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Wigan National News: Dai Powell appointed chair of Disabled Persons' Transport Advisory Committee

The Department for Transport has appointed Dai Powell as the new Chair of the Disabled Persons' Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC).
The outgoing Chair is Neil Betteridge, who has served since July 2003 and will be stepping down on 30 June 2009. Mr Powell will take up the appointment from 1 September 2009.
The Department for Transport also announced the appointment of the following new members of the DPTAC: Heather James, Jagroop Kaur, Claire Lamb, John Ballantine, Olav Ernstzen, Asif Iqbal, Andrew Probert and Andrew Rickell.
The new members and Chair will bring to the Committee a combination of experience and expertise in disability and transport.
The Devolved Administrations will be represented by newly appointed nominees...
Wigan National News: European seafarer fatigue research launched
A major multi-partner European research project aiming to tackle the problems posed by seafarer fatigue has been launched with a two-day inaugural meeting at Warsash, in the UK.
The...
Wigan National News: New independent nuclear regulator proposed
A single, easily identifiable, body for regulating the civil nuclear energy sector was proposed by the Government today.
“A new era of world class nuclear power demands that...
Wigan National News: New penalties for failure to wear seatbelts and using illegal number plates
Motorists caught without a seatbelt or using illegal number plates face on-the-spot fines of £60 in a major road safety crackdown launched by the Government today.
Fixed penalty...

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