News story: Tail rota footage from MCA helicopter crew on training flight

Here’s something a little bit different for all our aviation buffs out there! We’re all a wee bit impressed with these epic cloud surfing views taken from a tail rotor cam on the UK Coastguard search and rescue helicopter based at Inverness during a recent training exercise. Enjoy the new view from one of the best offices in the world!

Inverness crew on training flight




News story: Tail rota footage from MCA helicopter crew on training flight

Footage taken by MCA crew during a training flight

Here’s something a little bit different for all our aviation buffs out there! We’re all a wee bit impressed with these epic cloud surfing views taken from a tail rotor cam on the UK Coastguard search and rescue helicopter based at Inverness during a recent training exercise. Enjoy the new view from one of the best offices in the world!

Inverness crew on training flight




Corporate report: RWM Stakeholder Conference

A group of 80 stakeholders, representing many of the groups with which RWM interacts on a regular basis – including government, regulators, academia and the nuclear supply chain – met in Manchester in October 2016. The event was designed to update these groups about progress towards the formal launch of the geological disposal facility (GDF) siting process.

Representatives of government, regulators, the RWM Board and its Executive gave details of developments to date and set out their plans for the coming year. A summary of the Stakeholder Conference is available here.

A number of presentations had accompanying slidepacks which can be downloaded:

Day One – Thursday 13 October

Welcome: Bruce McKirdy, Managing Director, RWM

Keynote speech: Claes Thegerstrom, Non-Executive Director, RWM

Building Partnerships: Natalyn Ala, GDF Siting Director, RWM

Presentation from regulators

Day 2 – Friday 14 October

Keynote address: Tom Wintle, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

Delivering safety: John Corderoy, Science and Technology Director, RWM

Making radioactive waste ready for disposal: Ann McCall, Waste Management Director, RWM




Official Statistics: Weekly rainfall and river flow summary: 15 to 21 February 2017

A dry week across most of England. River flows decreased at the majority of sites, but remain normal for the time of year at just over half of sites.




This is a damp squib from a Tory Party who have no solutions to the problems they have created in the justice system – Burgon

Richard
Burgon MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary
, responding to the Government’s
Prison and Courts Bill, said:

“While
there are some welcome proposals, overall this is a damp squib from a Tory
Party who have no solutions to the problems they have created in the justice
system

“We
were promised the ‘biggest overhaul of prisons in a generation’ but there is no
plan to deal with understaffing and overcrowding – the two biggest challenges
facing the prison system.

“A
duty on prisons to reform is of course welcome. But without a plan to back it
up, this is simply a symbolic gesture.

“Labour
is open to Governors having greater autonomy, but this must not become a way
for Ministers to simply shift responsibility for their policy failures
elsewhere.

“And
the Chief Inspector of Prisons has already queried whether league tables could
be meaningful.

“Preventing
cross examination of victims of domestic violence by the perpetrator is
welcome. However, the Tories’ reckless cuts to legal aid have greatly
contributed to this unacceptable situation.”