Britain Today

Services every 3 minutes Interchange to Birmingham airport in 6 minutes 2.3 kilometre long route from Interchange to Birmingham Airport Approximately 20 metre long vehicles Capable of carrying 2,100 passengers per hour in each direction Travel on a viaduct for entire route – 12 metres off the ground at its highest point HS2 today unveiled […]

Three revolutionary new tools will be rolled out to improve the capability of the Child Abuse Image Database (CAID), in a huge boost to bring child sexual abusers to justice and safeguard victims. The Home Secretary Sajid Javid has announced forces across the UK will have access to new tools, which will speed up investigations […]

International Development Minister Baroness Sugg this week (8 July 2019) announced that the fourth round of UK Aid Match will open for applications on 20 August 2019. UK aid is committed to protecting and conserving the natural world, whilst lifting some of the world’s most vulnerable people out of poverty. The latest round of UK […]

Justice Secretary sets out proposals amending the Parole Board release test Follows tireless campaigning efforts by the mother of murdered Helen McCourt Murderers who refuse to disclose the location of a victim’s body may be denied parole under a new law set out by the Justice Secretary David Gauke. Named after Helen McCourt – murdered […]

Theresa May will today urge stronger cooperation between governments and tech companies to stop terrorists from being able to ‘broadcast their atrocities in real time’ on the internet. In her intervention at the G20 Summit’s session on Innovation, Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence, the Prime Minister will say that governments need to learn lessons from […]

Oasis Charitable Trust, which runs 52 Academies with 30,000 students across England, has been announced as the operator of the country’s first Secure School. This is scheduled to open in late 2020 on the site of Medway Secure Training Centre in Kent. Oasis Charitable Trust chosen following rigorous application process Government investing £5 million to […]

Prisoners close to release at 2 prisons in Scotland are set to receive enhanced employment support in a bid to reduce re-offending rates in Scotland. Speaking on a visit to HM Prison Cornton Vale, Scotland’s only all-female prison, Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd said: The transition from life in prison to life back in […]

Cyber-flashing’, ‘deepfake’ and revenge porn among issues to be examined a public consultation will be launched to help assess whether the law needs to change Laws around the making and sharing of non-consensual intimate images are to be reviewed under plans to ensure protections keep pace with emerging technology. Justice Minister Paul Maynard and Digital […]

Food Minister David Rutley will celebrate the UK’s world leading food and farming sector at the Royal Highland Show today, as new figures show Scottish food and drink exports achieved a record-breaking £1.4 billion of sales in the first quarter of 2019. Exports grew by 14% over the past year, driven by a surge in […]

Ahmed, 26, who is based at the Environment Agency’s office at Fradley near Lichfield, was named Professional Young Engineer of the Year by the Pump Centre. The Pump Centre is a network of 100-plus companies working in the water industry’s engineering sector. In order to win the award, Ahmed had to present to a panel […]