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-… read more
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 origin… read more
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 E… read more
The Solicitor General, Robert Buckland QC MP, has referred Joshua Gardner’s original sentence to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme. Gardner, 18, was sentenced earlier this year in a high-profile case which saw the teen rece… read more
The National Drought Group (NDG) brings together government departments, water companies, environmental groups and others. The role of the group is to prepare for and mitigate the impacts of dry weather, to coordinate action to maintain water supplies… read more