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We profile the organisations shortlisted for the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Award, which is sponsored by The Guardian Jobs.

New houseblocks to be built at 6 prisons - accommodating more than 2,600 prisoners.

Kier and Wates are to deliver prison upgrade works at six separate sites in a government contract worth £500m. The firms, which were chosen by the

Thousands of new prison places will be built across England under a £500m construction deal, including at Hindley Prison.

The jobs are spread around the UK, including roles in the Midlands, North West, South West, Scotland and Wales. The candidates will be supplied with

Prisoners will be trained in construction skills to help with their rehabilitation on release, as part of a new government initiative. A white paper

Who is making ground. >> there is a lot of debate about whether or not taylor swift coming out and saying, she wanted everyone to vote for phil broadus an end she didnt like marshall blacksburg, how much of an impact did that ever have? >> my harrumph is, there are all the of these dumb stories that talked about voter registration that taylor swift out with her announcement. you know why there were so many voter registrations? it was the last day of voter registration and like 18 states. the ins...

Political parties, the factions in lebanon come out strongly in condemning this attack. an investigation is looking at how these men were able to come from syria, how they got their explosives. a lot of that is going to come from that man they captured. they will interrogate him, they will try to find out where his cell operated, how they were able to do that, try to trace back everything so they can shut down this cell. but we have seen violence by isis predominantly along the border region. bu...

>> reporter: that is right, alison. it has made quite the difference on the ground in syria. we have seen the regime forces of bashar al assad and his lebanese allies hezbollah start ga gaining ground capital ing on te air strikes. first off, the issue is stabilizing the regime in syria. putin said he would not have any ground troops involved. it doesnt look like he needs to as the forces on the ground seem to be making ground. he also talked about the reason why russia went into syria. one was ...