LONDON, Aug. 26 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Ten community organisations have been awarded funding from the government's £400,000 Windrush Compensation Advocacy Support Fund (WCASF) to provide additional support for victims of the Home Office Windrush scandal. Many victims feel the emotional toll of revisiting traumatic experiences makes navigating the application process alone challenging. This is why the WCASF provides dedicated advocates from trus...
LONDON, Aug. 26 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The system is designed to help protect lives by delivering urgent safety advice directly to mobile phones during major emergencies. Mobile phones connected to 4G and 5G networks will receive the alert at around 3pm on Sunday 7 September. The drill follows the use of the system in Wales during Storm Darragh in December 2024, when a rare red weather warning was issued. The alert was authorised by UK Government mi...
LONDON, Aug. 26 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: A new programme to evaluate how wastewater monitoring could be used to detect a wider range of dangerous pathogens has been launched today by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). Over the coming months, UKHSA laboratories, using £1.3 million of investment from the UK Integrated Security Fund (ISF), will assess the use of cutting-edge technologies to improve the UK's ability to detect and identify the gene...
LONDON, Aug. 26 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Environment Agency investigation leads to prosecution * Defendant stored waste without necessary environmental permit * Sentencing hearing at Telford Magistrates Court on Monday 11 August 2025 At Telford Magistrates Court on 11 August 2025, Brian Woods, 70, of Limekiln Bank, St Georges, Telford, pleaded guilty to failing to comply with a court order to clear waste from a site on Granville Road, Donnington Wood...
LONDON, Aug. 26 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Victims and survivors of 'honour'-based abuse will be kept safer and more perpetrators brought to justice in a raft of new measures, as part of the government's pledge to halve violence against women and girls and the Plan for Change. New statutory guidance and a legal definition of 'honour'-based abuse will be brought in to help the police, social workers and others better support victims and make clear that fr...
LONDON, Aug. 26 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: We are inviting organisations to register for an online market engagement event. More information on Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service (HLPAS) provision and an area guide (specific information) can be found here:Housing Loss Prevention Advice Services 2025 - GOV.UK Who can attend the event? The event is open to organisations with an interest in providing HLPAS in Lancaster. We are also inviting representat...
LONDON, Aug. 26 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Government backed multi-million-pound deal supports further growth, including up to 50 new high-tech UK jobs at SRT Marine Systems * Export contracts to strengthen maritime security, navigation safety and environmental sustainability in critical marine areas in South East Asia and the Middle East. UK Export Finance (UKEF), the government's export credit agency, has provided crucial support to SRT Marine S...
LONDON, Aug. 26 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Under the ULS scheme, anyone can ask the Law Officers to review a sentence where they believe the sentence imposed by the court is unduly lenient. The latest quarterly data shows that between April and June 2025, 32 sentences were increased under the ULS scheme following the Solicitor General's referral, and 13 of these were for rape offences. The largest sentence increase was for Adrian Revill, who had his thr...
LONDON, Aug. 26 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * First year of operation sees expert team removing blockages and speeding up the building of almost 100,000 homes across England * The North West, London, Somerset and the South East next to benefit as six new priority large sites added to flagship New Homes Accelerator initiative, unlocking and accelerating delivery on another 12,000 homes * Over the Parliament, the Accelerator is expected to make a significant...
LONDON, Aug. 26 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: At around 15:00 on 9 August 2025, a steam locomotive moved unexpectedly while it was being coupled to a second steam locomotive in platform 1 at Sheffield Park station. This caused both locomotives to travel together for approximately 4 metres, at slow speed. Sheffield Park station is located on the Bluebell Railway, a heritage railway in Sussex. At the time the movement took place, a volunteer member of staff, ...