Stephen Timms

Local crime figures and neighbourhood police details at the touch of a button

A new interactive national map giving the public access to local statistics and details on neighbourhood policing in their area was launched today by Home Office Minister David Hanson and National Policing Improvement Agency...

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Channel Islands to act on EU tax warning

Jersey and Guernsey are planning to move quickly to allay uncertainty over their corporate tax regimes in the wake of a warning that they conflict with the “spirit” of European Union rules on harmful tax competition. Objections...

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U.K. Regulator Launches Digital Participation Group, as Opposition Conservative Party Confirms it...

The U.K. regulator has formally launched the Digital Participation Consortium, a group set up as part of the Digital Britain plan to encourage greater use of the Internet. Regulator Ofcom and Minister for Digital Britain...

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Mixed message on UK broadband

Will the government be obliged to provide broadband to every home? Finland has made broadband a 'legal right', leading experts to question whether the UK government is similarly committed. In a speech to MPs this week, Digital...

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Glance-PRESS DIGETS - Financial Times - Oct 20

Financial Times ST IVES SUFFERS MARGIN PRESSURE Printer and publisher St Ives has fallen into the red for the first time since its debut on the London Stock Exchange 24 years ago. Revenue in the year to July 31 was down four...

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Universal Service 'Obligation' versus 'Commitment'

Universal Service 'Obligation' versus 'Commitment' Monday 19 October 2009 11:49:54 by Andrew Ferguson The Digital Britain report was much anticipated when it was released in June 2009, and many of the issues got widespread...

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Orange merger delays broadband spectrum auction

The planned merger of mobile operators T-Mobile and Orange could delay the UK's proposed auction of radio spectrum to extend web browsing on mobiles to rural areas. The auction was planned for the second half of next year. It...

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Govt seeks to boost broadband services

Monday, 19 October 2009 10:54AM by Martin Ellis: martin.ellis@uswitch.com Govt seeks to boost broadband services The government has announced it is to consult on how to make next-generation broadband more widely available to UK...

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Dementia Screening Clinic Set For October 30th

Caregivers may bring family members who have dementia. WHEELING -- Neurologist Dr. Stephen Timms will hold a free dementia screening clinic on Oct. 30 at Wheeling Clinic, a division of Wheeling Hospital. The screenings will be...

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Len Blavatnikowned Ice.net promises fast broadband for whole of Britain

A Scandinavian company owned by Len Blavatnik, the Russian-born US-based billionaire, has promised that it can provide broadband to rural Britain without Government assistance. However, fulfilling the objective presented in the...

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