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January 2025 hottest on record

Despite a La Niña weather pattern cooling the tropical Pacific, a run of record-breaking global temperatures has continued.

The Copernicus Climate Change Service said last month was...

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ESOS Phase 4 updates

Back in 2021, the Government carried out a detailed consultation regarding changes to the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS). When the Government provided a

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UK Government delays digital waste tracking rollout to 2026 following industry concerns

The UK Government, in collaboration with the devolved administrations of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, has announced a postponement in the implementation of the mandatory Digital Waste Tra...

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Today is Time to Talk Day!

Today (6 February) is Time to Talk Day, which is the nation's biggest mental health conversation.

It is run by MIND and Rethink Mental Illness in England, in partnership with Co-op. The cam...

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Study on dangerous temperatures published

A study has found that dangerous temperatures could kill 50% more people in Europe by the end of the century, with the lives lost to stronger heat projected to outnumber those saved from milder col...

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UK predicted to miss 2030 Clean Power targets

Analysis has found that the UK will miss its Clean Power 2030 targets for offshore wind, onshore wind and solar photovoltaics (PV) by 32GW.

The prediction is based on analysis from

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Company fined for polluting river

A Huddersfield company has been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling almost £9,000 after it polluted a river with bleach and killed hundreds of fish.

Specialist packing company Li...

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UK energy bills channel billions to fossil fuel power plants

Over the past decade, the UK has directed £12.5 billion from energy bills to fossil fuel power plants as part of its "capacity market" scheme. The initiative, which ensures electricity supply...

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Homeowners fail to gain renovation planning permission

According to a survey, more than one in 10 homeowners either failed to secure planning permission for major renovations, or did not realise they had to do so.

The poll commissioned by eXp U...

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Overhaul of legal rules for challenging major projects

In an overhaul of legal rules which allow three High Court challenges, the government said "unarguable cases" are "causing years of delay and hundreds of millions of cost to projects that have been...

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Firm fined after worker struck by stone slabs

A manufacturing firm in Ipswich has been fined after two workers were struck by slabs of stone, with one of the men sustaining multiple bone fractures as a result.

Three slabs of quartz sto...

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Repeated wood dust failures results in fine

An Essex-based company that makes windows and doors has been fined £4,000 after repeatedly failing to protect its workers from exposure to wood dust.

Timbercraft Windows & Doors L...

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Company fine after worker fell to death

A specialist construction company has been fined £60,000 after a worker fell to his death from a church steeple in Birmingham.

The worker was employed by Ecclesiastical Steeplejacks L...

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RTPI commits to collaboration, investment and inclusivity

In her speech marking her inauguration as the Royal Town Planning Institute's (RTPI) 111th president on the 22 January, Helen Fadipe outlined three core themes for her tenure and unveiled a major p...

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Governmant plans to 'unblock' infrastructure

The Government has announced that it will publish a Planning and Infrastructure Bill this year which will aim to unblock required infrastructure whilst, at the same time, supporting nature recovery...

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