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  • This week at the Foreign Office

    A look at the work of the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Soldiers provide security at Olympic Park test event

    Soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (2 PWRR) are helping to provide security for the final and largest Olympic Games test event taking place this weekend.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • TA medics return from Afghanistan

    Territorial Army (TA) medics from the North East have returned home from an Afghanistan deployment working in one of the world's busiest trauma hospitals.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Ocean sails up Thames for Olympics exercise

    HMS Ocean will be moored at Greenwich and will be acting as a maritime logistic hub in support of police-led maritime security operations during…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Soldiers conquer Arctic heights

    The mountaineers, all from the 2nd Battalion based at Weeton Barracks near Blackpool, overcame temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees Celsius…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defence Secretary visits UK troops in Germany

    The visit to the troops from the regiments, both of which are part of 7th Armoured Brigade (The Desert Rats), allowed the Secretary of State…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Enterprising Britain

    A nationwide competition is launched that will see a town, city or area crowned as the country’s most enterprising place.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The search is on for the UK’s most enterprising places

    Communities are being encouraged to come forward and take part in a nationwide competition that will see a town, city or area crowned as the…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • South Korea passes landmark emissions trading legislation

    4 May 2012 UK Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said: “I want to congratulate the South Korean Government and the National Assembly on passing…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Proposed regulation on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure: open letter to promoters of projects

    This open letter from DECC is intended to draw industry’s attention to the proposed Regulation on Guidelines for Trans-European Energy Infrastructure…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Scottish cities in running for ultrafast broadband cash

    Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth are among 27 cities throughout the UK in the running to become "super-connected".

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Twenty-seven cities in running for ultrafast broadband cash

    Jeremy Hunt announces eligibility criteria for second round of funding.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Smuggler caught with heroin hidden in underwear

    A Portuguese man who tried to smuggle more than £800,000 of heroin into the UK hidden in his underwear has been jailed for five years.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Statistical press notice: Mental health community teams activity data, 2011-12 Q4

    The following statistics were published today by the Department of Health: Quarterly Mental Health Community Teams Activity data for 2011-12…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Statistical Press notice: PIP breast implants

    The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health: Latest weekly PIP implant data (covering the period 6th January to…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Statistical press notice: Ambulance Quality Indicators – monthly update for England

    (Ambulance Systems Indicators for period March 2012 and Ambulance Clinical Outcomes for period December 2011) The following statistics were…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Statistical press notice: NHS 111 Minimum Data Set – March Release

    The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health: Call statistics to the NHS 111 service up to and including March …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Attributing the costs of health & social care Research & Development (AcoRD)

    The Department and the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) announce the publication of new guidelines for attributing the costs…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Transfer of employees from NHS Commissioning Board Authority to NHS Commissioning Board

    The Department of Health is seeking views on the proposed abolition of the NHS Commissioning Board Authority and the transfer of employees to…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Save lives: Clean your hands

    New cases of MRSA bloodstream infection have dropped by 41 % and C. difficile by 30% across the NHS in England since 2009/10. The decrease …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government