The PM has announced a series of measures to support Ukraine's science & technology and research sectors. Quadrupling of funding to ‘Researchers at Risk' scheme will help best and brightest Ukrainian scientists & other researchers to continue their work in the UK.
The Chief of the General Staff General Sir Patrick Sanders' speech at the RUSI Land Warfare Conference 2022. I stand here as the first Chief of the General Staff since 1941 to take up this position in the shadow of a major state on state land war in Europe.
A total of 95% of medical trainee posts for 2023 have been filled - the highest percentage at this stage in the recruitment process in the last five years. Of the 1,018 posts already advertised for next year's intake, 964 trainees have been placed across all specialities.
Wick caravan and camping site is situated near the Wick river and minutes from the town centre. Well placed on the North Coast 500 scenic route around the coast of the north of Scotland.
£10 million to accelerate hydrogen technology. New funding to drive innovation within the hydrogen sector and accelerate its production and storage has been launched.
In April 2021, Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL) became a subsidiary company of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Group. The Cavendish Dounreay Partnership ceased.
Outbreak continues to grow and cases remain primarily in gay, bisexual, or men who have sex with men (GBMSM), within interconnected sexual networks. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has published its second technical briefing on the ongoing monkeypox outbreak.
New body to strengthen and sustain the sector. Proposals for an independent Scottish Public Interest Journalism Institute have been welcomed by the Scottish Government.
Statement by Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States on the Establishment of the Partners in the Blue Pacific (PBP). A new initiative for more effective and efficient cooperation in support of Pacific Island priorities The Pacific Islands region is home to nearly a fifth of the Earth's surface and many of its most urgent challenges, from the climate crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic to growing pressure on the rules-based free and open international order.
From the food foundation tracker. On Wednesday, figures from the ONS revealed that overall inflation has increased even further to 9.1% in the 12 months to May 2022, reaching another 40 year high.
New exports of Russian gold will no longer be allowed to be enter the UK, Canada, US and Japan thanks to tough new measures to be announced at the G7 Summit. UK, US, Japan and Canada will lead G7 to ban import of Russian gold, the country's biggest non-energy export.
SIX YEARS ON, THERE'S NO PLAN TO DEAL WITH THE BREXIT DAMAGE. David Smith economist sets out here how things have been and are going wrong as he and others predicted once we left the EU.
Retail trade union Usdaw has a delegation of members, reps and officials attending the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) annual young workers' conference, taking place this weekend in Glasgow. Usdaw is highlighting the increasing automation in the workplace and the potential impact on jobs; alongside the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the mental health of young workers.
See the video. UK Deaths - 179,927 World Deaths - 6,349,701 For all countries see https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/.
The UK government is helping with the cost of living but some things are left out. There has not been any suggestion to help people in rural areas who heat their homes with oil.
The Government's retail figures for May make grim reading, with the amount of goods we bought falling by -0.5% even though the amount we spent actually rose by 0.6%. ParcelHero says it is no wonder as 93% of consumers complained the cost of their food shop increased during the month.
This is an interview on BBC Radio Kent yesterday morning on the cost of living crisis. See below for the link to the interview.
The RMT union leader Mick Lynch calmly stands up to the aggressive questioning from the media. He is totally unphased by the questions and makes the questioners look silly.
Retail trade union Usdaw has released results from their cost of living survey. They show that low-paid workers, many of them delivering essential services, are already struggling to make ends meet and fear further jumps in inflation.
Business operating in the short term letting market may think this is the worst time to add more cost to running what for many is a small business. The Highland Council has set in motion the plans required by the Scottish government to control who can an cannot operate in the region.
