A Look Ahead To 2016
The last 12 months have been busy and rewarding for DIO and we can be proud of our many achievements as we look forward to the year ahead. DIO Chief...
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Celebrating Safety Successes: DIO Wins at the RoSPA Awards
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...pick up a Silver Health and Safety Award. The awards ceremony was held by RoSPA, the Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents, and recognises organisations and businesses which show commitment...
“You’re too small and too feminine…you’ll never do what a man can.”
...the need to continue to strive for equality and diversity. Jo McKeegan-Brown OBE We all face professional challenges at work. Here at MGS we’re going through a period of particular...
Looking after Foxglove Covert’s rich array of wildlife
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...Heritage Lottery Fund and Richmondshire District Council. Wetlands on the reserve are carefully managed which means rare species such as the water vole, otter and great crested newt are allowed...
DIO partnership provides protection for people and nature
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...by promoting responsible access. The area covered by the SAMMs project includes several Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It is also important for nature conservation and has a population...
Excavating military tracks at Barrow Clump
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Archaeology, Environment and Ecology, Military Training, Operation Nightingale, Salisbury Plain Training Area
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...Nightingale in 2013. [Crown Copyright/MOD2013]Barrow Clump is a protected scheduled monument and an Early Bronze Age burial mound that later became the burial place for Anglo Saxons in the 6th...
An exclusive tour around the Plain
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Archaeology, Environment and Ecology, Salisbury Plain Training Area
...don’t affect military training. Grazing restrictions are applied to areas important to wildlife. The small patches of bare ground created by exploding shells provide warm hollows for insects and areas...
DIO's award-winning archaeologist
...is responsible for preserving, protecting and maintaining 777 Scheduled Monuments. MOD also owns elements of 10 World Heritage Sites such as sections of Hadrian's Wall and parts of the Stonehenge...
The unsung heroes of the MOD Guard Service
...Covid-19. While we were well set up for home working thanks to investment in recent years, there are some members of the team who, unlike most of us, can’t work...
Hope and kindness makes a difference to mental health
Mental health is very important and maintaining mental health has been challenging for many in 2021. [Copyright/TotalShape]Sunday 10 October is World Mental Health Day and I’d like to share my...