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  • Navy minehunter returns home after three years

    The Royal Navy minehunter HMS Chiddingfold returned to her home base in Portsmouth from the Gulf yesterday where she has spent three years on security patrols.

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

  • Update on Shell's Gannet Alpha platform oil leak

    19 August 2011 Mr Hugh Shaw, who is appointed by the UK Government to oversee the operation, said: “At 08.45 this morning Shell informed me…

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

  • Highlander helps find huge IED stash

    Highlander Purves deployed to Helmand province in April with The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS). The soldiers…

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

  • HMS Somerset sets sail for Horn of Africa

    HMS Somerset was given a warm send-off by families and friends yesterday as she set sail from Plymouth to assist in the provision of maritime security off the Horn of Africa for the next six months.

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

  • ECGD helps wallpaper company roll out its products in Russia

    The Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) has supported the UK's largest wallpaper manufacturer to help increase its exports to Russia.

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

  • Greg Clark visits new enterprise zone for the Humber

    The announcement of the successful Humber Enterprise Zone to drive local growth and create thousands of new jobs was followed today with a visit…

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

  • Foreign Office appoints new Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission Chair and Commissioners

    The new Chair and Commissioners of the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission will start their term on 1 September.

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

  • Navy medic looks after Royal Marines in Helmand

    Military medic Tanya Wilson has swapped the wards of the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth for the front line in Afghanistan where, for the past five months, she has been accompanying Royal Marines on patrol.

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

  • Update on Shell's Gannet Alpha platform oil leak

    17 August 2011 Statement by the Secretary of State’s representative, Hugh Shaw Speaking in Aberdeen today, Mr Hugh Shaw said: “As the Secretary…

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

  • Grayling: Government will continue focus on growth to tackle unemployment

    The Government must remain focused on supporting the economy and driving growth, says Employment Minister Chris Grayling.

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

  • 11 new Enterprise Zones to accelerate local growth

    Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a second wave of Enterprise Zones designed to kick-start Britain's economy.

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

  • National Gallery Chairman

    The Prime Minister has reappointed Mark Getty as a Trustee of The National Gallery.

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

  • PM's visit to Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus

    A transcript of Prime Minister David Cameron's speech and Q&A at Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus on 17 August 2011.

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

  • The government announces 11 new enterprise zones to accelerate local growth, as part of the Plan for Growth

    The location of eleven new Enterprise Zones, designed to boost local growth and create over 30,000 new jobs by 2015, were announced today by…

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

  • The Government announces 11 new Enterprise Zones to accelerate local growth, as part of the Plan for Growth

    The location of eleven new Enterprise Zones, designed to boost local growth and create over 30,000 new jobs by 2015, were announced today.

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

  • Gunners prepare for Helmand in Cyprus heat

    Some 100 soldiers from the battery are taking part in the exercise, most of whom will deploy to Afghanistan in the next two years, with some…

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

  • HMS Monmouth aids ship under pirate attack

    While on anti-piracy patrol in the Red Sea, Royal Navy frigate HMS Monmouth recently diverted her course and sped to the aid of a merchant ship that had come under pirate attack.

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

  • Police reform: Home Secretary's speech of 16 August 2011

    This speech was given by Home Secretary Theresa May on 16 August 2011. Content deemed political has been removed. This version is as spoken.

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

  • Afghan soldiers beat Royal Marines in Helmand football match

    Since the Royal Marines of Kilo Company (K Coy), 42 Commando, arrived in Rahim, deep in the green zone of Nahr-e Saraj (South) [NES(S)], in …

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

  • Social housing to get green heaters

    A £3 million scheme has been launched to help install eco-heaters in the homes of social housing tenants. Heating equipment including biomass…

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