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Employers briefed on the benefits of Army Reserves – (Defence Secretary discusses ISIL threat ~ Defence Secretary salutes first intake of the Afghan National Army Officer Academy ~ Veterans minister praises mental health charity ~ UK military mentoring in Afghanistan ~ LIBOR fine boost for wounded soldiers)
Hold very tight please! - 100 years on a London bus returns to the Western Front – (TNA: Indian infantry unit war diaries go online)
Monitor: Hospitals in Morecambe Bay to get extra support to improve services – (Patients in Lancashire to benefit from improved choice of health services ~ Monitor approves foundation trust takeover to help patients ~ Monitor closes investigation into a London NHS foundation trust)
Chief Inspector of Hospitals finds The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust requires improvement and should remain in special measures – (CQC Warns Gainford Care Homes Limited that they must make immediate improvements at Lindisfarne CLS Nursing in Chester-Le-Street ~ Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust awarded first Outstanding rating by CIH ~ What does Adult Social Care look like across CQC's new ratings?)
Ebola vaccine fast-track trials underway
STFC researcher wins highly competitive Fellowship award
Findmypast.co.uk publishes National School Admission Registers, 1870-1914
Safe ark for threatened Norfolk white-clawed crayfish
FSA: New COT chair and specialist member wanted
NCFE: Is it possible to certificate workplace skills? – (High costs putting people off advancing their education ~ Rising Stars programme addresses North East skills shortage)
LGA: Scottish referendum 'No' vote – consequences for England – (LGA: Councils say constitutional convention must fast-track English devolution)
Scottish independence referendum: Devolution must offer change for people & places in poverty, says jrf
IEA: The ‘magnificent seven’ opportunities for a new Scotland – (IEA: Mansion tax would be both arbitrary & unfair ~ IEA: Politicians mislead the public on the causes of high living costs)
WWF: Sea ice continues long term decline
Charity ‘coup d’état’ triggers strike ballot over ‘shattering’ changes
Scotland’s memorial to organ & tissue donors unveiled in Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Garden
Transport Direct, the journey planning website, closes on 30 September 2014
HEFCE: REF impact case studies to be analysed - discover wider impact of the research undertaken by UK universities
‘Historic’ new Night Tube service from 12 September 2015 - (TfL asks people to share a #HomeSafeSelfie to promote Safer Travel at Night)
Theresa May joins Muslim women as they unite against ISIL
Take time to check your oil tank
PCS: Civil servants to take part in 72 hours of public sector strikes on Wednesday 15 October
TfL: New research points to improved HGV safety
Relatives of adopted adults now able to trace family tree
Maintaining strategic infrastructure: roads - report published – (LGA: Councils respond to PAC report on roads funding)
TfL: Over one million contactless journeys since launch
UNICEF: Increased investment in education & protection helps safeguard the future of a generation of children affected by Syria crisis - (Ground-breaking new tea partnership to tackle abuse and trafficking in Indian tea communities ~ First batch of 50,000 household protection kits arrives in Liberia)
Education commissioner for Birmingham announced
Number of centenarians at record high: World War 1 generation hit 100
Bursaries & scholarships for top graduates who train to teach
Ofgem demands action from energy companies on poor consumer complaints handling – (Ofgem: Supply Market Indicator 2014)

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