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Asset of Community Value blocks potential development

An appeal against the refusal to grant planning permission for the conversion of a pub into two dwellings has been dismissed by a planning inspector.

The vacant pub, the Chequers Inn, in Ba...

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High Court dismissed Heathrow expansion challenge

Campaigners and London Boroughs have lost their challenge to the development of a third runway at Heathrow Airport.

Five local authorities around the West London airport, residents, London...

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Government urged to end sale of new petrol and diesel cars early

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) urges the Government to change the date of its policy that bans the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans in 2040. They want to b...

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MPs react to Draft Environment Bill

The Government is coming under increasing pressure over its Draft Environment (Governance and Principles) Bill after a select committee of MPs raised concerns that it downgr...

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Skip man given suspended sentence for illegal waste operations

A 66-year-old man who hired and collected skips has been handed a prison sentence of six months, suspended for two years, for carrying out illegal waste operations at a site in Corby.

The <...

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Company fined £1.4m after work suffers serious crush injuries

A food processing company was sentenced last month after a worker was injured while unblocking a machine on the poultry slaughter line.

Doncaster Magistrates' Court heard that in 2012 an em...

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Court of Appeal ruled Royal Opera House failed to protect viola player

This month the Royal Opera House lost its appeal over the life-changing hearing damage caused to viola player, Christopher Goldscheider, during a 2012 rehearsal.

Mr Goldscheider won the

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Judicial review against hen harrier brood management trial dismissed

An application for judicial review of a decision by Natural England was dismissed in March.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and scientist and na...

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"Pest" birds can no longer be freely killed in England

Natural England have revoked the general licence which allowed the killing of "pest" birds such as woodpigeons, crows and jays, after a legal challenge from an environmental...

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Scottish landfill ban off course?

As it stands, Scotland admirably wants to place a ban on all household waste going to landfill by 2021. The ban would apply to 'black bag' waste, and recyclable material that is needlessly sent to...

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Environment Agency announces new green legacy for flood and coastal risk management programme

The Environment Agency has announced a set of new supplier arrangements and partnerships which will increase efficiency, value for money and the gr...

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Director sentenced for unregistered gas work

An unregistered gas fitter operating as a director of Master Plumbing Contractors Limited has been sentenced this week for carrying out gas work without being registered with Gas Safe.

Ayle...

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Sewage pollution leads to £200,000 restorative charity donation

The Environment Agency has secured a £200,000 donation through an Enforcement Undertaking following a pollution incident near Doncaster.

Yorkshire Water Servic...

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Garden Bridge Trust wasted £50 million in public funds

An investigation into the Garden Bridge Trust states that the Trust spent £50 million of public funds without producing demonstrable benefit and was a "failure for charity" which risks u...

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Four smart energy systems demonstrator projects announced

Four smart energy systems demonstrator projects across the UK have been announced this week by Energy and Clean Growth Minister Claire Perry.

From charging electric vehicles, managing heati...

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