Historic editions of the world’s oldest English language daily newspaper still in circulation are to be digitised by the UK Government, delivering on commitments made in the Safeguarding the Union command paper. The News Letter, first published in September 1737, will this year mark its 288th anniversary as the oldest continuously published English language daily paper. To strengthen understanding of Northern Ireland’s cultural traditions around the world, the Northern Ireland Office is working in partnership with the British Library and FindMyPast to expand the online collection of the historic publication in the British Newspaper Archive. Building on previous preservation and…
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The Prime Minister will intensify his efforts in pursuit of a just and lasting peace in Ukraine by convening international leaders at a summit in London today. The Prime Minister has this weekend reiterated his unwavering support for Ukraine and is determined to find a way forward that brings an end to Russia’s illegal war and guarantees Ukraine a lasting peace based on sovereignty and security. The summit rounds off a week of intense diplomacy for the Prime Minister, which has seen him raise UK defence spending and travel to Washington D.C. for productive talks with President Trump in support of…
The £2.26 billion loan will bolster Ukrainian military capability, and will be paid back using profits generated on sanctioned Russian sovereign assets. Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko will sign the formal loan agreement today (Saturday 1 March), with the first tranche of funding expected to reach Ukraine later next week. The loan demonstrates the UK’s commitment to Ukrainian defence. A strong Ukraine is vital to UK national security – the first duty of any government and central to the Plan for Change. Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Ukraine’s Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko will today (Saturday 1 March)…
For the first time as Welsh Secretary, I’m delighted to be able to wish everyone across Wales a happy St David’s Day. Following the election last July, we promised to deliver change and that is what we have begun to do. We pledged safer streets, green energy and, above all, new jobs and economic growth for people across Wales. Underpinning all of this was the promise of a transformed relationship between the UK and Welsh Governments – a partnership that delivers for the people of Wales. And we have begun the work to deliver on our guiding missions in every…
The agreement sets out a strategy for global collaboration on raising finance from all sources A finalised Monitoring Framework will allow the international community to increase transparency on the global effort to address the nature crisis The extended session of COP16 in Rome ended today (Friday 28 February), after participants landed on a significant new agreement to address the global nature crisis. The deal will see global collaboration on raising finance for biodiversity, and details of the monitoring framework of the Global Biodiversity Framework targets finalised to accelerate nature recovery. An agreement on resource mobilisation creates a clear strategy for…
Biggest doctor’s union backs new government deal with GPs to fix the front door of the NHS and bring back the family doctor Slashing red tape and cutting box ticking targets will free up GPs and take the first steps to end the 8am scramble for appointments Reforms will be backed by increased funding to reverse years of under investment in General Practice Agreement with the BMA on the GP contract for the first time in four years is a reset of relations after recent collective action that has blighted the health service For the first time in four years,…
Good morning. Thank you very much for coming, and on a personal note thank you to the Greater Manchester Authority for hosting us. It is very good to be back in Manchester. I spent four happy and formative years here as a student, half a century ago. Manchester was a lively, energetic, and forward-looking place, and that has not changed. I have come back to visit in various roles and whenever I have, I am struck by how much the city has changed, how much it has regenerated itself and how much it has developed and grown in every sense…
The public, environment groups, investors and others are invited to share their views from today (27 February) on future changes to the water sector. How customer bills are set, environmental regulation, the financial resilience of water companies and how to attract long-term investment in the sector are among the areas where the Commission is seeking views. The wide-ranging Call for Evidence is open for views from all interested parties until 23 April. The Independent Water Commission will make its final recommendations to both UK and Welsh Governments this summer. Sir Jon Cunliffe, Chair of the Independent Water Commission and Former…
The two-year project has used drone technology combined with Artificial Intelligence (AI) to monitor seal populations and their pups off the coast of Norfolk. In December 2024, a team of specialists from Natural England launched a drone over the beach at Winterton-on-Sea in Norfolk. Instance segmentation (a type of AI), was then used to automatically detect individual seals from the drone imagery and distinguish between adult seals and whitecoat pups, even when grouped closely together. The survey identified over 8,500 seals along an 8 kilometre stretch of shoreline, in comparison to a volunteer-led ground count which recorded more than 6,200…
The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has today (Tuesday 25 February) published initial findings, proposing that anti-dumping and countervailing measures on organic coated steel (OCS) imported from China be maintained for an additional five years, until May 4, 2029. In its Statements of Essential Facts (SEF), the TRA found that dumping and subsidisation would likely recur if the measures were removed, potentially causing injury to UK industry. The measures have been largely effective, usually keeping Chinese imports below 1,000 tonnes annually since 2013. Tata Steel UK (TSUK) is the sole producer of OCS in the UK, manufacturing it at the Shotton facility…