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The Heathrow COVID testing surveillance programme delivered by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) will end. The programme was first introduced as a temporary measure in January 2023 to improve COVID surveillance of travellers arriving from...

The Government made a manifesto commitment to ban imports of hunting trophies of endangered animals and today has supported the passage of Henry Smith MP’s Private Member’s Bill which delivers this. The Government will continue to...

UN Women estimate that globally we will not reach gender equality in the highest positions of power for another 130 years. Across the world, the UK government is working with other nations and civil society organisations...

BBC Birmingham’s move to a new state-of-the-art headquarters in Digbeth moved a significant step closer today, as The Tea Factory was given the green light by Birmingham City Council planners. Last summer the BBC announced plans...

Parents, over-50s, disabled people and those with long-term health conditions will have opportunities arising from changes announced in the Budget set to be delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions. Overall, DWP measures at Budget represent an...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered his Spring Budget to the House of Commons, laying out his fiscal plans for the next financial year.   As part of his statement, the Chancellor put words into action,...

More than 1 million NHS staff in England will receive an additional pay rise as part of an offer made following talks between the government and Agenda for Change unions. In the last 2 weeks, the...

 Twelve years of conflict, and the recent deadly earthquakes, have left millions of children in Syria at heightened risk of malnutrition, UNICEF warned today. As the conflict in Syria enters its 13th year on 15 March, hostilities...

India’s Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra has completed a winter training camp at Loughborough University. The 25-year-old javelin thrower spend two months on campus across the University’s world-class facilities, including Powerbase gym, the High Performance Athletics Centre (HiPAC), and the Elite...

(C)UNICEF/UN0792847/Malawi Eleven countries in eastern and southern Africa are experiencing an extremely worrying cholera outbreak, with 67,822 cases and 1,788 estimated deaths. However, actual figures are likely higher as limitations in surveillance systems, underreporting, and stigma...