News story: IT issues across Ministry of Justice: latest update
During the past week we have experienced major IT network issues. We apologise to those who have been affected. We know this is unacceptable and how deeply frustrating this has been for our staff and users.
Network access has been restored to a large number of Ministry of Justice (MoJ) sites...Read More »
Speech: Durable Peace in the Middle East
Thank you, Mr President. Can I also join others in welcoming the Indonesian Foreign Minister, who is a very good friend of the United Nations, and also join the American representative in expressing our deepest condolences to Chad for the loss of their peacekeepers and we send our condolences to...Read More »
News story: £10 million to develop vaccines against global infectious diseases
The UK government will give £10 million of funding to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to help develop vaccines against emerging infectious diseases.
The £10 million is UK-aid funding that prioritises helping low- and middle-income countries.
CEPI is a global...Read More »
News story: Lessons start at new £30m education campus
Campus Whitehaven, a £30m education complex, welcomed its first students in January.
The site is home to state-of-the-art new buildings for St Benedict’s secondary school and Mayfield special educational needs school.
Sellafield Ltd invested an original £10m to get the project off the ground, That attracted an additional £20m in funding from...Read More »
Press release: Thames Water to pay £80,000 after sewer blunder
A pollution incident in south-east London has left Thames Water handing over 10s of thousands of pounds to an environmental charity.
After the company allowed sewage to escape from a blocked sewer in 2013, Thames Water will give £80,000 to the South East Rivers Trust to make improvements to a local...Read More »