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New law will create a specific offence for making, selling or owning child-like sexual abuse dolls, with jail terms of up to 5 years.
Local Plan Intervention Direction: letter from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, the Rt Hon Matthew Pennycook MP, to Southend-on-Sea City Council.
The families of 67 firefighters, police officers, Members of Parliament and other public servants who lost their life as a result of their public service have been awarded the Elizabeth Emblem this year.
Common misconceptions about the removal of the supervision exemption for regulated activity with children, effective 1 September 2026.
From 1 September 2026, the supervision exemption for regulated activity with children is removed. Find out what this means for your organisation.
Read how South West Lakes Trust is collaborating with others to protect Burrator Forest from livestock and wildlife damage.
Read how Holnicote Estate has combined different management strategies to optimise tree protection across 600 hectares of diverse woodland.
Read how Nature and Nurture, a riparian woodland in Wiltshire, has used the Countryside Stewardship grant to protect valuable cricket bat willow from Eurasian beaver damage whilst adapting to seasonal flooding.
Read how Ingleborough National Nature Reserve (NNR) trialled different tree protection methods to minimise impacts from sheep and deer grazing to support woodland regeneration.
Read how Natural England are monitoring and managing significant browsing pressure from deer at Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve (NNR) in West Sussex.
The son of a soldier killed in action in 2003 has opened a new £14m accommodation block at his father's old base, DM Kineton in Warwickshire.
The government has temporarily blocked an Anglo-Saxon mount from being taken out of the UK permanently
OPRED communications issued to stakeholders in 2026.
Local Plan Intervention Direction: letter from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, the Rt Hon Matthew Pennycook MP, to Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council.
A sexual predator who raped two young girls in separate attacks and filmed their abuse, had his sentence increased following intervention by the Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP.
Tougher rules close loopholes used to overcharge parents, as Prime Minister's series of 'everyday fixes' make life fairer and give people room to breathe.
A Winding-up order was made against PS & B – Estate Management Limited on 19 August 2026.
The agenda and papers for the September 2026 Board meeting in Swansea have been published.
Mr Adam Pile OBE has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Mozambique in succession to Ms Helen Lewis.
The Charity Commission has concluded its case into Coventry City of Culture Trust.
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