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VOLUNTEERS have set up an anti dog theft group as part of a nationwide campaign to help dog owners deal with the rising threat of dog theft. The DogHorn Weymouth Group quickly amassed more than 500 members within the first week of its launch on Facebook on March 19, 2021 and was set up in response to recent reports of dog theft attempts in the area. The group sends a consistent message that members are all watching out for each other and offers proactive and preventative advice which it h...

MFWA Sues NCA over Right to Information Request on Shutdown of Radio Stations In what may be the first Court case since the coming into force of Ghana’s Right to Information (RTI) Law, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has filed a suit at an Accra High Court against Ghana’s media frequency regulator, National Communications Authority (NCA). On July 22, 2020, the MFWA, through its Executive Director, Sulemana Braimah, submitted an access to information request to the NCA, in exerci...

Audio from transparency advocates. There are plenty of victories in the measure for advocates who called for an overhaul in policing and criminal justice in Illinois. Supporters say one is how the state certifies officers and, if necessary, decertifies them. State Rep. Maurice West (D-Rockford) says the omnibus bill will help prevent “department hopping.”  “What weve seen a lot happen, not just Illinois, but everywhere is bad actors before they get penalized for whatever they did, they r...

Calls for stringent criteria on hybrid sales amid concerns the vehicles will damage UK’s emissions targets 5 March 2021 • 6:00pm Plug-in hybrid cars will be responsible for 10 per cent of Britains carbon emissions by 2035, according to analysis conducted for The Telegraph, amid rising concern they are being wrongly touted as a green option for drivers. The Government has said hybrid cars, which use both battery and internal combustion engine technology, will continue to be sold for five yea...

READ MORE “It is also quite shocking that the DWP plans to stop paying interest on these underpayments, and if the Government is going to fix these problems it needs to do so swiftly and fairly.” As it stands, it’s not clear exactly who is owed money as the problem lies between claimants and the DWP. The Department has set up a special unit employing more than 100 civil servants to investigate the problem, and said it will contact those affected directly. The ongoing clarification is expe...

Calls for stringent criteria on hybrid sales amid concerns the vehicles will damage UK’s emissions targets

ANGLE plc: Angle PLC Announces Update on submission for FDA clearance UPDATE ON SUBMISSION FOR FDA CLEARANCE OF THE PARSORTIX SYSTEM Additional Information Request received from FDA as expected and ANGLE response being prepared in line with expected timescales FDA has indicated its review processes for non COVID-19 devices are currently slower than usual due to COVID-19 pandemic priorities GUILDFORD, SURREY / ACCESSWIRE / March 4, 2021 / ANGLE plc (AIM:AGL)(OTCQX:ANPCY), a world-leading liquid ...

South East Cambridgeshire Labour has published the results of a Freedom of Information Request (FOI) to find out the number of crashes along a stretch of the A10.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Van Smith Block Company, LLC (“VSBC”) entered into an Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act Industrial Stormwater Permit related regulations. See Docket No. CWA-04-2020-0320(b). The ESA provides that VSBC owns and operates a concrete block manufacturing facility (“Facility”) in Summerville, South Carolina. The Facility is stated to be identified by Standard Indus...

Posted on February 22nd, 2021 By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island UK hindered war crimes investigation – Naseby tells Bachelet Leader of Sri Lanka Core Group, the UK, has suppressed official documents that could have helped the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to establish the truth pertaining to war crimes allegations, including the number of deaths on the Vanni east front in 2009, Lord Naseby has said in a letter addressed to Michelle...