LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: A new Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopter base has entered service with HM Coastguard to support search and rescue response over the summer months. The base in Oban, Argyll and Bute launched on Sunday 15 March, and includes a modern Search and Rescue Hangar, an operational planning room, offices and rest areas for crews. An HM Coastguard AgustaWestland AW189 rescue helicopter will be based at Oban from April to ...
LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Almost£32minvestmentfor women'sservicesto tackle root causes of reoffending * Life‑changing supportwill help female offenders get their lives back on track * Fewer women sent to prison as Women's Justice Board publisheslandmark report Newgovernment investmentwill enablewomen'scentres and charities acrossthe countrytodeliver vitalspecialist help to femaleoffenders, the overwhelming majority ofwhomar...
LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: On Friday 13 March, Companies House was made aware of a security issue which meant that a logged-in user of our WebFiling service could potentially access and change some elements of another company's details without their consent after performing a specific set of actions. This was not accessible to the general public. Only users with an authorised code and logged in to the service could have performed this ac...
LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: On 3 March 2026, the British Embassy in Turkmenistan hosted the first Turkmen-British Forum on Climate Finance in Ashgabat, organised in partnership with TheCityUK, the industry-led body representing the United Kingdom's financial and related professional services sector. The event brought together senior representatives of Turkmenistan's government ministries, state and commercial banks, international organisa...
LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Thank you, Mr Vice President, The UK thanks the Group of Experts for their recent report and are deeply concerned by the continued deterioration of human rights in Nicaragua and the ever-growing range of victims subjected to abuse.The report's finding that violations may amount to crimes against humanity reinforces the need for sustained international scrutiny of the systemic dismantling of democratic instituti...
LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Major employment drive - backed by large and small businesses and celebrity chef Tom Kerridge - will reverse rising number of young people neither earning nor learning, after a 37 percent increase between 2021 and 2024. * Additional £1 billion to be invested in grants to help unlock over 200,000 paid jobs for young people, with Jobs Guarantee to be expanded to ages 18-24 * New foundation apprenticeships i...
LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The new GAD Factors Guidance Hub makes it easy for administrators of public service pension schemes to locate actuarial factors (within the consolidated factors workbooks) and guidance for their use for the public service pension schemes. Information in one area GAD provides thousands of actuarial factors for schemes which enable members to vary the form of benefit payments from their pension scheme. This migh...
LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland will travel to Washington D.C. this week to participate in the annual St. Patrick's Day events. * The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State will travel separately to Boston on a number of tech related engagements. * The visits are an opportunity to underline the strong ties between Northern Ireland and the United States, promote economic growth, and update the US ad...
LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Prime Minister welcomed the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, to Downing Street this morning. The leaders began by discussing the strength of the UK-Canada relationship, noting that ties between the two countries are closer than ever, including deep cooperation on trade and defence. They agreed that there is significant scope to build further on this partnership, delivering for people both in the UK an...
LONDON, March 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The ribbon has been cut at Mousehole School in Cornwall to celebrate new and improved flood protection for the school and wider community. The event on Monday 23 February brought together representatives from the Environment Agency, KierInfrastructure, and Philip Rees, Chair of theSouth WestRegional Flood and Coastal Committee along withresidentsand the school committee. After speeches and aribbon-cutting cere...