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The Highways Agency will be carrying out essential maintenance and improvement works on the A303 near Mere in Wiltshire, requiring the road to be closed for five weeks, starting on Monday 15 February.

Show is over for ticket tout Terry

Responding to the Science for All Expert Group, Science and Innovation Minister Lord Drayson said:

Young people in Sandwell will be able to take advantage of free sport and leisure activities over the half-term week thanks to funds from the Government’s Positive Activities for Young People (PAYP) initiative.

The Soteria Consortium has been chosen to provide a harmonised Search and Rescue Helicopter (SAR-H) service for the UK well into the 21st Century - the Ministry of Defence and the Department for Transport announced today.

Minister for Health, Mike O'Brien said:

A Surrey woodworking company has been given a conditional discharge after a worker was seriously injured by large falling MDF boards.

A Stockport shot blasting company has been fined after a worker was scarred for life when his legs were set on fire.

A North East engineering firm is on track to secure a string of new overseas orders with the help of UK Trade & Investment’s “Gateway to Global Growth” initiative

A new payment scheme for hill farmers who protect and look after England’s iconic uplands was launched by Environment Minister Huw Irranca-Davies in the Peak District today.

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Peterborough has been chosen to stage one of a series of events aimed at getting children and young families in the town to Change4Life by getting fitter and healthier in 2010.

A waste disposal company has been charged with breaching health and safety legislation after a member of the public was killed at the Civic Amenity Site in Newbury.

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Luton has been chosen to stage one of a series of events aimed at getting children and young families in the town to Change4Life by getting fitter and healthier in 2010.

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King's Lynn has been chosen to stage one of a series of events aimed at getting children and young families in the town to Change4Life by getting fitter and healthier in 2010.

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Harlow has been chosen to stage one of a series of events aimed at getting children and young families in the town to Change4Life by getting fitter and healthier in 2010.

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Great Yarmouth has been chosen to stage the first in a series of events aimed at getting children and young families in the town to Change4Life by getting fitter and healthier in 2010.

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Basildon has been chosen to stage one of a series of events aimed at getting children and young families in the town to Change4Life by getting fitter and healthier in 2010.

New figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show the extent to which slip, trip and fall accidents at work affect business.

Slips and trips are the most common cause of major workplace injury in Britain. Two fatalities were reported in the East of England last year - one of them in Cambridge - as well as 1,250 major injuries to workers. 2,650 workers had to take more three days off work after slipping, tripping or falling at work.

The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games remain on time and within budget, data published today by the Government and Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) confirms.

At  the NAPF Corporate Governance Seminar,
Cheapside, London EC2, Tuesday 09 February 2010

A Borders minister is urging farmers in his parish and throughout Scotland to come home safely from their fields as he lends his support to the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) ‘Make the Promise’ campaign.

Communities Secretary John Denham today issued a rallying call for an army of community champions to challenge anti-social behaviour in their neighbourhoods.

Women's employment strategy launched

For Suffolk business, Skyline-IFE Ltd the door to greater international success is about to open; or rather the gate is as it signs up for the Gateway to Global Growth programme from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). Already active in the world market with its in-flight entertainment service it is now looking to take that business to a new level.

The Highways Agency is installing new message signs on the A1 and A19 which are capable of displaying text and picture messages. The new signs, called MS4s, will give drivers the latest information about the road conditions ahead.

HRH The Duchess of Gloucester and Veterans minister Kevan Jones launched the Families Activity Breaks (FAB) scheme today at the Ministry of Defence, together with sponsors, families and activity break volunteers. The FAB scheme aims to send 100 bereaved Armed Forces families on activity holidays across the UK this summer, in collaboration with the Youth Hostel Association of England and Wales.

Birmingham’s musical youths will be hoping to ‘shine’ bright thanks to a new project in the city funded by the Government’s Youth Sector Development Fund.

26/02 A consultation on how to implement new European rules on pesticides was launched today, and seeks people’s views on how to ensure the continued sustainable use of pesticides.

Harriet Harman, Minister for Women and Equality, will today host an unprecedented meeting of women Ambassadors to agree how to work together to improve women's lives, and to work to support the establishment of a new UN agency for women.

9 February 2010

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Ben Bradshaw): I would like to set out the Government’s plans for product placement on television.   

Booklets on how to get help to tackle the problem are sent to households across Trafford, Cheshire West and Chester, East Cheshire, Stockport, Warrington, Wigan, Burnley and Pendle.

The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:

The Highways Agency will be carrying out work overnight this weekend to install new overhead gantries, signs and signals as part of the expansion of the Managed Motorway scheme on the M6.

Communities Secretary John Denham today issued a rallying call for an army of community champions to challenge anti-social behaviour in their neighbourhoods.

Burnley-based Moorhouse’s Brewery looks set to quadruple its overseas sales after it took advice on how best to tackle the New York market.

Higher Education Minister David Lammy commenting on the Association of Graduate Recruiters, graduate recruitment survey said;

New figures released today (9 February 2010) reveal that an estimated 900,270* adults in the South West still smoke

The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Ann Abraham, today published ‘Fast and fair?’ a report on the UK Border Agency (the Agency).

A new TV advertising campaign that shows how rewarding a career in social care can be and urges individuals to consider this as a career option, kicks off this week.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) today launched a six week public consultation on proposals for new legislation to regulate ship-to-ship transfers (STS) and bunkering operations of oil in UK waters.