Wotton under Edge Swimming Pool Club wins Prime Minister’s Big Society Award
Wotton under Edge Swimming Pool Club, a group of volunteers who mobilised the whole community in support of their local pool, are the latest winners of the Prime Minister’s Big Society Award. The...
View ArticleGovernment vows to get the young into work
A £60m commitment to get more vulnerable young people into work, a boost to Apprenticeships and radical reforms to transform vocational education are part of a series of measures outlined by the...
View ArticleOfficial Verderer of the New Forest
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Mr Dominic May to the post of Official Verderer of the New Forest for a term of three years. Biographical Details Mr Dominic May worked in IT and banking between...
View ArticleTrustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund
The Prime Minister has appointed Professor Richard Morris and Mr Atul Patel as Trustees of The National Heritage Memorial Fund for three years, commencing 16 May 2011. He has also reappointed Mr Dan...
View ArticleChristine Gibson is the East of England’s first Big Society Award winner
Christine Gibson from Bedford is the latest winner of the Prime Minister’s Big Society Award. Not only is Christine the first individual person to be presented with the award (winners to date are...
View ArticleLord-Lieutenant for Clackmannanshire
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rt Hon George Newlands Reid as Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant for Clackmannanshire to succeed Mrs Sheena Carlin Cruickshank CVO, JP on her retirement....
View ArticleDiocese of Durham
The Queen has approved the nomination of the Very Reverend Justin Portal Welby, MA, Hon FCT, Dean of Liverpool, for election as Bishop of Durham in succession to the Right Reverend Nicholas Thomas...
View ArticleSenior Judicial Appointments
The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of The Right Honourable Sir (Roger) John Laugharne Thomas as President of the Queen’s Bench Division with effect from 3 October 2011 following the...
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