West Midlands Trains must invest £20m after poor performance and delays
In a stark warning to train operators across the country, West Midlands Trains (WMT) will be required to spend an extra £20m on improving services...
Sunday, 9 February 2020 10:19
New National Plan to shape the future of music education
To help reflect advances in technology in the way music is created, recorded and produced, as and to reassess the music education young people benefit from at school...
Sunday, 9 February 2020 10:12
Tens of thousands of city trees to be planted in first round of Urban Tree Challenge Fund
Thirteen projects in urban communities across England have been awarded a share of the £10 million in the first round of the Urban Tree Challenge Fund...
Saturday, 8 February 2020 00:01
Coastguard launches new state-of-the-art aircraft to boost search and rescue at sea
Two new state-of-the-art aircraft have taken to the skies, boosting the lifesaving search and rescue missions carried out by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency...
Saturday, 8 February 2020 00:01
Decade of disappointment to follow decade of decline under Tories - McDonnell
John McDonnell MP, Labour's Shadow Chancellor, speaking at the Labour Party’s North West Regional Conference in Southport on Saturday (8), will say...
Saturday, 8 February 2020 00:01
Third of FTSE 100 board members now women, but Business Secretary says more needs to be done
A third of all board positions in the UK’s FTSE 100 companies are now held by women - meaning a key target of the government-backed Hampton-Alexander Review has been met almost one year early...
Saturday, 8 February 2020 00:01
PHE novel coronavirus diagnostic test rolled out across UK
The increase in diagnostic capacity from one laboratory in London to 12 labs will accelerate the country’s testing capabilities...
Friday, 7 February 2020 16:28
NEU backs #PauseOfsted campaign
Today, the core group of the Headteachers’ Roundtable agreed to formally request all school-based employees to resign as Ofsted Additional Inspectors...
Friday, 7 February 2020 14:16
Trade Minister champions UK SMEs in US ahead of trade talks
Business leaders across Texas have met with International Trade Minister Conor Burns this week to discuss the benefits of future UK-US Free Trade Agreement...
Friday, 7 February 2020 13:25
Karen Pierce appointed as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the United States of America
Dame Karen Pierce DCMG has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the United States of America...
Friday, 7 February 2020 11:38