LONDON, June 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Built in 1998, the dam sits on the Danes Stream and acts as a temporary reservoir during periods of heavy rainfall, storing up to 400,000 cubic metres of floodwater. It has protected local homes and businesses from flooding onnumerousoccasions, with excess water released atTaddifordGap. Water flow is managed by an automated sluice gate within a pipe culvert at the heart of the structure. This is the first major ...
LONDON, June 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: At around 17:15 on Friday 19 June 2026, train 1H46, the 16:40 East Midlands Railway service from Corby to London St Pancras, collided with train 1B67, the 15:50 service from Nottingham to London St Pancras, also operated by East Midlands Railway. The collision took place on Network Rail's Midland Main Line approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Bedford station. The driver of train 1H46 died as a result of the a...
LONDON, June 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Wales landed 75 foreign investment projects in the past year * Direct foreign investment has created and protected over 5,500 jobs * Wales punching above its weight for the second year in a row Statistics released today (23 June) by the UK Government's Department for Business and Trade show that Wales continues to successfully attract foreign investors. In 2025-26 saw the biggest increase in foreign investmen...
LONDON, June 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Overathousandmoreoil and gas workerstogettailoredsupportto move intonewgrowingindustries,fromclean energyto advanced manufacturing * Comes as UKand Scottish governmentsinvest a total of £6million toexpanda successful skills programmethathas already helped over 400 North Sea workers retrain * The expanded scheme willnowopen tomoreworkers acrossScotland,offeringtheskillsneededto accessthousands of hi...
LONDON, June 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Four social housing landlords received a C1 consumer grade in regulatory judgements published by the Regulator of Social Housing today (Wednesday 24 June). Croydon Churches Housing Association (CCHA), Livv Housing Group (Livv), Prima Housing Group (Prima) and Two Rivers Housing (Two Rivers) all received a C1 for their first consumer grade following inspections. Gloucestershire-based Two Rivers, London-based CCH...
LONDON, June 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: A ground-breaking ceremony has been held to mark the start of construction on new and improved infrastructure for the Royal Engineers at Marne Barracks in Catterick. The project, which is being delivered for the Army under the Defence Estate Optimisation (DEO) Portfolio, will prepare the barracks for the relocation of 21 Engineer Regiment from Claro Barracks, Ripon from 2027. The Defence Infrastructure Organisa...
LONDON, June 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Thisinitialedition of theguidesupportslocal planning authorities(LPAs)and others involved in plan preparation and examination.It offers practical guidance, procedure and information and covers the gateway assessments and the examination process in detail. The newlocal plan system, developed by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)andwithspecialist input fromthe Planning Inspectorate, ...
LONDON, June 23 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: See a BSL version of this press release * The number of specialist interpreters will increase more than eightfold to support 12,000 Deafblind people with communication needs. * Backed by £15,000 in new funding, the government will help drive one of the largest increases in specialist interpretation capacity in recent years, improving access to essential communication support for Deafblind people nation...
LONDON, June 23 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The world's rainforests are to be better protected from deforestation as the government will confirmtoday(Tuesday 23 June), during London Climate Action Week, that plansto take forward new rules in Great Britain includingusing powers in the Environment Actalongside legislation strengthening the UK Timber Regulation. Under the proposals UK businesses who trade in commodities sourced from rainforests s...
LONDON, June 23 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Foursenior leaderswith extensiveinvestmentand real estateexpertiseare to join the National Housing Bank,aHomesEngland company. Theyhavebeenappointed toexecutive roles at thenewly launchedPublicFinanceInstitution, which isfocused on accelerating the delivery of new homes and communities across Englandthrough crowding in over £50billionof private capitalto delivermore than500,000 homes. The bank, which launc...