LONDON, July 14 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Jacob Corrie [31] from Carlisle has had his sentence increased by four years after it was referred to the Court of Appeal by the Solicitor General, Lucy Rigby KC MP, under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme. The court heard that Corrie met his first victim over social media when he was 19. Corrie sexually abused the vulnerable boy, who Corrie knew was 14 years old, over two years between 2013 and 2015. Corrie al...
LONDON, July 14 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Chancellor launches new £500m Fund to break down barriers to opportunity for up to 200,000 vulnerable children and young people and deliver Plan for Change. * World's largest fund of its kind will boost pupil achievement and could fund programmes to reduce reoffending or provide specialist workers for children struggling with exclusion, mental health or crime. * Better Futures Fund will run for ten years, ...
LONDON, July 14 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: At around 16:14 on 22 June 2025, a tram operating on the Sheffield Supertram network was involved in a collision with two pedestrians on a crossing at Staniforth Road, Sheffield. The tram was travelling at around 15 mph (25 km/h) at the time of the collision. The pedestrians, who were young people, were both injured in the accident, one of them seriously. The crossing is situated just to the south of the road ju...
LONDON, July 14 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Trade win unlocks £250 million in exports for British pharmaceutical firms in Vietnam * Major pharmaceutical trade barrier with Vietnam removed as bilateral trade increased by £1.2 billion in current prices to £8.1 billion in 2024 in boost to UK economy * Pharmaceutical sectors given boost making it faster and cheaper to sell UK medicines to Vietnam * Trade Strategy in action as UK continues to ey...
LONDON, July 13 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * UK auto sector boosted by £2.5 billion under DRIVE35, as government launches new and improved funding competitions, supporting projects which help the transition to zero-emission vehicle manufacturing. * Package forms part of the UK's modern Industrial Strategy, which takes bold ambition to significantly increase business investment in the advanced manufacturing sector by 2035. * Government also announces ...
LONDON, July 13 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * major boost to charging investment to break down barriers to electric vehicle ownershipand boost charging infrastructure across the UK, cutting costs for families, businesses and the public sector * £63 million package to support at-home charging for households without driveways, transition NHS fleets to save millions for the health service in England, create thousands of chargepoints at business depo...
LONDON, July 12 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Air Accidents Investigation Branch (UK) has been made aware that a preliminary report into the tragic accident which occurred on 12 June 2025 has been published by the Indian Air Accident Investigation Bureau. The preliminary report can be viewed on their website: Air Accident Investigation Bureau India preliminary report The UK AAIB welcomes the publication of this preliminary report, which is a summary of fact...
LONDON, July 11 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The charity, which operates a mosque in Cardiff, has objects that include advancing Islamic education, and fostering community relationships and religious harmony. In January 2024, the Charity Commission became aware of a video shared on the charity's social media account in November 2023. The video contained content that, in the Commission's view, could be understood as demonstrating support for the proscribed ...
LONDON, July 11 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * New panel of young people to advise the Government on shaping employment support for the next generation launched in Youth Employment Week. * Group identifies mental health challenges and a lack of focus on apprenticeships in schools as some of the biggest barriers to getting into work or training. * Panel marks major milestone in building the Youth Guarantee to give every 18-21-year-old the chance to earn or l...
LONDON, July 11 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Joint statement of 11 July 2025 by the Foreign Ministers of Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the High Representative of the European Union on recent developments in Georgia: We, the Foreign Ministers of European democracies, are disturbed and deeply concerned at the deteriorati...