Hundreds of small retailers across the country are set to receive grants to buy security devices such as alarms, security cameras and UV markers, Home Office Minister Alan Campbell announced today.

A former professional footballer turned Army officer escaped injury when his Mastiff armoured vehicle saved him and his soldiers from a roadside bomb attack.

A plan to support Police Service reform and improve value for money was today laid out by senior police figures.

Proposals to simplify motorway speed limits for buses, coaches and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) were published today by the Department for Transport.

Personalised, seamless care services for local people are at the heart of a new nation-wide community to drive up quality of care, share knowledge and shape policy, Health Minister Mike OBrien and Care Services Minister Phil Hope announced today.

DECC today publishes final 2008 estimates of UK greenhouse gas emissions.

Commenting on todays publication of the final estimates of UK greenhouse gas emissions, Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Joan Ruddock, said;

Over 700 million of affordable and easy to access funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) has been approved for nearly 3,000 small businesses across the UK, through participating national banks.

Commenting on the publication by the UNFCCC of pledges by 55 countries to cut and limit greenhouse gas emissions, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband said:

The Committee on Standards in Public Life today published its annual report for 2008-09 and its response to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authoritys consultation on MPs expenses

At twenty four minutes past seven this evening, Falmouth Coastguard received a call from the crew of the ferry Oscar Wilde who reported that they had a fire in the engine room.

The Environment Agency and Natural England today became the first regulators to be given new civil powers that will give them greater flexibility to enforce environmental law, making the system more efficient and effective for both regulators and businesses.

The Environment Agency and Natural England today became the first regulators to be given new civil powers that will give them greater flexibility to enforce environmental law, making the system more efficient and effective for both regulators and businesses.

Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband said:

The Government has today published a 15 year strategy to deliver world class marine science which will inform decisions on food and energy security, managing the seas sustainably and climate change.