LONDON, Oct. 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Transport Secretary launches swift and robust review to deliver Heathrow expansion * process will be 3 years faster than production of previous policy statement * Heathrow expansion will support economic growth and enable international investment, boost connectivity and strengthen the UK's competitiveness, delivering on the Plan for Change A third runway at Heathrow is one step closer to take-off after the Tra...
LONDON, Oct. 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * UK government disrupts key highway for illegal migration to the UK by sanctioning gangs exploiting Western Balkans route, and financiers supplying small boat equipment. * Targets include Balkan-based criminal gangs involved in selling fake passports, and shadowy financial network supplying small boat engines * Sanctions latest example of cooperation with Western Balkan countries to tackle organised immigration ...
LONDON, Oct. 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: We wish to inform wholesalers that Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC has initiated a Class II recall to wholesaler level with immediate effect for the following products: * Apovomin 3 mg/ml Solution for Injection for Dogs, Vm50406/4002 * Ophtocycline 10 mg/g eye ointment for dogs, cats and horses, Vm41821/4043 * Revozyn RTU 400 mg/ml suspension for injection for cattle, Vm16849/3000 & Vm16849/5000 * Equipala...
LONDON, Oct. 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today confirmed that the legal tests have been met to designate both Apple and Google with strategic market status (SMS) in each of their mobile platforms. These platforms cover operating systems, app distribution, browsers and browser engines on smartphones and tablets. The UK's new digital markets competition regime came into force on 1 January 2025, allowing the...
LONDON, Oct. 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Ministers, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, The United Kingdom is honoured to join you at the UN's sixteenth conference on trade and development. It could not come at a more timely juncture. Throughout this week, we've heard first hand from developing country ministers about the increasingly complex and interconnected challenges their countries face: * Conflicts and their spillovers, including Russia's ...
LONDON, Oct. 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, the UK and the USA gave a statement following the publication of the second report of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT): We, the participating states of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT), have released a report today on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) violations and e...
LONDON, Oct. 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * 500 students to gain cyber and digital skills training and qualifications through newly expanded Defence education partnership. * Programme will break down barriers to cyber careers, particularly for underrepresented groups. * North-West establishing itself as the UK's 'Cyber Corridor', creating hundreds of high-skilled jobs and making defence an engine for growth. 500 students in Lancashire are to be...
LONDON, Oct. 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The British Armed Forces will continue to support a NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo for at least another three years. The UK has been a key contributor to the UN-mandated NATO Kosovo Force (KFOR) since it first entered Kosovo in 1999 as a peacekeeping force to bring peace and stability following the conflict of the 1990s. The commitment centres around a reserve force of hundreds of British soldiers who ...
LONDON, Oct. 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: To help ensure stalking victims get the protection they need and more offenders are brought to justice, a major independent review of stalking laws is being launched today (22 October). For far too long, victims have been subject to debilitating and vicious abuse at the hands of stalkers who use any means necessary to monitor and control their victims' lives. Statistics show that1.4 million people over 16 experi...
LONDON, Oct. 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Sham immigration lawyers who look to cheat the system will have their cash confiscated under new powers. Under proposals set out by the Home Office today, new powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act will be extended to the Immigration Advice Authority, enabling them to seize the criminal profits of unscrupulous advisers. That money will be reinvested into frontline policing and border security, using dirty money...