LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Major new research programmes backed by the governmentand delivered throughUKRIwilldrive innovation in healthcare, cleaner energy and advanced manufacturing. * Pioneering medical imaging centres across the UK will help doctors detect diseases earlier and speed up treatment for patients. * Tidal energy testing expanded in Orkney - cementing Scotland's place as a clean energy superpower and unlocking greener powe...
LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Government orders tech platforms to detect and remove intimate images shared without consent * Firms put on notice that any non-consensual intimate image that is flagged to them must be taken down in under 48 hours * Government clear that tacklingintimate image abuse should be treated with the same severity the same as child sexual abuse material and terrorist content Tech companies will be ordered to take dow...
LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: UK patients could be among the first in the world to benefit from breakthrough medical devices, as clinical investigations reach their highest level on record in 2025. New figures from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) show a 17 per cent rise in approved clinical investigations compared with last year, as companies increasingly choose Great Britain to test cutting-edge health technol...
LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The findings of this UN report are truly horrific - atrocities including systematic starvation, torture, killings, rape and deliberate ethnic targeting used on the most horrendous scale during the Rapid Support Forces siege of El Fasher. The UK called for this report to be commissioned by the UN in November to hold perpetrators of these vile atrocities to account, and today I will take its conclusions to the cha...
LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The King has approved the nomination of The Venerable Richard (Rick) Simpson, Archdeacon of Auckland in the Diocese of Durham, for election as Bishop of Durham, in succession to The Right Reverend Paul Roger Butler, following his retirement. Background Rick was educated at Keble College, Oxford, and trained for ministry at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He served his title at St. Gabriel's Heaton, in the Diocese of New...
LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The new service offers some clear upgrades over the old services - like the ability to see updates on your patentsalmost inreal-time - that give us a solid foundation to build on. However, we acknowledge that there are areas where the service needs to be improved and we will continue to address those. Below is our current roadmap of planned improvements. You can find out more about what the roadmap is, what it m...
LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: A prolific waste criminal has been ordered to hand over more than £1.4 million for illegally dumping in excess of 4,275 tonnes of waste across England. A nationwide investigation by the Environment Agency uncovered a network of 16 illegal dumping sites, stretching from the northeast to the south coast. Farms, a historic manor house and a nature reserve were among the locations trashed. Varun Datta, 36, of ...
LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Prime Minister has appointed Dame Antonia Romeo as the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, following a process approved by the independent First Civil Service Commissioner. Dame Antonia is currently Permanent Secretary of the Home Office. Building on 25 years of public service leadership, as Cabinet Secretary she will lead the Civil Service to drive change and implement the government's agenda. ...
LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Members of the public will be able to access the full planning application and provide comments on Westminster City Council's planning portal 26/00446/FULLand 26/00447/LBC. Full details of how to participate are available on the planning portal. Westminster City Council will consider the application in accordance with their standard procedures before providing a response in due course. To contact the Queen Eli...
LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: We are making changes to the Veterinary Medicines Digital Service (VMDS) to improve the marketing authorisation application process. What's changing From 27 February 2026, applicants submitting generic, hybrid or informed consent marketing authorisation applications will only be able to select valid, authorised reference products within VMDS. This change will: * prevent incorrect or outdated reference product...