South West Water has lifted the boil notice for the Alston supply area of Brixham, covering 14,500 households. The boil notice remains for around 2,500 properties in Hillhead, upper parts of Brixham and Kingswear who are advised to continue to boil their drinking water before consuming it. The boil notice was initially put in place … Read more
Location: United Nations, New York Delivered on: 15 May 2024 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you, President. I thank High Representative Schmidt for his briefing and welcome the representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia and the European Union to the Chamber today. President, let me make three broad points. … Read more
UK Minister of State for the Indo-Pacific, Anne-Marie Trevelyan arrived in Maldives on 9 May for the first UK ministerial visit to the country in two years. During the visit, Minister Trevelyan held talks with Maldives Vice President Uz Hussain Mohamed Latheef, Minister of Climate Change, Environment and Energy Thoriq Ibrahim, Minister of Homeland Security … Read more
Delivered on: 9 May 2024 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Well, thanks very much. Good afternoon, and it’s great to organise this on home turf, as a Cambridgeshire MP. I’m very conscious we meet on a beautiful day. The sun is shining, the ice cream van has arrived outside. But I … Read more
Location: UN ECOSOC Delivered on: 24 April 2024 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you, President. Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, We look forward to the Finance for Development conference next year as a pivotal opportunity for us to take stock of progress we’ve made, rally behind new critical collective actions and build … Read more
Flora Mendes, who had already been banned from practising law after a previous conviction, has had assets totalling more than £700,000 seized by the Home Office after her conviction today. The Indian national, 45, duped her victims into thinking they were using the services of a legitimate immigration lawyer and promised to help secure them … Read more
The Prime Minister spoke to Nikos Christodoulides, President of the Republic of Cyprus, this afternoon. The Prime Minister thanked him for his work to expand the delivery of lifesaving humanitarian aid into Gaza by sea, alongside the urgent priority of getting more aid in via land routes. The Prime Minister said he was pleased that Royal … Read more
A Royal Air Force Typhoon departs on a mission supporting Operation Shader in support of the Counter-Daesh operations in Iraq and Syria. Crown Copyright. Summary Sunday 21 April 2024 – RAF Typhoons struck a rocket launcher in northwest Iraq. Detail On the evening of Sunday 21 April, a pair of Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s, … Read more
Up to 4.2 million people in England could be living with undiagnosed high blood pressure, according to NHS. The ‘silent killer’ often has no symptoms but if left untreated, can lead to fatal heart attacks, strokes, kidney disease and vascular dementia. New survey data shows that despite the majority of high blood pressure cases being … Read more
Chief Inspector pledges that Ofsted will champion high standards for all children, especially the most disadvantaged and vulnerable. The Big Listen opens today and will run for 12 weeks, seeking views about Ofsted’s work from parents, carers and professionals in education and social care. The Big Listen will be followed by ‘real action’, and marks … Read more
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