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Hercules Road
London
SE1 7DU
Tel: 020 7261 8325
Fax: 020 7261 8546
Email: NPS17@coi.gsi.gov.uk
Darwin's home and workplace, Darwin's Landscape Laboratory, has been chosen as the UK's 2009 nomination to become a World Heritage Site, Culture Secretary Andy Burnham announced today.
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30 January 2009 10:02
Department for Culture, Media And Sport
A harrowing new £3.2m THINK! campaign to highlight the life-wrecking consequences of speeding for drivers as well as victims was launched today by Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick.
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30 January 2009 00:02
Department for Transport
Practical activities, learning in realistic work environments and good use of information technology are just some of the keys to success for learners on London college courses, says Ofsted.
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30 January 2009 00:02
Office For Standards In Education (OFSTED)
* DSA splits the new motorcycle test into two parts
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29 January 2009 14:12
Driving Standards Agency
Parents, teenagers and carers in London are among those being asked to share their views on guidance around young people and alcohol.
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29 January 2009 11:23
Department for Children, Schools and Families
A meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority Counter-Terrorism and Protective Services Sub-committee will be held in Meeting Room 1, 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY on Thursday 29 January 2009 at 4.15 pm.
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28 January 2009 16:56
Metropolitan Police Authority
Commenting on the announcement today that Sir Paul Stephenson has been appointed Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Kit Malthouse, Vice Chair of the MPA said:
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28 January 2009 09:35
Metropolitan Police Authority
A meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority will be held in the Chamber, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA on Thursday 29 January 2009 at 10.00 a.m.
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27 January 2009 16:23
Metropolitan Police Authority
A Heathrow cargo worker has been jailed for four years for his part in a four million cigarette smuggling operation which cost the tax payer an estimated £850,000. A second man from Surrey who was also involved in the fraud was jailed for three years nine months.
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27 January 2009 11:20
HM Revenue & Customs
More than 100 key stakeholders of the London business, public and third sectors will meet today (27 January) to help determine the future strategy of the Health & Safety Executive (HSE).
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27 January 2009 00:02
Health and Safety Executive
The Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform has presented a petition in the High Court to wind up A J Global Services Limited in the public interest.
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26 January 2009 13:00
Insolvency Service
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision after receiving a request by the London Borough of Merton to vary the admission arrangements of Wimbledon Chase Primary School from September 2009.
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23 January 2009 15:22
Office of The Schools Adjudicator
London's St Paul's Cathedral and Southwark Cathedral Receive Vital Funds
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23 January 2009 11:30
English Heritage
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on a request by the Governing Body to increase the admission number of Holy Trinity CE Primary School from 30 to 60 or September 2009.
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23 January 2009 10:12
Office of The Schools Adjudicator
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on a proposal to vary the admission arrangements for The Russell Primary School, Richmond upon Thames for September 2009.
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23 January 2009 10:12
Office of The Schools Adjudicator
Two men who stole hundreds of identities in attempts to steal £5 million from taxpayers have been jailed today for nearly six years after a 12 month investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
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22 January 2009 17:47
HM Revenue & Customs
Two men who stole hundreds of identities in attempts to steal £5 million from taxpayers have been jailed today for nearly six years after a 12 month investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
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22 January 2009 17:47
HM Revenue & Customs
Cabinet Office Minister Tom Watson has joined the Prime Minister in recognising innovative ways technology is used to make public services more accessible and efficient.
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21 January 2009 11:29
Cabinet Office
London mums-to-be urged - apply now for £190 cash boost Mums-to-be in London (including Greater London), with babies due on or after 6 April 2009, are being urged to apply now for the new £190 Health in Pregnancy Grant.
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20 January 2009 12:35
HM Revenue & Customs
James Caan, successful entrepreneur and star of BBC's "Dragon's Den", has been appointed the new Co-Chair of the Department for Business's Ethnic Minority Task Force.
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20 January 2009 11:14
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Two new reports published today by the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) highlight the need for clear national strategies to support the different learning needs of long and short-term offenders.
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20 January 2009 00:01
Office For Standards In Education (OFSTED)
Too many burial grounds operators are staking or laying down memorials which are not a serious risk to the public. New guidance published today by Justice Minister Bridget Prentice makes it clear this should only be done as a last resort.
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16 January 2009 12:18
Ministry of Justice
A mortgage rescue scheme, to help vulnerable families at risk of repossession stay in their homes, is being rolled out across London today.
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16 January 2009 12:12
Communities and Local Government
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on a proposal by the London Borough of Lewisham to discontinue Meadowgate Primary Special School and Pendragon Secondary Special School and establish a new 5-19 Special School.
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15 January 2009 18:54
Office of The Schools Adjudicator
Britain will benefit from major air, rail and road improvements as Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon today outlined radical new plans for the UK's transport infrastructure, designed to support the economy and secure jobs in the long term.
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15 January 2009 14:42
Department for Transport
The 31 January tax return deadline is just around the corner, so if you haven't sent your return to HMRC yet, you need to act quickly to avoid a £100 penalty.
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15 January 2009 12:12
HM Revenue & Customs
* Driving Standards Agency promotes Enhanced Rider Scheme at Motorcycle Expo at the NEC
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14 January 2009 16:51
Driving Standards Agency
The exciting developments in India's dynamic, consumer-led retail sector and the export opportunities being created for British companies are the subjects of a conference to be staged by UK Trade & Investment's London International Trade Team on 27 January.
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14 January 2009 11:42
UK Trade & Investment
A meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority Communities, Equalities and People Committee will be held in Meeting Room 1, 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY on Thursday 15 January 2009 at 10.00am.
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13 January 2009 12:09
Metropolitan Police Authority
Despite expectations, the use of Virtual Learning Environments across schools and colleges has been slow to take off. Enthusiasm and peer support from teachers and learners should help the initiative develop more widely, says Ofsted.
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13 January 2009 00:01
Office For Standards In Education (OFSTED)
Philip Brown, the Traffic Commissioner for the South Eastern and Metropolitan Area, is to be appointed to the post of Statutory Senior Traffic Commissioner, the Department for Transport confirmed today, following interviews held in November.
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9 January 2009 15:22
Office of the Traffic Commissioner
This year, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, RNLI and RYA are joining forces to encourage more of the public to wear lifejackets or personal floatation devices when you set to sea at the London International Boat Show, at ExCel from 9 - 18 January, 2009.
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9 January 2009 10:03
Maritime And Coastguard Agency
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is demanding that companies follow safe working practices when using mechanical equipment.
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8 January 2009 17:46
Health and Safety Executive
Drivers across the country, particularly in the north and south west of England, are being warned that continuing cold weather will affect their journeys overnight tonight (Tuesday) and during Wednesday morning.
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6 January 2009 18:50
Highways Agency
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning all landlords to ensure gas appliances are safe for tenants.
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6 January 2009 16:48
Health and Safety Executive
A meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority Strategic and Operational Policing Committee will be held in Meeting Room 1, 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY on Thursday 8 January 2009 at 2.00 pm.
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6 January 2009 16:01
Metropolitan Police Authority
Firms are being urged to start the New Year with a "business MOT", to ensure they're in good shape to ride out the current economic downturn.
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5 January 2009 17:44
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Employment and skills will be top of the agenda when the Prime Minister meets leading business and regional figures at the Regional Economic Council today (Monday 5th January).
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5 January 2009 00:02
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Visitors to London's International Boat Show will enter the world of organised smuggling and counterfeit goods, before being shown how HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) officers stepped in to stop the items reaching the UK's streets.
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22 December 2008 15:25
HM Revenue & Customs
Tony McNulty called today for the public sector in London to work together to ensure that Londoners being made redundant secure new employment opportunities as quickly as possible.
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19 December 2008 12:02
Regional Minister For London
Doing Business in China seminar focuses on cultural intelligence
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19 December 2008 09:30
UK Trade & Investment
Communities Minister Iain Wright today announced the successful bidders for funding from the Gypsy and Traveller Sites Grant in 2008/9 to provide new pitches to reduce unauthorised camping and help improve conditions on existing authorised sites. The funding will enable local authorities and registered social landlords to provide new authorised pitches whose residents will pay rent, council tax and other utility bills.
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18 December 2008 16:05
Communities and Local Government
With less than a week to go before Christmas, London school children have been comparing their Christmas wish lists to those of children living in a slum in Kenya.
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18 December 2008 13:49
Department For International Development
- Brief Encounter Actress Commemorated on Centenary of her Birth -
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18 December 2008 11:08
English Heritage
The number of London stores found to be selling knives to under-18s in a recent undercover operation compares favourably with the results from other similar, but smaller-scale, exercises, according to figures announced today.
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16 December 2008 18:11
Regional Minister For London
