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Royal Navy ship seizes weapons transiting in the Gulf
Royal Navy ship HMS Lancaster seized weapons from a vessel travelling south from Iran whilst on a routine maritime security patrol on 23 February 2023. A United States fixed-wing Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform detected...2023-03-02 982 0 -
North East company fined thousands for odour issues
BioConstruct New Energy Limited, based at Preston Farm Industrial Estate, Stockton-on-Tees, appeared at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 28 February where it pleaded guilty to one charge of breaching its environmental permit by allowing odour...2023-03-02 708 0 -
Interactive preventing plastic pollution signs go live in Plymouth
‘Talking’ to one of the new signs in Plymouth Residents and visitors can now scan poster QR codes at multiple locations to find out how single-use avoidable plastic items – like nappies, packets, wet wipes and...2023-03-02 1740 0 -
3.7 million children in earthquake-affected Syria face catastrophic combination of threats, warns UNICEF Executive Director, following two-day visit
(C) UNICEF/UN0795024/DeebOn 1 March 2023 in in Aleppo, Syria, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell holds a child while visiting Ahmad Adeeb Al-Ali School (“The School Shelter”), which is currently operating as a temporary collective shelter for...2023-03-02 851 0 -
Global Hero Zaf becomes Chair Of West Midlands Crimestoppers
The new West Midlands Chair for Crimestoppers is Mohammad Zafran also known as Zaf to everyone. In addition to being the Pride of Birmingham winner and the UK goodwill Ambassador for youth and community, Zaf...2023-03-02 1365 0 -
Equipmake unveils ultra-lightweight, power-dense electric motor for space, aerospace and marine applications at the Future Propulsion Conference
New HPM-400 electric motor has peak power of 400kW, peak torque of 250Nm yet weighs just 40kg overall with an integrated silicon carbide (SiC) inverter High power, short duration motor originally designed as a high-performance fuel...2023-03-01 1206 0 -
Foreign Secretary in India to forge stronger economic and tech ties in Indo-Pacific
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is visiting India to mark a new scheme allowing young Brits and Indians to live and work in each other’s countries for up to 2 years, which was announced by the Home...2023-03-01 783 0 -
DBT unveils new ‘Help to Grow’ site to support businesses and grow the economy
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has unveiled a new centralised website, targeted at helping the UK’s 5.5 million businesses. The new ‘Help to Grow’ site from DBT is aimed at upskilling both big and...2023-03-01 2124 0 -
New UK partnership to tackle climate change in Latin America
The UK has joined IDB Invest, a member of the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group) focused on development through the private sector, in a move designed to boost the UK’s work reducing poverty and tackling...2023-03-01 796 0 -
2.5 million children in Türkiye need urgent humanitarian assistance
(C)UNICEF/UN0793737/KaracanUNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell in a psychosocial session in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, with children who survived the devastating twin earthquakes UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell concluded a two-day visit to Türkiye, where she met with...2023-03-01 800 0
