LONDON, Oct. 8 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: This report provides insight into our regulatory activity from April 2026 to June 2026. We will update this report every 3 months. Some of our regulatory action is subject to confidential or legal process and will not be included. Find details of our active criminal prosecution cases. How we regulate the private security industry The standards we set protect the public by making sure that only security operati...
LONDON, Oct. 8 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Eight projects will target diseases including Ebola, Plague, Marburg and Lassa fever as overseas outbreaks continue to highlight global risks * Funding will strengthen the UK's ability to develop, test and deploy vaccines at speed during future outbreaks * Programme previously supported the development of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Lives could be saved and the public better protected against future...
LONDON, Oct. 8 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has published the first of its weekly winter respiratory virus surveillance reports, based on a range of indicators provided by GPs, hospitals, laboratories and the wider community. The surveillance report for week 40 (28 September and 4 October 2026) shows: * influenza activity increased and is circulating at baseline levels * flu positivity increased with a positivity rate of ...
LONDON, Oct. 8 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: This weekly bulletin brings together the latest surveillance data, along with the latest public health advice for flu, COVID-19, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and other viruses. For respiratory viruses, in the week between 28 September and 4 October 2026: * Influenza activity increased and is circulating at baseline levels * COVID-19 activity increased and is circulating at low levels * Respiratory syncytial...
LONDON, Oct. 8 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: General Fusion Group Ltd ('General Fusion' or 'The Company'), a leading fusion company, has achieved a historic compressional plasma heating result with its large-scale Lawson Machine 26 (LM26) demonstration. Using Magnetised Target Fusion (MTF), the Company reached electron temperatures exceeding 12 million degrees Celsius - more than 1 keV. The results were co-published by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA),...
LONDON, Oct. 8 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: We have completed the bulk removal of one of our oldest legacy inventories, helping reduce risk and prepare the facility for the future. The radioactive material, known as BUTEX liquor, was created as a byproduct during our first reprocessing operations in the 1950s. It had remained in the oldest tanks of our Highly Active Liquor Evaporation and Storage (HALES) plant for decades. Exterior of HALES facility on th...
LONDON, Oct. 7 -- The Government of UK issued details related to the following business opportunity: Contracting Authority: East Sussex County Council Industry: Transport services (excl. Waste transport) Description: Vehicle type: Saloon Passenger Assistant Required: Yes Proposed Taxi Route: From: TN39 4SB To: TN21 9DB (Wednesday & Thursday) BN26 6TX (Friday) Frequency: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday only Daily School Time: 09:00 to 11:45 Wednesday, Thursday & Friday Comments for Operator: ASD, ...
LONDON, Oct. 7 -- The Government of UK issued details related to the following business opportunity: Contracting Authority: Billing Parish Council Industry: Street-lighting equipment Description: Billing Parish Council invites tenders for repair, refurbishment and replacement works to its street lighting network comprising 91 lighting assets, including standard steel columns, Victorian heritage columns, post-top lanterns and bracket-mounted lanterns. The works comprise repairs, refurbishment ...
LONDON, Oct. 7 -- The Government of UK issued details related to the following business opportunity: Contracting Authority: Ryde Town Council Industry: Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services and Information technology services and Auditing services Description: Ryde Town Council invites quotations from suitably qualified organisations to carry out an independent audit of its compliance with data protection law, and to recommend the improvements nee...
LONDON, Sept. 11 -- The Government of UK issued details related to the following business opportunity: Contracting Authority: Advance Northumberland Limited Industry: Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus) and Construction work Description: Advance Northumberland (Developments) Limited, trading as Advance Northumberland (Developments) Ltd requires a Roads & Sewers sub-contractor for our new build housing development consisting of ...