LONDON, Oct. 14 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Andy Lord has been appointed Interim Chair of the National Armaments Director (NAD) Group Advisory Board. Andy is currently Commissioner of Transport for London, responsible for the delivery of safe and reliable transport services across the capital. He joined TfL in 2019 as Managing Director of London Underground, subsequently becoming Chief Operating Officer before his appointment as Commissioner. Throughout ...
LONDON, Oct. 14 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Prime Minister and Health Secretary met campaigner Archie Goodburn, following his emotional plea on BBC Breakfast * Expert review of brain cancer progress to report within three months, followed by a national action plan * Faster review of the rules on rare cancer medicines People living with brain cancer will get a faster route from research to treatment, under four steps set out by the Prime Minister today. ...
LONDON, Oct. 14 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The King has approved that Professor Menna Clatworthy, FRCP, PhD, FMedSci, Professor of Translational Immunology at the University of Cambridge, be appointed to the Regius Professorship of Medicine at the University of Oxford in succession to Professor Sir John Bell. Professor Menna Clatworthy Professor Clatworthy is Professor of Translational Immunology at the University of Cambridge, former NIHR Research Prof...
LONDON, Oct. 14 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Wayfair fined £4.8 million for false time-limited offers * Appliances Direct fined £1.2 million and ordered to refund customers around £432,000 * Gold's Gym fined £45,000 and ordered to refund customers around £9,000 The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined 3 businesses £6 million for misleading sales tactics. In the last 18 months, the CMA has imposed fines of more ...
LONDON, Oct. 14 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Commitments made in the strategy will enable the regulator to keep pace with rapid advances in science, technology and personalised healthcare, to benefit patients, and position the UK as a leading place to develop, launch and use new medicines and technologies safely and effectively. By 2030, the MHRA aims to be even more patient-centred, support patients having faster access to safe, effective treatments, and h...
LONDON, Oct. 14 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Two local authorities received a C3 consumer grade from the Regulator of Social Housing in regulatory judgements published today (Wednesday 14 October 2026). RSH found serious failings in Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council's understanding of the condition of its homes and in its approach to tackling anti-social behaviour. During an inspection, RSH found that the West Yorkshire local authority held up-to-date...
LONDON, Oct. 14 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) has been fined £150,000 after Ofqual identified serious shortcomings in its arrangements for retaining, managing and ensuring the availability of assessment evidence and associated records. ABRSM delivers regulated music qualifications through both face-to-face and digital assessments and has been recognised by Ofqual since 2010. Ofqual's Enforc...
LONDON, Oct. 14 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Proposed measures will automatically disqualify individuals convicted of hate crimes from serving as charity trustees or senior managers. * Consultation will seek views from charities, trustees, sector bodies and the public on how the new safeguards should work. The government has today launched a public consultation on proposals to strengthen the Charity Commission for England and Wales' powers to tackle extr...
LONDON, Oct. 14 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: A trial by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is taking a human-centred design approach to novel capabilities that are worn or carried. The research will improve the performance of warfighters and reduce the risk of long-term injury. Today's warfighters are more highly equipped than ever before with numerous capabilities that enable the user to manoeuvre and communicate, detect, and engage thre...
LONDON, Oct. 14 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * The Environment Agency investigated after receiving more than 50 complaints about offensive odours in 10 days. * It has ordered the removal of some waste from a site at Little Hulton, Salford, Greater Manchester. * The partial permit suspension notice issued to Kenny Waste Management Limited also restricts waste handling and treatment activities on a specific area of the site. The investigation followed an inc...