Prime Minister Appoints Dr Aminul Hoque MBE to the Board Of Royal Museums Greenwich

David Cameron has appointed Dr Aminul Hoque as a Trustee for Royal Museums Greenwich for a term of four years, running from 5 September 2016 to 4 September 2020

Dr Aminul Hoque MBE is a lecturer in the Educational Studies Department at Goldsmiths College and is also a Visiting Lecturer at London Metropolitan University. Aminul gained his doctorate from Goldsmiths College in 2011, and his ethnographic research forms the basis of his book British Islamic Identity: Third Generation Bangladeshis from East London (2015).

Dr Hoque has over 25 years of voluntary and professional experience in the youth, community and voluntary sector and is a recognised expert in young people and cultural identity. Primarily aimed at teachers, parents and social workers, Aminul has been a trainer (since 2004) for the social services department at the London Borough of Tower Hamlets on their ‘Working with Bangladeshi Families’ course. He has also contributed to many local youth work training programmes, researched and authored numerous evaluations and research projects in areas such as mentoring, drugs education, community sports and the phenomenon of youth gangs.

In 2004, Aminul developed an A-Z manual for working with disengaged and ‘hard to reach’ young people in Tower Hamlets as part of a borough wide initiative led by Tower Hamlets College. He has also been a major contributor to national youth policy through involvement in research programmes such as the Nuffield (2008) enquiry into young people who are NEET (not in education, employment or training). Aminul’s work has been recognised by accolades such as a National Training Award in 2002 and the Philip Lawrence Award in 2005. He was awarded an MBE in 2008 for services to youth justice in east London.

In addition to his passion for academia and youth and community work, Aminul is also a freelance journalist and broadcaster and has been involved in numerous BBC radio and television documentaries. His inaugural radio documentary, Islamic Pride, for which he was researcher/ broadcaster, was shortlisted for the prestigious Sony Awards in 2004. Aminul was also the lead trainer for the BBC’s popular internal Islam and Identity course between 2005 and 2009.

The role is unpaid. The appointment has been made in accordance with the OCPA Code of Practice. It is a requirement of the Code that political activity by those appointed is declared. Dr Hoque has declared no such political activity.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is introducing:

• an industry-recognised qualification for new MOT testers and managers
• annual training and assessments for the existing 58,000 MOT testers

Carrying out MOTs to the right standard

Around 27 million car MOTs are carried out in Great Britain each year.

The vast majority are done to the right standard, but DVSA data shows that some errors are made. The new qualification and training process should help to reduce them.

MOT qualification

From September 2016, new MOT testers will need a nationally-recognised qualification.

To be eligible for the qualification, they’ll already need to have:

• a technical qualification, eg a Vehicle Technician, Vehicle Maintenance and Repair NVQ
• at least 4 years of experience in the motor trade

They’ll then need to:

• successfully complete an MOT tester qualification course
• pass an MOT demonstration test with a DVSA examiner

The new qualification offers more people the opportunity to develop their skills and enter a career in MOT testing, helping to boost the industry.

Annual training and assessments

MOT testers will also have to take training and pass an assessment every year to continue carrying out MOTs.

The training will focus on topics which DVSA data shows testers are most likely to get wrong.

It means that consumers can be more confident that their MOT result is right, and that any vehicle faults are correctly identified. This helps protect everyone from unsafe vehicles.

Regularly assessing the standard

Transport Minister, Lord Ahmad, said:

MOT testers do an excellent and essential job ensuring that vehicles are fit to be driven on our roads.

We want all workers to be proud of their profession and drivers to be sure they are getting the right test result. We are introducing this new qualification and training and assessment regime to further boost the reputation of the profession.

DVSA’s Chief Executive, Gareth Llewellyn, added:

Checking your vehicle is safe to drive is one of our top priorities. Ensuring the quality of MOT testing will ensure customers can be confident their vehicle will be tested in a highly professional manner.

The new qualification as well as the annual training and assessment will continue to build on the professional reputation of the MOT industry. It will help DVSA to regularly assess the standard of the industry and quickly address any problems that arise.

By achieving this new qualification, garages or testers will enable their businesses to flourish, but where standards are not being met, DVSA has an obligation to protect the public by withdrawing authority to carry out MOT testing.

High assessment standards

Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) Director, Stuart James, said:

The new qualification is something that technicians can genuinely be proud of and knowing that the assessment standards are so very high, this can only enhance the UK’s excellent road safety record.

More information

Find out how to get an MOT or check the MOT history of a vehicle.

The decision about when to trigger Article 50 and start the formal process of leaving the EU will be for the new Prime Minister. The UK remains a member of the EU throughout this process, and until Article 50 negotiations have concluded.

When we do leave the EU, we fully expect that the legal status of EU nationals living in the UK, and that of UK nationals in EU member states, will be properly protected.

The government recognises and values the important contribution made by EU and other non-UK citizens who work, study and live in the UK.

I have lived in the UK for more than 5 years. What does the vote to leave the EU mean for me?

• EU nationals who have lived continuously and lawfully in the UK for at least 5 years automatically have a permanent right to reside. This means that they have a right to live in the UK permanently, in accordance with EU law. There is no requirement to register for documentation to confirm this status.
• EU nationals who have lived continuously and lawfully in the UK for at least 6 years are eligible to apply for British citizenship if they would like to do so. The eligibility requirements can be found here.

 What if I have lived in the UK for less than 5 years?

• EU nationals continue to have a right to reside in the UK in accordance with EU law. EU nationals do not need to register for any documentation in order to enjoy their free movement rights and responsibilities. For those that decide to apply for a registration certificate, there has been no change to government policy or processes. Applications will continue to be processed as usual.
• Non-EU family members of EU nationals must continue to apply for a family permit if they wish to enter the UK under EU law, and they do not have a residence card issued by a member state. There has been no change to government policy or processes, and applications will continue to be processed as usual.
• Extended family members of EU nationals must continue to apply for a registration certificate (if they are an EU national) or residence card (if they are a non-EU national) if they wish to reside in the UK. There has been no change to government policy or processes, and applications will continue to be processed as usual.
• Irish nationals enjoy separate rights, under various pieces of legislation, which allow Irish nationals residing in the UK to be treated in the same way as British nationals in most circumstances. There is no change to this position.
• Croatian nationals might continue to need to apply for a registration certificate to be allowed to work in the UK under the transitional arrangements that were put in place when Croatia joined the EU in 2013. The type of registration certificate that they might need will depend on whether they need permission to work in the UK, and what they will be doing. There has been no change to government policy or processes, and applications will continue to be processed as usual.

 Does the government plan to remove EU nationals from the UK?

There has been no change to the right of EU nationals to reside in the UK and therefore no change to the circumstances in which someone could be removed from the UK.

As was the case before the referendum, EU nationals can only be removed from the UK if they are considered to pose a genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat to the public, if they are not lawfully resident or are abusing their free movement rights.

Drivers are being advised to plan ahead and allow extra time if they are travelling to and around Farnborough in Hampshire this weekend (Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 July) during the public days of the Farnborough International Airshow 2016.

Over 100,000 people are expected to head for the public show over the weekend with a further 100,000 trade visitors expected throughout the preceding week.

Visitors are being advised to travel to the show by public transport but it is likely that there will an increased number of vehicles on local roads and the M3 around junctions 4 and 4a.

Highways England provides live traffic information on our website and at @HighwaysSEAST on Twitter, local and national radio travel bulletins, electronic road signs and mobile apps.

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The Prime Minister today announced 31 new free schools providing around 20,000 high-quality places across the country.

On his final visit as Prime Minister David Cameron today travelled to Reach Academy in Feltham, west London, an outstanding-rated school set up by teachers using freedoms provided by government reforms.

Prime Minster David Cameron said:

Free schools have been at the heart of this government’s education reforms which have seen more than 1.4 million more children in good or outstanding schools since 2010.

More than 300 have been created since I became Prime Minister and 200 are set to open meaning tens of thousands more young people, many from disadvantaged areas, finally have a choice of a good education that helps them reach their full potential.

I am proud of what this government has achieved, working with heads and teachers to raise standards so that our young people have the best possible start in life.

The 31 schools comprise successful applications from some of the best academy trusts in the country. They include:

• Kings Leadership Padgate, Warrington – this new school is being set up by the team behind King’s leadership academy in Warrington which last year won the national award for character education. The new school will have a similar curriculum and aims to offer high quality education in an area with a number of poor-performing schools

• The Avenue, north west London – the school will cater for pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and complex needs. It is being set up by the Brent Specialist Academy Trust, established by 3 special schools all with good or outstanding ratings from Ofsted

• Reach Academy 2, Hounslow – the second school from Reach will take its inspiration from the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) in New York City – the school will replicate HCZ’s focus on early intervention with 2- and 3-year-olds with strong relationships with families via home visits and integrated family support

The successful applicants will now begin to confirm sites with many due to open by September 2017.

The free schools programme provides greater local choice for parents by setting up new schools and driving up standards. Around half have been set up in deprived communities and 1 in 4 has been rated outstanding by Ofsted – above the national average.

Many have used their freedoms to extend the school day, allowing them to offer more extra-curricular activities to pupils while others have used their freedoms to offer high-quality teaching in areas including maths, science and languages.

Notes

The Reach Academy Feltham opened in September 2012. The school has 840 pupils and was inspected by Ofsted in March 2014 and was judged to be outstanding in all areas. This was the first all-through free school to be awarded the grade. The school is heavily oversubscribed and is situated in an area of high deprivation.

The 31 school applications announced today were approved as part of a fast-track process. Further successful applications will be announced in the coming months.

Today there are 5,188 academies, 304 free schools, 40 studio schools and 39 university technical colleges more than in May 2010 – giving every child the chance to go to a good local school.

There are now more good or outstanding schools than ever before, with over 1.4 million more pupils taught in good or outstanding schools than 2010.

The last narrow lanes, 50 mph speed limits and cones and barriers were removed from the motorway between junction 19 at Knutsford and junction 20 at Lymm on Sunday morning (10 July) after completion of a new concrete central reservation safety barrier and repairs to 2 bridges.

A substantial proportion of the £14.5 million works, which started in December, have been completed. However, after a review of the project, Highways England has decided to lift road works and complete the final elements of the scheme – including repairing a third bridge and installing new steel safety barriers in the motorway verges – at another time, using only hard shoulder and occasional overnight lane closures.

Highways England project manager Phil Deller, said:

We would like to thank drivers for their patience over the last few months while we have worked to deliver these vital bridge repairs and important safety improvements, often requiring overnight carriageway closures.

We will be returning to finish the work at a later stage but will look to do that with the minimum of inconvenience to drivers and encroachment on carriageways.

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At just 19 years old, Sergeant (Sgt) Arthur Pulman should have had his whole life before him, instead he was killed when his RAF Lancaster bomber was shot down over Germany in 1944. Today, the MOD’s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC) is appealing for the gunner’s family to get in touch after his grave site was finally identified over 70 years after he was killed in action.

Arthur, who grew up in Dane Street, Walton, had enlisted into the RAF in February 1943, aged 18.

He was the tail gunner on board Lancaster EE173, part of 207 Squadron Royal Air Force, when it took off from RAF Spilsby (Lincolnshire) at 5.18pm on 30 January 1944 for a raid on Berlin. There was no further contact with the plane and it failed to return from the raid. All the other crew members had managed to bail out from the aircraft but were then taken prisoner of war. After the war they told how Arthur had been killed during the night fighter attack that had brought the aircraft down.

Years later in the 1970s, an RAF Lancaster was salvaged from Lake Krumme Lanke in the American sector of Berlin. Its engine numbers matched those of Lancaster EE173. The remains of a crew member were found and buried in Rheinburg War Cemetery, Germany, as an ‘unknown airman of WW2’.

More recently, records from both 1944 and the 1970s have been re-examined, the conclusion being that the airman buried at Rheinburg War Cemetery can only be Sergeant Arthur Pulman.

Now an appeal has been launched by the MOD to track down any of Arthur’s surviving relatives so that they can be invited to attend a service of rededication of his grave in Rheinburg War Cemetery during September.

Louise Dorr, from the JCCC said:

Arthur’s records don’t give us a great deal of information about him. We know he was a plumber’s mate before he enlisted and that his last known address was in Dane Street, Walton. He was born in Liverpool on 31 May 1924 to George and Evelyn Pulman and we think he may have had an older brother, Peter, who we hope may still have family living in the area.

She added:

Unfortunately that is about all we know about him and his family and that’s where the trail goes cold.

If you can help with tracing Arthur’s family, please call Louise on 01452 712612 extension 5465 or email her on: DBS-JCCCCommem4SO3@mod.uk

Business Secretary Sajid Javid has today (12 July 2016) announced that government and industry have committed to providing almost £365 million of funding for new aerospace technologies, further enhancing the UK’s reputation as a world leading aircraft design and manufacturing hub.

The news, timed to coincide with this week’s Farnborough Air Show, builds on the £1.2 billion of funding government has already jointly invested through the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI), which has contributed to 149 new projects, involving 188 different companies and organisations, including over 100 small and medium sized businesses.

The research projects will target different aspects of aircraft manufacturing and performance, driving up competitiveness, lowering costs, and helping to deliver environmentally-friendly aircraft with lower emissions and reduced noise.

Business Secretary Sajid Javid said:

Aerospace is a vitally important industry for the UK and it is one of our great manufacturing success stories, supporting over 230,000 jobs and generating over £30 billion a year for the economy. We are number one in Europe and world leaders in innovation, design and manufacturing parts for planes.

With government and industry investing nearly £4 billion by 2026, we are showing our continued commitment to this vital sector and our intention to keep the UK’s world-beating status. I am proud of our record supporting our great aero industry and we will continue to do all we can to help this high flying sector soar to even greater heights.

Also at Farnborough, the Aerospace Growth Partnership (AGP) updated the sector on the industrial strategy for UK aerospace. The AGP has transformed the way in which industry and government work together to secure the long-term future of one of the UK’s most important sectors.

A key feature of the strategy is industry’s Supply Chain Competitiveness Charter signed by the sector’s leading civil aerospace manufacturers. This will strengthen relationships between the large companies and their suppliers, working together to raise productivity and competitiveness.

Welcoming the new AGP strategy, Sajid Javid said:

Means of Ascent, the updated strategy for the UK aerospace industry, is a great piece of work and will really help with the partnership between government and industry. I am also extremely pleased to see that the industry has also developed a Supply Chain Competitiveness Charter which will help our smaller companies become even more productive and export more.

ATI Chief Executive Gary Elliott said:

This is the largest batch of ATI projects to be launched since operations started 3 years ago. It moves UK aerospace towards delivering the next generation of quiet and low emission aircraft, whilst also tackling immediate manufacturing challenges. The participants are a who’s who of global aerospace, as well as the UK supply chain and research base – a powerful demonstration of the strength of UK innovation.

Innovate UK Chief Executive Ruth McKernan said:

From the inception of Innovate UK 9 years ago, we have been working with companies large and small to make the UK a global centre of excellence for aerospace innovation. We look forward to continuing the highly successful partnership with industry, the Aerospace Technology Institute and government to deliver this goal.

ADS CEO Paul Everitt said:

This investment reinforces the value of modern industrial strategies and will help keep the UK at the forefront of global aerospace technology. The Aerospace Growth Partnership’s focus on the value of the UK supply chain and the steps required to sustain global competitiveness will help ensure the sector continues to make a growing contribution to our national prosperity.

Notes to editors:

1. These projects have received funding from the aerospace research and development (R&D) programme, a £3.9 billion joint funding commitment from industry and government to support projects which build on the UK’s strengths and develop the products and manufacturing technologies that will best position the UK to sustain its global competitiveness. The programme is delivered in partnership between the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Innovate UK and the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI). The commitment was made in 2013 and the 2015 Spending Review announced that the funding would be extended by 6 years to 2025 to 2026, worth an additional £900 million from government.

2. The ATI was created by government and industry to guide investment into research and technology projects that will sustain and enhance the UK’s competitive advantage. Its technology strategy defines the best combination of capabilities, technologies and products to advance next-generation civil aircraft; enabling industry to exploit anticipated global growth, and deliver value to the UK economy through the sector’s high productivity and skills. The ATI has now published a Technology Strategy and Portfolio Update 2016.

3. Innovate UK is the UK’s innovation agency. It works with people, companies and partner organisations to find and drive the science and technology innovations that will grow the UK economy - delivering productivity, new jobs and exports and keeping the UK globally competitive in the race for future prosperity.

4. Means of ascent: strategy for UK aerospace 2016

A popular pedestrian bridge over the M602 serving commities and businesses in Eccles is to get a new canopy. The new design, chosen following public consultation in 2015, is a steel mesh dome.

In partnership with Salford Council, Highways England is replacing the previous structure which is 40 years old, and was becoming very difficult to repair to a good standard. Work will begin in later in the Summer, and follows a consultation with local people in 2015 to choose a design.

Project manager Mark Mosley said:

The route is very important as it serves the station and the town, but the bridge canopy is looking very ragged these days and becoming more difficult to repair. Everyone agrees that a smart new bridge will provide a much improved welcome to Eccles from the station.

Though we won’t be starting work until later in the summer, we’re doing everything we can as early as possible to inform people about the scheme, and to minimise the disruption it may cause.

Work is likely to last 12 weeks, and the bridge needs to be closed throughout, with a diversion in place on the shortest well-lit walking route via Church Street, John William Street, Albert Street and Wellington Road.

Councillor Roger Jones, lead member for transport, Salford City Council, said:

This local landmark is in need of a facelift after 40 years and unfortunately this can’t be done with it open. I’m delighted that Highways England has worked with local people on the new design for the canopy and I look forward to seeing it in place.

Further information will be provided closer to the start date to help residents and businesses plan for the time when the important pedestrian link is closed.

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The Chancellor has announced today (Tuesday 12 July 2016) that 9 charities, including a cause supported by the late Jo Cox MP, will receive over £14 million funding.

The funding comes from fines levied on the banking industry for manipulating the LIBOR rate and include:

• £375,000 for the Royal Voluntary Service – one of the causes backed by the Jo Cox memorial fund
• £1.9 million for new buildings for pre-school age children of SAS personnel
• £2.2 million for new recovery and well-being facilities for current and veteran SBS personnel
• £550,000 to secure flights to the Falklands for veterans over the next three years, including the 35th anniversary of the conflict in 2017
• more than £2 million to excavate HMS Invincible shipwreck in the Solent, the project will also train veterans, serving personnel and disadvantaged teenagers
• £100,000 for an expedition for wounded veterans to climb Antarctica’s highest mountain
• £5 million for the Aged Veterans Fund which looks after health, wellbeing and social care needs for veterans born before 1 January 1950
• £2.25 million to support D-Day veteran visits to Normandy, including the 75th anniversary in 2018

Chancellor George Osborne said:

I am proud to be supporting causes that will make a real difference to those dedicated to serving their country. It is right that funding from those in the banking industry who demonstrated the worst of values goes towards people who display the very best of British values.

Jo Cox dedicated her life to bringing people together and making a difference. She was an inspiration to people across the world and I am proud to give the Royal Voluntary Service this funding in her memory to continue their vital work.

Our special forces are the envy of the world, and it is our duty to look after them and their families. The new facilities for the SAS and Special Boat Service (SBS) will be major improvements to their bases and show this government is committed to the welfare of our brave troops.

It is vital that we remember the bravery and loyalty of our veterans in defending this country and its values. We are ensuring that the veterans from the Second World War and the Falklands War can continue to pay their respects to their fallen comrades. The Aged Veterans Fund grant will make a real difference to healthcare and social needs of our older veterans. The Mount Vinson expedition will show the astonishing achievements and ambition of our wounded veterans in one of the world’s toughest environments.

The wreck of the HMS Invincible is an invaluable part of the UK’s proud maritime history and it is important we work to save as much as possible. This hugely worthwhile project will support military veterans, serving personnel and disadvantaged teenagers to learn new skills and put artefacts from the wreck on public display for the first time.

Royal Voluntary Service

The Jo Cox memorial fund, set up after the MPs murder, raised money for a number of causes close to her heart, including the Royal Voluntary Service (RVS). The RVS will receive £375,000 from LIBOR fines to support the RVS’s work as one of the largest volunteer organisations in the country, helping older people stay active, independent and feeling part of society. The amount equals the gift aid that could have been claimed if the fund was a registered UK charity (based on the fund’s original £1.5 million fundraising target).

Special Forces

Pre-school age children of SAS solders will get new £1.9 million buildings at the service’s Hereford headquarters to provide them with dedicated, state-of-the-art facilities. Members of SAS can be deployed on long missions abroad and those with young children can be reassured their children are being educated and cared for in a new dedicated environment.

Jim Leng, chairman of the Trustees of the Clocktower Foundation, said:

We are delighted that the Chancellor has seen the merits of this project and awarded us the funding to allow it to proceed. Given the service that the Regiment gives to the country, providing their children with modern purpose-built facilities for their pre-school years is a measure of the debt we owe them.

The SBS Association will receive £2.2 million for new recovery and well-being facilities for serving and veteran members of the service, including the rehab of those wounded in combat. The facility will be at their Poole headquarters and will ensure soldiers can recuperate and recovery from injury after missions and training. The new building will also be used by retired SBS members.

Military veterans

A number of veterans’ charities will benefit from funding to support visits to battlefields and help fund an expedition for wounded veterans to climb Mount Vinson in Antarctica.

The Aged Veterans Fund (AVF) has been awarded £5 million towards projects that support the health and social care needs for older veterans over the age of 66, including surviving World War 2 soldiers. The next round of grants from the AVF will be made in September 2016.

General Sir Andrew Ridgeway, Chairman of Cobseo, the Confederation of Service Charities said:

The additional funding announced by the Chancellor for the Aged Veterans Fund will make a significant difference to the outstanding work undertaken to support the additional health, wellbeing and social care needs of this group of people who have served this country with such distinction.

This will permit an increased number of veterans to access these important services.

The Royal British Legion and D-Day Revisited charities’ organised annual returns to Normandy will be supported with funding of £2.25 million. With the 75th anniversary of D-Day in 2018, the award will help veterans make both group and individual visits to remember their own contribution to this country’s freedom and remember those that died.

An expedition to enable a wounded veteran to climb the coldest and most inhospitable mountain in the world has received £100,000 of LIBOR funding. The Mount Vinson expedition, organised by the charity 65 Degrees North, will set out in January 2017. A 6-strong team will face strong winds, brutally low wind-chill temperatures and extreme remoteness to show what wounded veterans are able to achieve.

General Andrew Keeling RM (Rtd), Patron of 65 Degrees North said:

All of us at 65 Degrees North are over the moon about the wonderful LIBOR grant which, combined with our other funding channels, enables us to go ahead with our ambitious plans to mount expeditions for war wounded veterans to climb Mount Vinson (the highest mountain the Antarctic) and to complete an ambitious cycling challenge in the Pyrenees. From our previous experience running expeditions like this we know they have a totally disproportionately beneficial effect on those that go out of their way ‘to achieve the impossible’, and on their ability to inspire others to do the same.

The Falklands Veterans Association will receive £550,000 funding to secure subsidised flights to the Islands for the next three years allowing veterans and next of kin to visit battlefields, war graves and memorials to remember those ‘still on patrol’. The award comes ahead of the 35th anniversary of the conflict in 2017.

Derek ‘Smokey’ Cole, Chief Executive of the Falklands Veterans Foundation said:

The Falklands Veterans Foundation are absolutely delighted to be awarded this funding for Veterans and immediate Next of Kin of those killed in action during the Falklands War, to assist with the costs of flights to the Islands to allow them to lay ghosts to rest and pay their respects to those still on patrol in the South Atlantic. It also ensures that Liberty Lodge a building owned by the Foundation for the veterans and families of those killed in action, is used to its full potential.

HMS Invincible shipwreck

HMS Invincible sank in the Solent near Portsmouth in 1758, while serving as one of the Royal Navy’s finest ships of the time. Today, more than £2 million has been awarded to excavate the wreck as shifting sands are now leaving it exposed to damage. Veterans, including wounded, and disadvantaged teenagers will be key to the project, run by the Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust (MAST) - helping secure artefacts from the wreck and put them on public display for the first time.

The ship was a cutting-edge design – built using iron, as well as wood – and the first ship to carry the name Invincible. The wreck is known to contain items which will tell us more about life aboard Royal Navy ships at the time. The excavation fills an important gap chronologically between the Henry VIII’s Mary Rose and Nelson’s HMS Victory and is one of the most complete and best preserved warships of the mid-18th century.

Traffic using the A160 near Grimsby will be switched to a new section of road as part of a £88.4 million project to improve access to one of the UK’s busiest ports.

The existing road will be closed during the next two weekends to prepare for the traffic switch which will see drivers using a new section of carriageway in an important milestone for the scheme.

The closures will enable Highways England contractors to integrate the new network into the existing road. The A180 eastbound exit slip road onto the A160 at Brocklesby Interchange will be fully closed from 10am on Friday 15 July until 6am on Monday 18 July. The A160 between Brocklesby Interchange and Eastfield Road will be fully closed from 8pm on Friday 15 July until 6am on Monday 18 July.

The same closure will be in place from 8pm on Friday 22 July until 6am on Monday 25 July, at which point vehicles will be switched from the existing network onto the new Habrough roundabout and A160.

Ben Ridgeon, Project Manager at Highways England, said:

This is another exciting milestone for the Port of Immingham scheme, which will improve access to the port and surrounding area. Once completed, traffic congestion will be reduced, journey times will become more reliable, and safety will be improved for road users and the local community.

Switching traffic to the new carriageway will enable us to bring the existing eastbound carriageway up to the same standard as the westbound, and brings the scheme’s completion a step closer.

We are advising drivers to allow extra time for their journeys during the closure, and to take care and pay attention to the new road layout on the morning of Monday 25 July.

At the designated switch over points, the road will be clearly signed and coned off and diversions will also be clearly signed during the closures. The new carriageway will operate as a two-way road rather than a dual carriageway, with a contraflow in place, until the scheme is complete.

The Highways England project will see a 3 mile section of the A160 between the A180 and the Port of Immingham upgraded to a dual carriageway along its entire length.

Improvements are also being made to junctions along the route, including a new roundabout at the junction with the A180, a new bridge over the A160 on Town Street, and a new road under the railway line by the port. The Port of Immingham supports a huge range of industries including food processing, chemical and oil refineries, processing plants and the renewable energy sectors.

It is the UK’s largest port by tonnage and handles up to 55 million tonnes of goods every year, including nearly 20 million tonnes of oil and 10 million tonnes of coal.

More details on the scheme, including a computer generated video showing how the upgraded road will look, are available at the road project website.

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Following the implementation of the OISC’s new principle-based code of standards, and after changes to the CPD schemes of other legal services regulators, the OISC has decided to make changes to its own CPD scheme.

The new CPD scheme will reflect the OISC’s greater focus on outcome based regulation but will still require immigration advisers to take a professional and accountable approach to their CPD activities.

The new requirements will provide immigration advisers with greater flexibility in how they identify and achieve their own personal CPD requirements and allow them to engage with a wider field of providers.

Immediate changes

CPD hours

With immediate effect the OISC has removed the requirement for advisers to undertake a set number of CPD hours per year and also the requirement for advisers to record their CPD activity on the OISCCPD website.

The OISC appreciates that a number of advisers have already taken CPD courses this year and that some of this will have been in the expectation of having a set number of hours to complete. We welcome the fact that advisers are assessing their CPD needs early in the year and achieving what they need to maintain their competence.

Accredited courses

Until now, only courses accredited by recognised CPD accrediting bodies (e.g. the Bar Standards Board) have qualified for the OISC’s CPD scheme.

With immediate effect this will no longer be the case and you are free to choose who delivers your CPD. It will now be for advisers and organisations to assess the quality and value of the CPD they are going to undertake.

You may want to take into account that those CPD training providers that have acquired accreditation have gone through a strict process that assesses and assures the quality of the training provided.

Transitional arrangements

CPD website

The CPD website will close on 30 September 2016.

Until then, you will be able to upload CPD activities to your personal record. If you wish to keep a permanent record of your own CPD activity since 2013, you will need to print a hard copy before the website closes.

After 30 September 2016 we will be unable to supply any details of the CPD you have completed this year and in previous years. It will then be your own responsibility to maintain a record of all CPD activity in a format that the OISC can inspect.

Core courses

The free online OISC core immigration courses on the CPD website will cease to be available after 30 September 2016.

The OISC appreciates that these courses are popular with advisers, however they are expensive to maintain and as the CPD scheme will no longer require that advisers complete a set number of CPD hours, we cannot justify the expenditure that is necessary to maintain them.

The new CPD scheme

The new scheme will allow advisers and organisations to be more flexible in how much or how little CPD is carried out, provided that they are able to declare and demonstrate they have properly considered their CPD requirements and show how those requirements have been met.

Annual declaration

As part of each application for continued registration, a declaration will need to be made by an accountable person at the organisation. The declaration will confirm that each adviser has identified their CPD requirements and taken action to address them, so as to maintain their competence.

The new declaration will come into effect from 1 April 2017.

Organisations will therefore need to meet this requirement for applications for continued registration that are submitted after 1 April 2017.

The period 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 will be a transition year and will provide sufficient time for organisations to prepare themselves and carry out an assessment of how they and their advisers will be delivering CPD in the future.

CPD monitoring

Code 6 of the OISC’s new code of standards states that:

Advisers must be able to demonstrate that they are compliant with the Commissioner’s Continuing Professional Development requirements

This means that while the OISC is keen for advisers to have the flexibility to decide their own CPD activities, we need to ensure that competence is being effectively maintained.

The OISC will therefore continue to monitor advisers’ CPD activities to ensure that you and your organisation are carrying out the effective assessment and delivery of CPD, so that advisers maintain their competence.

With effect from 1 April 2017 this will be carried out through premises audits and spot checks.

Further information

Over the coming months the OISC will be setting out in more detail the requirements of the new scheme and engaging with immigration advisers to understand how best the OISC can support them in their CPD activities.

We understand that this will be a considerable change for immigration advisers but trust that you and colleagues will welcome this new outcome based approach to OISC regulation.

If you have any questions at this stage, please email cpd@oisc.gov.uk or contact your caseworker.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has announced a landmark 10-year support arrangement for the RAF’s Typhoon jets that could see more than £500M saved and reinvested in the aircraft.

Announced today at Farnborough International Air Show (FIAS), the arrangement with BAE Systems is expected to be worth £2.1 billion.

The award will sustain hundreds of high value jobs at sites across the UK, including at Typhoon’s Main Operating Base at RAF Coningsby and BAE Systems’ site in Warton, Lancashire.

Minister for Defence Procurement, Philip Dunne said:

This is an exciting, innovative support contract for our Typhoon aircraft. It will not only provide more efficient support and availability for our Typhoon fleet. But it will also help ensure Typhoon continues to meet the RAF’s future operational requirements, including from 2019 undertaking the air-to-ground roles currently performed by our Tornado jets.

This major contract sustains hundreds of jobs while representing a substantial change in the way support is provided, optimising and driving efficiency into current ways of working.

It aims to deliver more than a third on savings on current support and maintenance costs; of which over £500M million could be reinvested to continue upgrading Typhoon’s capabilities.

The RAF’s Typhoon jet is already a formidable, battle winning aircraft, which is enhanced by cutting edge weapon systems. These new savings, generated through the Typhoon Total Availability eNterprise (TyTAN) agreement, will enable future capability upgrades for the aircraft, ensuring it continues to provide world-class air power capability for the RAF.

The MOD remains committed to driving down support costs together with our industrial partners. TyTAN will, for the first time in the MOD, allow recycling of support funding savings into the Typhoon project to increase future capability, making the aircraft even more formidable and affordable, reducing its cost of ownership.

Chief Executive Officer at the MOD’s Defence Equipment and Support organisation, Tony Douglas, said:

This 10-year Typhoon support arrangement is the product of close cooperation between MOD and Industry, who are both focussed on maximising efficiencies to identify savings and re-invest these in the aircraft.

This innovative deal not only shows how committed we are to providing state-of-the-art equipment for our Armed Forces, but how we are also providing the taxpayer with value for money.

The Typhoon force is currently operationally based at RAF Coningsby (Lincolnshire), RAF Lossiemouth (Scotland) and the Falkland Islands, where the aircraft provide Quick Reaction Alert.

Winding-up orders were made against Eco-Energy Corp (Eco - incorporated in Belize) and Sturgeon Estates Limited (Sturgeon), on 8 June on the petition of the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, following investigations by Company Investigations, part of the Insolvency Service.

The investigation found Eco acted as the contracting party and received customers’ money through an account with a firm of UK solicitors. Payments supposedly entitled investors to a percentage interest in the profits made by a number of oil wells in Texas, USA. Customers had no way to independently corroborate that their investments were in fact genuine, or being properly handled.

Sales were ‘introduced’ by a network of mostly UK companies, including Sturgeon, a company which previously sold Carbon Credits to the public as an investment product. Carbon Credits are widely acknowledged to have been wholly unsuitable for retail investors.

The High Court found that both Eco and Sturgeon had traded with a lack of transparency / stewardship and a ‘lack of commercial probity’. Although there had been a failure in both companies to maintain adequate books and records, the investigation found that at least £943,000 and £630,000 had been received by Eco and Sturgeon respectively.

The High Court also heard how a number of payments were made to customers in the guise of returns on their investments, but were in fact funded by monies paid in by other investors.

Commenting on the case, David Hill a chief investigator said:

Oil production is a risky business, but, whereas investing in a company listed on a recognised Stock Exchange should ensure that the corporate side of business is properly handled, Eco and Sturgeon’s customers were wholly let down in this regard.

The risks involved in investing were multiplied many times by those companies’ failures to attend to even basic principles of record keeping, corporate governance, and due diligence.

The concern is that these failures mask the true intentions of those behind the companies. Investors should be wary of any products which they hear about through cold calling, and even more so of products held in offshore jurisdictions with poor transparency and track records as regards corporate governance.

Notes to editors

Eco-Energy Corp. is a Belize International Business Company Registration Number 142,486, and was incorporated on 11 February 2014. Its registered office address is 21 Regent Street, Belize City, Belize. Sturgeon Estates Ltd, formerly Eco Commodities Ltd, is a UK limited company Registration Number 08187296. Its registered office is Peek House, 20 Eastcheap, London EC3M 1EB.

The petitions to wind-up both Eco-Energy Corp. and Sturgeon Estates Ltd were presented under s124A of the Insolvency Act 1986 on 21 March 2016. The companies were wound up on 8 June 2016 and the Official Receiver has been appointed as liquidator.

Company Investigations, part of the Insolvency Service, uses powers under the Companies Act 1985 to conduct confidential fact-finding investigations into the activities of live limited companies in the UK on behalf of the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS).

Further information about live company investigations is available here.

All public enquiries concerning the affairs of the companies should be made to: The Official Receiver, Public Interest Unit, 2nd Floor, 4 Abbey Orchard Street, London SW1P 2HT. Telephone: 0207 637 1110 Email: piu.or@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk.

The Insolvency Service administers the insolvency regime, investigating all compulsory liquidations and individual insolvencies (bankruptcies) through the Official Receiver to establish why they became insolvent. It may also use powers under the Companies Act 1985 to conduct confidential fact-finding investigations into the activities of live limited companies in the UK. In addition, the agency authorises and regulates the insolvency profession, deals with disqualification of directors in corporate failures, assesses and pays statutory entitlement to redundancy payments when an employer cannot or will not pay employees, provides banking and investment services for bankruptcy and liquidation estate funds and advises ministers and other government departments on insolvency law and practice.

Further information about the work of the Insolvency Service, and how to complain about financial misconduct, is available.

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Corporal Thomas Edgar enlisted in the Border Regiment in 1941 but was tragically killed in 1944 during the last few days of Operation Market Garden in Oosterbeek, the Netherlands. Today, the MOD’s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC) is appealing for Thomas’ family to get in touch after his grave site was finally identified over 70 years after he was killed in action.

Harry was born in Carlisle in May 1917 to John Edgar and Margaret Anne Sproat. Thomas had 4 sisters called Alice, Margaret, Frances and Olive and 2 brothers called William and John. He was living in Stanwix, Carlisle when he enlisted.

He was part of 1st (Airborne) Battalion, The Border Regiment and fought in Oosterbeek during Operation Market Garden, one of the most controversial Allied operations of the second World War. The operation was conceived by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery as an attempt to end the war early. The operation began on 17 September 1944, lasted for 7 days and involved over 30,000 men. The aim was to take the 8 key bridges that span the network of canals and rivers on the Dutch/German border.

Once the Airborne troops had landed, they began to advance towards Arnhem. They quickly found their radios were not working, communication with other Brigades became nearly impossible resulting in only 1 British Battalion managing to find its way through the German perimeter. XXX Corps, who were meant to be supporting the Paratroopers, were delayed on their journey and facing fierce resistant from the German Panzers. On the third day they reached the Nijmegen Bridge, but crossing it was extremely costly to the Allies. By this point the paratroopers had barely any supplies left and had lost huge amounts of men. The Allies were forced to abandon their positions and try to fight their way out. Three miles from Arnhem, British paratroopers were holding a pocket of land at Oosterbeek. It was decided to evacuate the Allied troops and Operation Market Garden failed.

Since the second World War, the Recovery and Identification Service of the Royal Netherlands Army has been working to identify the graves of unknown soldiers killed in the battle at Arnhem. The exhumation reports from 1946 were scrutinised for clues to the identities of these unknown soldiers and the research was presented to the MOD. After performing an in depth examination, 6 Border Regiment soldiers have now been identified.

One of these soldiers is Corporal Thomas Edgar and plans are in place to change the headstone and perform a rededication service to honour their sacrifice and bravery.

The MOD is now launching an appeal to track down any of Thomas’ surviving relatives so that they can be invited to attend the service which will take place at Oosterbeek Cemetery on 14 September.

Nicola Nash, from the JCCC said:

We do not know a great deal about Thomas, but what we do know is that he was living in Stanwix, Carlisle when he enlisted. We are hoping that there is some family still living in the area, especially as he had so many siblings.

She added:

Unfortunately that is about all we know about him and his family and that’s where the trail goes cold.

If you can help with tracing Thomas’ family, please call Nicola on 01452 712612 extension 6063 or email her on: DBS-JCCCCommem3SO3@mod.uk

The work will start on Monday 1 August and involves a lower speed limit of 50mph and lane closures, which will mostly be overnight. The work is expected to last about six months.

Highways England project manager Mindy Bhogal said:

We will be replacing parts of the existing verge barrier around the bridge supports on a 9.6 mile stretch of the A5. The barriers around the structures have reached the end of their life and need to be replaced to maintain safe and reliable journeys on this vital route. The work has been carefully planned and will be carried out overnight, when traffic flows are lowest, to minimise disruption.

There will be narrow lanes during the day and a temporary 50mph speed limit in place throughout the work for safety reasons.

As part of this work we will also be clearing some of the vegetation around the bridges in the area.

The work will take place between the A508 and A416 in both directions between 10pm and 6am.

Highways England provides live traffic information via its website, iPhone app, local radio travel bulletins and electronic road signs. Travel information is also available by phone from the Customer Contact Centre on 0300 123 5000 and via Twitter @HighwaysEAST.

General enquiries

Members of the public should contact the Highways England customer contact centre on 0300 123 5000.

Media enquiries

Journalists should contact the Highways England press office on 0844 693 1448 and use the menu to speak to the most appropriate press officer.

Highways England is spending almost £150,000 to resurface parts of the carriageway between Parton and Pelican Garage and between Bigrigg and West Lakes Science Park, north and south of Whitehaven respectively. In both projects road markings and reflective road studs will also be renewed.

The work starts this month and Highways England project manager Peter Gee said:

This is important work to tackle wear along sections of the A595 and give road users safer and smoother journeys. In order to minimise inconvenience to drivers we will be staggering the work and doing most of it overnight.

The £79,500 project near Parton will take about a week to deliver from Thursday (21 July) with temporary traffic lights in place between 8pm and 6am each night and a 40mph speed limit in place past the road works.

A £70,000 week-long scheme around West Lakes Science Park will follow immediately after, from the end of the month, with temporary traffic lights being used between 6pm and 6am and, again, a 40mph speed limit in place past the roadworks.

Both projects will require the overnight closure of side roads from time to time with signed diversion routes in place.

General enquiries

Members of the public should contact the Highways England customer contact centre on 0300 123 5000.

Media enquiries

Journalists should contact the Highways England press office on 0844 693 1448 and use the menu to speak to the most appropriate press officer.

The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of Friday 15 July and could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. All our improvement work is carried out with the aim of causing as little disruption as possible.

M1 junction 30 Balbrough

The northbound entry slip road at junction 30 will be closed overnight on Monday 18 July. This is for smart motorway works. The closures will take place between 8pm and 6am, and drivers will be able to follow clearly signed diversion routes.

M1 junction 32 Thurcroft to junction 35a Stocksbridge

The hard shoulder is currently closed in both directions as part of the smart motorway scheme. The northbound exit slip road at junction 35a will be closed overnight for six nights from Tuesday 19 July. The northbound exit at junction 34 will be closed overnight for five nights from Monday 18 July. The southbound entry slip road at junction 33 will be closed overnight for two nights from Thursday 21 July. There will be narrow lanes and a 50mph speed limit until the project is completed in winter 2016. The closures will take place between 8pm and 6am, and drivers will be able to follow clearly signed diversion routes.

M1 junction 39 Denby Dale to junction 42 (M62 interchange)

The northbound carriageway will be closed from junction 39 to junction 40 for four nights from Monday 18 July. All closures are for carriageway works such as waterproofing and bridge works. The closures will take place between 8pm and 6am, and drivers will be able to follow clearly signed diversion routes.

M62 junction 26 Bradford (M606 interchange)

There will be narrow lanes and a 30mph speed limit in place until a project to add an extra lane to the roundabout at the junction is completed in autumn. The slip roads and roundabout will be reduced to a single lane overnight, between 7pm and 6am, from Monday 18 July for five nights. The closure will take place between 8pm and 6am, and drivers will be able to follow clearly signed diversion routes.

M62 junction 26 to junction 27 Gildersome

The carriageway will be fully closed overnight on Saturday 23 July for cable works. The closure will take place between 8pm and 6am, and drivers will be able to follow clearly signed diversion routes.

M62 junction 27 Gildersome

The eastbound carriageway will be closed between the slip roads overnight on Friday 22 July. The closure will take place between 8pm and 6am, and drivers will be able to follow clearly signed diversion routes.

M62 junction 27 to junction 28 Tingley

The eastbound carriageway will be reduced to one lane for technology works overnight on Monday 18 July. The closure will take place between 9pm and 6am.

M62 junction 28 Tingley

The westbound carriageway will be fully closed between the slip roads overnight for four nights from Monday 18 July for gantry works. The closure will take place between 8pm and 6am, and drivers will be able to follow clearly signed diversion routes.

M62 junction 27 to M621 junction 1 Beeston

The clockwise link from the M62 eastbound onto the M621 will be fully closed overnight for five nights from Monday 18 July for electrical works. The closure will take place between 8pm and 6am, and drivers will be able to follow clearly signed diversion routes.

M621 junction 1 to junction 5 Tunstall

The clockwise exit slip road and entry slip road at junction 2 will be closed overnight on Tuesday 19 July. The anticlockwise entry slip at junction 2 and the anticlockwise exit slip road at junction 2 and junction 2a will be closed overnight on Thursday 21 July. The clockwise exit slip at junction 4 and the clockwise entry slip roads at junctions 4 and 5 will be closed overnight on Friday 22 July.

The anticlockwise entry slip at junction 2 and the anticlockwise exit slip road at junction 1 will also be closed overnight on Friday 22 July. This is for sweeping litter clearance and gully works. The closure will take place between 9pm and 6am, and drivers will be able to follow clearly signed diversion routes.

M62/A162 junction 33 Ferrybridge

The A162 will be fully closed until October 2016 for bridge work. The closures will take place 24/7, and drivers will be able to follow clearly signed diversion route.

A180/A160 Immingham, Humberside

There will be narrow lanes on the A180 and A160 along with a 50mph speed limit while work takes place to improve access to the Port of Immingham, including upgrading the A160 to a dual carriageway The project is due to be completed in autumn 2016. The westbound exit slip road and eastbound entry slip road at Brocklesby Interchange will be closed until autumn 2016.

General enquiries

Members of the public should contact the Highways England customer contact centre on 0300 123 5000.

Media enquiries

Journalists should contact the Highways England press office on 0844 693 1448 and use the menu to speak to the most appropriate press officer.

15 July

Following the EU referendum, MHRA continues to play a full, active role in European regulatory procedures. We continue to contribute significantly in both the centralised and decentralised regulatory procedures, including new rapporteur and RMS appointments and to maintain the programme for implementing the clinical trial regulation. We are actively engaged in European and national scientific advice services. We continue to provide the full service that companies in the UK have come to expect from us. We also continue to participate fully in EU inspection related duties.

Customers approaching MHRA, whether for regulatory or scientific advice or guidance, or to submit an application for a clinical trial or marketing authorisation, will continue to have access to our internationally recognised expertise and we will maintain a high quality service. For further information, customers are invited to contact their usual contact points in the Agency.

27 June

Following the result of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union, the focus of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency continues to be on our public health role. We will continue to work to the highest levels of excellence and quality, working with and supporting our customers, partners and stakeholders to protect health and improve lives.

Working closely with government we will consider the implications for the work of the Agency. We will continue to make a major contribution globally to improving public health through the effective regulation of medicines and medical devices, underpinned by science and research.

Private Harry Vasey enlisted in the Border Regiment in April 1940 but was tragically killed in 1944 during the last few days of Operation Market Garden in Oosterbeek, the Netherlands. Today, the MOD’s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC) is appealing for Harry’s family to get in touch after his grave site was finally identified over 70 years after he was killed in action.

Harry was born in Durham in May 1916 to Harry Vasey and Annie Young. He was living in New Bowburn, Co. Durham when he enlisted.

He was part of 1st (Airborne) Battalion, The Border Regiment and fought in Oosterbeek during Operation Market Garden, one of the most controversial Allied operations of the second World War. The operation was conceived by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery as an attempt to end the war early. The operation began on 17 September 1944, lasted for 7 days and involved over 30,000 men. The aim was to take the 8 key bridges that span the network of canals and rivers on the Dutch/German border.

Once the Airborne troops had landed, they began to advance towards Arnhem. They quickly found their radios were not working, communication with other Brigades became nearly impossible resulting in only 1 British Battalion managing to find its way through the German perimeter. XXX Corps, who were meant to be supporting the Paratroopers, were delayed on their journey and facing fierce resistant from the German Panzers. On the third day they reached the Nijmegen Bridge, but crossing it was extremely costly to the Allies. By this point the paratroopers had barely any supplies left and had lost huge amounts of men. The Allies were forced to abandon their positions and try to fight their way out. Three miles from Arnhem, British paratroopers were holding a pocket of land at Oosterbeek. It was decided to evacuate the Allied troops and Operation Market Garden failed.

Since the second World War, the Recovery and Identification Service of the Royal Netherlands Army has been working to identify the graves of unknown soldiers killed in the battle at Arnhem. The exhumation reports from 1946 were scrutinised for clues to the identities of these unknown soldiers and the research was presented to the MOD. After performing an in depth examination, 6 Border Regiment soldiers have now been identified.

One of these soldiers is Private Harry Vasey and plans are in place to change the headstone and perform a rededication service to honour his sacrifice and bravery.

The MOD is now launching an appeal to track down any of Harry’s surviving relatives so that they can be invited to attend the service which will take place at Oosterbeek Cemetery on 14 September 2016.

Nicola Nash, from the JCCC said:

We do not know a great deal about Harry, but what we do know is that he was living in New Bowburn, Co. Durham when he enlisted into the Army. We are hoping that there are some of his family still living in that area.

She added:

Unfortunately that is about all we know about Private Vasey and his family and that’s where the trail goes cold.

If you can help with tracing Harry’s family, please call Nicola on 01452 712612 extension 6063 or email her on: DBS-JCCCCommem3SO3@mod.uk