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Bristol City Council Data Centre Wins Innovation Award

Design ingenuity nets award for new Bristol City Council Data Centre

Bristol City Council’s new state-of-the-art green technology data centre has won an innovation award at the national Datacentre Leaders Awards.

9 Feb 2010 - 16:33

West Sussex Offers Self Directed Support For The Third Sector

Third sector organisations are being offered training to help them find out more about self-directed support, how it could affect them in the future and how they can get involved.

9 Feb 2010 - 16:25

Political Parties Urged To Protect Funding For Disabled Children

Report shows funding for short breaks must be sustained or social and economic gains will be lost

9 Feb 2010 - 16:22

Public Sector - Most Attractive Employer According To New Graduate Survey

Research released today by Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS), the provider of world-class talent and resourcing functions and global leader in RPO, reveals that competition for graduate roles is set to be tougher than ever in 2010 as more than half of graduates from 2009 join the hunt for jobs alongside the class of 2010. This increased competition seems to have hit 2009 and 2010 graduates’ confidence, leading to less targeted applications and a willingness to apply for positions outside of their preferred field.

9 Feb 2010 - 16:20

South Africa And Australia Pledge To Renew Climate Change Partnership

Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean today signed a letter of intent with South Africa’s Minister for Water and Environmental Affairs, Buyelwa Sonjica to renew the Australia-South Africa climate change partnership.

9 Feb 2010 - 16:18

"My School" Website Enables Australian Government To Identify Underperfoming Schools And Provide Support

The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, today called on the Australian Education Union to support the Government’s plans to direct additional funding to schools based on the information now available to Australian parents on the My School website.

9 Feb 2010 - 16:15

London Councils Argue That Communities Must Have Say On Late Night Drinking Rules

Local authorities should be able to choose when to restrict late night drinking in their local areas, rather than the government handing down one-size-fits-all regulations on drinking laws.

9 Feb 2010 - 16:13

Pioneering London School Children Skype European Debate

 A group of Leytonstone students had a mock parliamentary debate with pupils from a German school using Skype, last Friday.

9 Feb 2010 - 16:10

NHS Medicine Supply - Statement By Health Minister Mike O'Brien

The Minister said the following:

For months I have been concerned about the potential impact on patients’ health of a small number of medicines being sold abroad by speculators. It is unacceptable that people have had to wait longer than they should have to get their medication.

"I have made it very clear that it is a very few unscrupulous people that are putting profits before patients. Rather than selling drugs to NHS patients as they should, they are selling them abroad for greater profit.

"I am pleased that the different parts of the supply chain have come together to work with the Government to tackle this and the joint guidance we have already developed makes clear the legal and ethical duties on the supply chain as well as their consequences.

"The Government believes that this spirit of collaboration is the best way to further minimise the risks to patients. That is why the Secretary of State and I have called a summit in early March 2010 with all those organisations involved in the supply of medicines to better understand the issues involved and what might be done to address them. "

 

9 Feb 2010 - 16:08

European Parliament Approves New Commission With Large Majority

The European Parliament elected the new European Commission by 488 votes to 137, with 72 abstentions, in Strasbourg on Tuesday. The vote took the form of a single ballot on the whole College of Commissioners, consisting of one Commissioner from each of the 27 EU Member States.

9 Feb 2010 - 16:05

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