Month: December 2019

More than 800 miles of roadworks will be lifted or completed on motorways and major A roads to help motorists have smoother journeys over the festive period.

Link: More than 800 miles of roadworks completed or lifted in time for Christmas
Source: Gov Press Releases

Loughborough Grammar School wins regional heats of Geological Society of London’s national schools challenge, held at British Geological Survey in Nottingham.

Link: Coal Authority helps to host geological competition for students
Source: Gov Press Releases

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that four foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports during November 2019 after failing port state control (PSC) inspection.

Link: Foreign flagged ships detained in the UK during November 2019
Source: Gov Press Releases

Explosion and fire on board the chemical tanker Stolt Groenland at the Port of Ulsan, Republic of Korea.

Link: Stolt Groenland interim report published
Source: Gov Press Releases

Updated guidance on intervention, enforcement and use of powers.

Link: Regulator publishes conclusion to intervention and enforcement powers consultation
Source: Gov Press Releases

The AAIB has sent a team to investigate an accident involving a light aircraft.

Link: The AAIB has sent a team to Lincolnshire
Source: Gov Press Releases

The CMA has cleared the anticipated purchase of gene therapy company Spark Therapeutics by pharmaceutical company Roche Holdings.

Link: Pharmaceutical merger cleared by CMA
Source: Gov Press Releases

HMS SCOTT has arrived in Drake Passage to the south of Chile and is assisting in the search for debris from the Chilean C130

Link: HMS Scott provides support for search
Source: Gov Press Releases