LONDON, June 25 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Solicitor General, Ellie ReevesKC MP,secures increased sentence formanresponsible foraseries ofrobberies and stabbings across the London Underground. Adel KerariofHammersmithand Fulham,London,had his sentence increased byoneyear and onemonthafter the Solicitor General Ellie Reeves KC MP referred his case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme. The court heard how over two weeks in June ...
LONDON, June 25 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Environment Agency has secured an Enforcement Undertaking from Anglian Water Services that will see £275,000 go towards environmental improvement projects across Lincolnshire. This comes after two permit breaches led to unauthorised sewage being discharged into the North Sea. Anglian Water Services submitted theEnforcement Undertaking offer following a detailed investigation by the Environment Agency i...
LONDON, June 25 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: A robust and consistent process for refusing entry at the border is essential to effective immigration control and to national security. This inspection examined the current processes used by officials to assess whether an individual should be refused entry to the UK at the border. It was conducted at the full range of Border Force control points, including airports and seaports in the UK, as well as juxtaposed ...
LONDON, June 25 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Environment Agency has issued a warning letter to the River Roding Trust in east London following an investigation into unpermitted work carried out at Alders Brook, in Ilford. This follows previous warnings about damage that was done to a flood defence at Hertford Road, in Barking. The investigation found that work at Alders Brook in March this year damaged wildlife habitats, and led to the spread of invas...
LONDON, June 25 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Submarine Delivery Group (SDG), which is part of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise, is using advanced and additive manufacturing to improve submarine availability. The work of the SDG Additive Manufacturing (AdM) team, alongside industry and the Royal Navy, is reducing reliance on traditional supply chains, and building an enduring AdM industrial capability across the UK's submarine programmes. What are advance...
LONDON, June 25 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Asylum casework is an area that the ICIBI has inspected several times in the past, most recently in 2023, shortly after the then Prime Minister's pledge to clear the legacy asylum decision backlog. That inspection raised concerns that the focus on clearing the backlog 'at all costs' had resulted in the prioritisation of quantity over quality, with a potential negative impact on the efficiency of the end-to-end as...
LONDON, June 25 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Prime Minister welcomed the Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley for a meeting in Downing Street today, during London Climate Action Week. The Prime Minister thanked Prime Minister Mottley for her international leadership on climate action, welcoming efforts by the UK and Barbados to tackle super pollutants. The leaders also discussed initiatives for combatting organised crime and enhancing regional secur...
LONDON, June 25 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: This marks the completion of an international commitment between the UK and Germany, and a significant milestone in the UK's nuclear clean-up mission. This shipment represents the culmination of decades of UK expertise, investment and commitment to safely return high-level waste to its country of origin. It reflects sustained collaboration between NTS, Sellafield Ltd and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (ND...
LONDON, June 25 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Today, we have published our accident investigation report into the serious injury to a crew member on board the scallop dredger Jacoba (BM77) 29 nautical miles south-south-east of Beachy Head, England on 10 May 2025. The report, available via this link, contains details of what happened, subsequent actions taken and recommendations. A safety flyer to the fishing industry has also been produced with this report...
LONDON, June 25 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: A new UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) provisional report for a selected number of childhood vaccines has been published today, providing early indications of the impact of the recent changes to the routine childhood vaccination schedule. Vaccine coverage for April shows that the new schedule is already helping to provide earlier protection for babies against meningitis B (MenB). Provisional figures show thati...