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ST. NEOTS, UNITED KINGDOM, May 26, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Coatings Tech Limited has entered into a new contract with East Midlands Trains (EMT) to apply its new COTECH BioSafe protective coating, incorporating Microban® antimicrobial technology, to all of the 162 toilets throughout the entire EMT Class 222 fleet. EMT is the very first train operating company in the
Delivered by the The Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP Minister of State (Minister for Crime and Policing).
The United Kingdom welcomes the Thirty-First Regular Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
Transnational crime cannot be tackled without cross-border cooperation. We are united in our pursuit and promotion of fair criminal justice systems. It is essential that we maintain an open dialogue and continue working in close partnership on this issue. The Commission plays a vital role in helping foster that co-operation and collaboration, and the UK Government is, and will remain, a committed and active participant in these discussions.
Before I outline some of the UK’s key priorities in this space, I would like to comment briefly on the situation in Ukraine. First and foremost, we continue to stand
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's opening remarks at Cabinet this morning.
Good morning, everybody.
Thank you very much.
The crucial duty of our Government is to make our communities safer, which is what we are doing.
That’s why we put, of the 20,000 police that we promised at the 2019 election, we’ve already put 13,576 on the streets.
They are bringing down neighbourhood crime and that’s a great thing to see. But we’ve got more to do.
We want to make sure our streets are safer and we will round up those county lines drugs gangs with Project ADDER, taking the criminals off the streets, stopping the deaths of young people from knife crime and gun crime.
But what we’re also doing is making sure that we give everybody the confidence that
New ‘Think Before you Link’ App will help businesses and the public protect themselves from potential espionage .
Think Before you Link
An innovative app, allowing users of social media and professional networking sites, to better identify the hallmarks of fake profiles used by foreign spies and other malicious actors, and take steps to report and remove them, has been launched today.
In the last year, over 10,000 UK nationals from across society have been targeted on sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook. The use of fake profiles on social media and professional networking sites is occurring at scale. In the first half of last year alone, LinkedIn stopped 11.6m fake accounts at registration.
The new app is part of the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure’s
Biocontrol released to protect British waterways against invasive non-native plant
Credit: CABI
In a world-first, South American weevils have been released in England to fight against the invasive non-native species floating pennywort, as part of Invasive Species Week.
An ornamental pond plant originating from North America, floating pennywort has the ability to grow up to 20 centimetres each day, forming dense rafts over our rivers that harm native plant, fish and invertebrate species, through competition and cutting oxygen levels in water. Floating pennywort impedes navigation routes, disrupts recreational activities like fishing and canoeing and exacerbates flood risk.
Since 2011, the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), with Defra funding, has been investigating the potential use of a biocontrol agent for floating pennywort. Following a decade of safety and efficacy testing, South American weevils, Listronotus elongatus, have been released to manage the plant and minimise its
The UK has welcomed announcements by Sweden and Finland that they intend to apply for NATO membership.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said:
The UK strongly supports applications for NATO membership from Finland and Sweden. They should be integrated into the Alliance as soon as possible; their accession will strengthen the collective security of Europe.
We look forward to working with them as new NATO Allies and stand ready to offer them our every assistance during the accession process.
Our mutual security declarations signed with Sweden and Finland last week by the Prime Minister demonstrate our steadfast and unequivocal commitment to both countries during this process and beyond.
As part of the Combatting Illicit Economies Programme, the call for: Local Legal and Criminal Justice Policy Development Capacity in Support of Programming, is open for bids from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and Venezuela.
The Combatting Illicit Economies Programme (“CIEP”) is a programme funded through the UK’s Conflict Stability and Security Fund. It partners with countries in Latin America to tackle threats including serious organised crime (from drugs to money laundering to environmental crime), grand corruption and instability/conflict. It is currently scheduled to operate until March 2025.
The CIEP works with a series of State institutions across the region, particularly criminal justice and regulatory agencies. Programming supports development of new processes, protocols and – ultimately – capacity within these institutions to improve the regional response to organized crime and corruption.
As a complement to programming, we are seeking to fund a think-tank or civil society organization (‘CSO’) that is headquartered in Latin America and has a track record of delivering in at least one of Colombia, Peru, Ecuador or Panama that is focused upon improving institutional responses to organized crime in the region of Latin America.
The aim of this cooperation will be two-fold: firstly, to strengthen state responses in
Health and Social Care Secretary announces a new 10-year Plan to tackle dementia and boost funding into research to better understand neurodegenerative diseases
A new 10-Year Plan to tackle dementia will be published later this year, Health and
Show your support for the 4 shortlisted places before the winner is revealed
The 2025 UK City of Culture is soon to be revealed. The winning location will be selected from a shortlist of 4 UK places which includes Bradford, County Durham, Southampton and Wrexham County Borough.
Ahead of the winner being announced, we’ll be shining a spotlight on each of these places in turn through our social media channels on the following days:
You can also show your support and get involved in celebrating what you love about each of these places on these days through your social media channels by:
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The 2025 UK City of Culture competition follows the success of previous winning cities: Coventry 2021 which is live to the end of May 2022, Hull in 2017 and Derry-Londonderry in 2013.
It is the first treatment approved by the UK regulator that has been made possible through the Access Consortium ‘New Active Substance Work Sharing Initiative’.
Faricimab, a new medicine for people with the progressive eye diseases wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) and visual impairment due to diabetic macular oedema (DMO), has been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
It is the first treatment approved by the UK regulator that has been made possible through the Access Consortium ‘New Active Substance Work Sharing Initiative’ – a collaboration of regulatory authorities including the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Singapore,
Keynote speech by Lucy Frazer MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, at the 2022 Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5) summit.
A very good afternoon, everyone.
It’s brilliant to see so many of you here in London… together in person for the first time, I believe, since Sydney 2020.
I also want to extend a warm welcome to the Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement and their teams of experts. And to the many delegates from international industry partners and the Wolfsburg Group who are joining throughout the week.
On behalf of the UK government, let me say that we’re delighted to host this summit, and absolutely committed to our role as a founding member of the J5.
It’s a ground-breaking alliance, which is doing things in ways that haven’t been
Following the completion of Lebanon’s parliamentary elections, the British Embassy in Beirut issued a statement
British Embassy Beirut
The British Embassy in Beirut congratulates Lebanon for holding parliamentary elections on time and welcomes the participation of many Lebanese people in the democratic process despite challenging circumstances. We commend the security institutions for maintaining security and order on elections day. We also applaud polling station staff for their contribution to the electoral process and the Lebanese diplomats who arranged out of country voting, including in the UK.
We welcome the increase in the number of female candidates elected. The UK is a proud advocate of the importance of increased participation of women in political life, including through our collaboration with UN Women to build capacity for female candidates.
However, the UK shares concerns raised by the European Union’s Elections
It’s great to be here and really nice to see you all, as last year, we were all confined to being online and on the internet. And Steve Hartshorn, it’s a pleasure to meet you today properly as well for the first time.
And as ever, this is just a wonderful opportunity for me personally to say something to you all, to thank you for the incredible work that you do and the way in which you engage and work with us.
And I have to say, Steve, as well, you know I’m a Home Secretary that calls a spade a
UK Statement at ECOSOC operational activities for development segment
Madam President, Secretary-General,
The world is facing a critical juncture. We are significantly off track from achieving the SDGs. At a time when the world should be fully focused on recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and fighting climate change, almost every UN Member State is now suffering because of Russia’s war. At a time when 43 million people were already one-step away from famine, Russia is blocking the exit routes for Ukraine’s grain. Russia’s appetite for war is taking food off the world’s table and causing energy prices to spiral – hitting the world’s most vulnerable the hardest.
Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals is under serious threat.
Earlier this week the UK released its strategy for international development. It sets
As part of the Combatting Illicit Economies Programme, The Latin American Regional Investigative Journalism Project is open for bids from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and Venezuela.
The Combatting Illicit Economies Programme (“CIEP”) is a programme funded through the UK’s Conflict Stability and Security Fund. It partners with countries in Latin America to tackle threats including serious organised crime (from drugs to money laundering to environmental crime), grand corruption and instability/conflict.
Primarily, the CIEP does this through an illicit economies approach: tackling the corrupt and criminal networks operating transnationally and through a focus on the illicit finances that sustain them.
The CIEP seeks to maintain a constant understanding of illicit finance mechanisms, threats and modalities in region recognizing that those dynamics are constantly evolving. As part of this approach, we are seeking to partner with a suitable implementer to undertake a regional investigative journalism project over a 3 year period and
Latest updates on cases of monkeypox identified by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has detected 4 additional cases of monkeypox, 3 in London and one linked case in the north east of England.
The 4 new cases do not have known connections with the previous confirmed cases announced on 14 May and the case announced on 7 May.
Investigations are underway to establish links between the latest 4 cases, who all appear to have been infected in London. All 4 of these cases self-identify as gay, bisexual or other men who have sex with men (MSM).
Currently, common contacts have been identified for 2 of the 4 latest cases.
There is no link to travel to a country where monkeypox is endemic, and exactly where and how they acquired their infections remains under urgent investigation, including whether they have further links to each other.
Those patients needing medical care are all in specialist infectious disease units at
Sky today unveils three new titles for Sky Documentaries and a series each for Sky Crime, Sky Nature and Sky HISTORY. The six new commissions, which will also air on streaming service NOW, reaffirms Sky’s commitment to bringing customers world-class and unmissable factual content.
The newly commissioned titles for Sky Documentaries include The Assassination of Olof Palme, a thriller-esque four-part series set in Cold War Sweden about one of
The Welsh Government is stepping in to fund the expansion of the Communities for Work Plus (CfW+) employability programme following the UK Government’s failure to honour repeated promises Wales would not be a penny worse off following the UK departure from the EU.
Under the EU Structural and Investment Funds, the Welsh Government invested funds in
The big question is, just what brings the Doctor and Donna back together?
One of the most loved pairings in Doctor Who’s history have reunited and are filming scenes that are due to air in 2023 to coincide with the show’s 60th anniversary celebrations.
The Doctor and Donna parted ways when the Doctor had to wipe Donna's memory,
Eight players battle each other on the Tournament Run in a series of exciting tug-of-war quiz matches they attempt to knock their opponents out of the game and steal their cash
I'm thrilled to be hosting a second series of the 'The Tournament' for BBC Daytime. I can't wait to welcome players from all over the UK to join me on the Tournament Run, and to see who has what it takes to become champion in TV's ultimate knockout quiz.
— Alex Scott
Popular afternoon quiz show The Tournament will return to BBC One
Magic Light Pictures, the multi-Oscar nominated production company, is bringing Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s story of a love which overcomes divisions, The Smeds And The Smoos, to BBC One and BBC iPlayer for Christmas 2022.
The Smeds And The Smoos. Image Credit: J.Donaldson/ A.Sheffler. Licensed by Magic Light Pictures Ltd.
The all-star cast will see double Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins (The Shape Of Water) as
Fresh from headlining the world famous Coachella Festival, Harry Styles is the latest reader to settle the nation’s children with a CBeebies Bedtime Story.
Airing on Monday 23 May, Harry dons his pyjamas to read ‘In Every House, on Every Street’, written by Jess Hitchman and illustrated by Lili la Baleine. The story is a heartwarming celebration of homes and the different families that live in them.
Introducing the story, Harry says: “Tonight’s bedtime story is about a house full of
The latest Global Format Fund commission comes from Possessed and MultiStory Media
Channel 4 has announced the latest commission from its Global Format Fund. Scared of the Dark (working title) , is a brand new six-part series co-produced by MultiStory Media and Possessed, both part of ITV Studios. In this ground-breaking endurance experiment, a group of celebrities will give up the limelight, in fact give up ALL light, and enter a specially created pitch-black reality space for seven whole days.
Nyctophobia, or the fear of darkness, is one of the most common phobias. Living in
Channel 4 has launched a scheme designed to identify and support new TV drama writers in the West and South West of England.
The Channel 4 TV Drama New Writers scheme will give 12 writers six months of specialist support which will include in-person workshops and training, mentoring and introductions to scripted drama production companies. After completing the scheme, participants will be able to submit a first draft script for consideration and feedback from Channel 4’s Drama Commissioning Editor, Gwawr Lloyd.
Gwawr said: “Ensuring that the Nations and the Regions are represented in its
Channel 4 has commissioned Truelove, a new six-episode drama series from Clerkenwell Films, the team behind BAFTA award-winning Channel 4 series The End Of The F***ing World and upcoming drama The Birth of Daniel F Harris. Truelove is written by Iain Weatherby (Humans) and co-created by him and Charlie Covell (The End of the F***ing World). With a core cast in their late 60s and 70s, Truelove breaks the rules for older characters on screen and flips ageist tropes on their head in a series which promises thrilling twists and turns, irreverent humour and passionate romance.
Enter our dynamic duo: Phil played by award-winning actress Julie Walters (National Treasure, Indian Summers), an ex-senior police chief enjoying a comfortable if
LONDON, UNITED_KINGDOM, May 16, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Lendingblock, the GFSC regulated Digital Asset Lending platform, announced today that Copper.co (“Copper”) will provide digital asset custody and trade execution services to secure its underlying assets.
Steve Swain, Co-Founder and CEO of Lendingblock said, “Entrusting custody of our client’s digital assets to Copper’s award-winning architecture gives us the best security in the market. With this cornerstone in place, we can continue to support our rapidly growing customer base with confidence.”
Copper’s custody uses multi-party computation technology. With MPC, key
Tomatoes grown by Ingomar Packing Company
Drought-Stricken California
Ingomar Packing Company's Tomato Production Facility in Los Banos, California, USA
Ingomar Packing Company, one of America’s largest tomato processors, has partnered with Botanical Water Technologies (BWT) to help solve the water crisis.
LONDON, GREATER LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, May 16, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In a world-first, a new sustainable and renewable source of potable water has been discovered utilizing award-winning globally patented technology that harvests the water naturally stored in plants.
Botanical Water Technologies (BWT) will play a major role in alleviating the world’s water problem by delivering clean and safe drinking water to 100 million of the world’s most vulnerable people by 2025.
Global Water Crisis
The world is currently facing a water
EA Magazine winner of the year 2021
Fire Safety Team of the Year 2022
Yet further success for FIrexo as they forge forward with their groundbreaking ALL fire extinguishing solution!
AMERSHAM, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UK, May 15, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- FIrexo started 2022 with focus, clear direction and determination. Entering Q2 they have already scooped a further four awards to add to their trophy cabinet; including the prestigeous FSM/FIA awarded Fire Safety Team of the Year as well as being named as one of the Top 20 Most Influential Business of the Year - accolades of which to be extremely proud. May 2022 has seen FIrexo's affiliation with Munster Fire Safety Ireland - and hot off the press announcement ... the opening of their first European warehouse in Poland!
Having set foot in the Fire Safety Market in 2018 with their disruptivley groundbreaking 'ALL fires ONE answer' campaign, FIrexo's resilience when beginning to
