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• What are microplastics, and what can be done about them?

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  How bad is marine litter?

  blog.gov.uk - Thomas Maes

  I’m Thomas Maes, a Cefas marine biologist with nearly 10 years’ experience of coastal and ocean monitoring. I manage Cefas’ Clean Seas Environmental …

• What's the MoD doing with social media?

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  How social media has changed life in the MoD

  blog.gov.uk - Tony Moran, Ministry of Defence

  Opening up to use social media can be tricky. Not least if you are the Ministry of Defence. With social media now so much a part of our everyday …

• Melanie Osborne explains the role of the Ordnance Survey in the run-up to war.

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  Mapping for War and Peace - Ordnance Survey’s maps and the First World War

  blog.gov.uk - Melanie Osborne, Ordnance Survey

  Far from its traditional image as the publisher of leisure maps for ramblers and cyclists exploring idyllic countryside, where the only disturbance …

• Paul Fearn explains the work of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority.

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  Dealing with modern slavery

  blog.gov.uk - Paul Fearn, Gangmasters Licensing Authority

  Ten years after 23 untrained and inexperienced cockle pickers were drowned at Morecambe Bay, Paul Fearn of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority tells …

• User research in action at the Cabinet Office.

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  How we are learning from our users

  blog.gov.uk - Anna Wojnarowska

  For the last few months we have been engaging with our users through various methods including interviews and observations sessions. We’ve talked to a …

• What cars will we be driving in the near future?

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  The future of driving

  blog.gov.uk - Richard Bruce, Office for Low Emissions Vehicles

  What cars will we be driving tomorrow? Richard Bruce, Head of the Office for Low Emission Vehicles, thinks he knows the answer. Did you know that for …