We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
In 2019, British people asked the Foreign Office to contact the famous rapper 50 Cent, how removal companies fit furniture into bijou Lisbon flats and to verify the nationality of a sperm sample.
Campaign starts today at major railway stations and will be rolled out across the rest of network in England, Scotland and Wales.
Anglers are being asked to report any sightings or catches of Pink Salmon.
The Environment Agency has revealed unusual kit used to tackle flooding including a remote-controlled robot called Mr Nosey.
Dounreay has modified the equipment used to detect radioactive particles on beaches near the site.
The Environment Agency is urging anglers to report unusual catches after several pink salmon sightings in North East waters.
Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment of Mr Justice Langstaff, Mr A Harris and Mrs D M Palmer on 17 July 2013.
With 2 weeks to go until the 31 January Self Assessment deadline, HMRC recaps the strangest and most imaginative excuses and expense claims received over the past 10 years.
A small quantity of heroin has been unearthed in an 80-year-old file at The National Archives - the latest unusual discovery at the archives.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
UK Border Agency reveals last year's most unusual drug concealments discovered at ports by skilled officers.
FCO encourages people to research destinations before they travel
Border Force officers have seized thousands of cigarettes from three airline passengers using specially adapted waistcoats.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab).