Press Releases

Deaths from hepatitis C have fallen by 11 per cent in the last year

New PHE data shows a decrease in deaths from hepatitis C but diagnoses of advanced liver disease and related cancers remain stable.

UK launches largest tax partnership programme to help Ethiopia transition from aid

UK launches largest tax partnership programme to help Ethiopia transition from aid

Foreign Office Minister visits BVI to review hurricane preparedness

Minister of State for the Overseas Territories Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon visited the British Virgin Islands to see the impact of UK support for recovery efforts following hurricanes Irma and Maria.

Volunteers pitch in to help Cornwall villagers with recreation ground project

Highways England helps out local village near Truro with their community project.

Ash dieback found on three new host species of tree in the UK

Landscapers, gardeners and tree practitioners urged to report findings via Tree Alert

Statement on post-elections human rights situation in Zimbabwe

A joint local statement on the post-elections human rights situation in Zimbabwe from the EU Delegation, EU Member States present in Harare, Canada, Switzerland and the US.

Threatened sand dunes given a new lease of LIFE

Major sand dune conservation project awarded £4.3 million of funding

Independent chemical weapons experts invited to the UK to continue assistance with Amesbury case

Independent technical experts from the OPCW have been invited to return to the UK to continue their work to independently confirm the identity of the nerve agent.

Report 10/2017: Landslip and derailment at Loch Eilt

RAIB has today released its report into a landslip and derailment at Loch Eilt, north-west Scotland, 22 January 2018.

Lower Otter Restoration Project now applying for funding

The £8-9 million scheme will restore floodplain, create habitats, maintain the footpath and more for the estuary in East Devon.