The second of 3 machines which are set to safely remove waste out of the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo has successfully been assembled. Last month, another silo emptying machine was fully built inside the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo, with the final piece of equipment - the main control cubicle - being lifted into the silo and fixed into position.
Nine of the most promising artificial intelligence healthcare technologies to receive nearly £16 million in government funding to accelerate research. Nine of the most promising artificial intelligence healthcare technologies to receive nearly £16 million in government funding to accelerate research.
Deputy First Minister John Swinney has announced he is leaving the Scottish Government after nearly 16 years. He will stand down as Deputy First Minister once a new First Minister is appointed later this month and return to the backbenches.
BT, EE, O2, Plusnet, Shell, Sky, TalkTalk, Three, Virgin Media and Vodafone may be increasing their broadband prices by up to 17% in April 2023. The policy for most providers whereby prices will go up each Spring by the CPI rate of inflation, plus its own extra 3.9%.
Road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart has revealed the true extent of aggression on Britain's roads between motorists and cyclists. Of over 2,000 drivers surveyed, the majority of respondents claimed that both aggressive motorists (78 per cent) and aggressive cyclists (65 per cent) are a threat to their personal safety.
Launched in 1998 and now in its 25th year, the Scottish Business Monitor is one of Scotland's preeminent trackers of business sentiment and activity. The quarterly monitor is published weeks in advance of national statistics, allowing the temperature of the economy to be taken closer to real-time.
IAM RoadSmart, the UK's largest road safety charity, welcomes the Home Secretary’s decision to include road policing for the first time in the Strategic Policing Requirements (SPR), published earlier this week. This high-level document from the Home Office now recognises the importance of road policing and it means all police forces will be required to give it greater attention, both nationally and regionally.
Ambitious new plans for stepping up the government's fight against fraud have been unveiled today, as the Public Sector Fraud Authority unveil their new strategy for the Counter Fraud Profession. Ambitious new plans for stepping up the government's fight against fraud have been unveiled on Thursday 2 March 2023.
Scotland's NHS has become the first national health service in the United Kingdom to stop using an anaesthetic which has a high global warming potential. Desflurane, used as an anaesthetic during surgery, has a global warming potential 2,500 times greater than carbon dioxide.
The Environment Secretary calls for countries to join together to halt and reverse the loss of nature and protect at least 30% of the world's ocean by 2030. Countries around the globe must join together, raise ambition and act faster to protect and restore nature on both land and sea, Environment Secretary Therèse Coffey has said on World Wildlife Day (3 March 2023).
Fishers on the 440 under-10m vessels subject to an annual quota cap will not face the limitation for the remainder of 2023 following a decision by Defra and Marine Management Organisation (MMO). These vessels will now be able to fish up to the monthly limits in the same way as all other under-10m vessels that have their quota managed by the MMO.
The Department for Education (DfE) has announced a change to the pre-2012 income contingent (ICR) student loans interest rate. Pre-2012 income contingent (ICR) student loans ("Plan 1 loans") have an interest rate of either RPI (from the March prior to the September when the new interest rates are implemented) or the Bank Base Rate + 1%, whichever is the lower (this is known as the “low interest cap”).
Currently, private UK eBay sellers are charged 12.8% commission on every sale. However, eBay in Germany has just scrapped its charges entirely for private sellers.
Government announces a third year of support to help Hong Kongers settle into life in the UK. Organisations invited to bid for £2.6 million funding to deliver projects across the UK to help BN(O)s Government's Hong Kong BN(O) Welcome Programme renewed for third year Continued funding for On Your Side, the hate crime reporting and support service for BN(O)s and all other East and South East Asian communities The government today (1 March 2023) announced a further year of funding for its Hong Kong BN(O) Welcome Programme for 2023 to 2024, to support Hong Kongers coming to live in the UK under the BN(O) visa.
Software used in fusion energy research could help energy grid resilience. Synchronised control systems can potentially prevent system failures and blackouts.
Guidance setting out private rented sector landlords' responsibilities for ensuring their property meets updated standards has been published. From 1 March 2024, all private rented properties will be required to have central heating, a kitchen with adequate space and facilities to prepare and store food, and common areas that are safe to use and properly maintained.
Government announces £14 million in funding to help households move to low carbon heating. Over £9.7 million awarded to make heat pumps cheaper and easier to install as government accelerates rollout.
Out-of-touch public sector leaders fethering nests of the highest paid at expense of frontline workers, says GMB Scotland GMB Scotland has described COSLA's removal of the £60,000 cap for the 2022/23 settlement as a ‘shameful act'. Keir Greenaway, GMB Scotland Senior Organiser for Public Services, said, "COSLA's decision is a shameful act by Scotland's out-of-touch public sector leaders to feather the nests of the highest paid at the expense of the frontline workers struggling through the cost-of-living crisis to deliver local public services savaged by cuts.
Alister Jack says PM's pledge to halve inflation, reduce debt and grow the economy is vital in the face of global challenges. Figures for Scotland's onshore GDP in December 2022 and for the final quarter of 2022 have been published today.
NHS Highland is launching a new digital pre-operative assessment pathway to help ensure the feasibility of every planned operation going ahead. The new system, Synopsis, will be used as part of NHS Highland's National Treatment Centre, set to open in Inverness in April.
