been launched with a two-day inaugural meeting at Warsash, in the UK.

The Government has proposed a new law to protect people who experience discrimination because of a combination of two characteristics, such as Black, and minority ethnic women or religious men.

Her Majesty The Queen will honour the memory of thousands of Service Personnel who have given their lives for this country by giving Her name to a new form of recognition for military families, it was announced today.

Fleet Street will be in for a major shock this week – a government minister is getting up on his soapbox to defend the press.

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From today, visitors to the UK from South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland will only be able to travel with a visa.

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Families and individuals currently receiving tax credits are being reminded that they need to renew their claims by 31 July – otherwise their payments could stop.