Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that a £1.6 billion fund will be established to boost growth in places that have not benefited from the "proceeds of growth in the same way as more pr...
An application for judicial review against the Environment Agency was refused in February.
Cleansing Service Group Ltd applied for judicial review on policy guidance...
North Somerset Council has ordered the removal of a Banksy-style anti-Brexit mural painted on the side of a grandmother's house.
Mrs Bridget Smith gave permission for her three grandchildre...
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has said that Government proposals to require all developments to leave biodiversity in a better state than before aren't suitable for everywhere in England...
The UK Government has expressed concern over the issue of the "right sort" of wooden pallets that are used to import and export goods.
A convicted waste criminal from Leeds has been ordered to pay £1,373,060 for defrauding government-backed schemes worth millions in a Proceeds of Crime hearing at Leeds Crown Court.
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A furniture manufacturing company was sentenced this month for failing to prevent exposure to asbestos at its factory in Killingworth, Newcastle upon Tyne.
North Tyneside Magistrates heard...
UK Government advisers suggest that new homes should be banned from connecting to the gas grid within six years, to tackle climate change.
They believe:
- new-build homes in th...
A move to improve household appliances is gathering momentum as the EU and a number of US states consider introducing legislation to implement design requirements for those appliances that all...
The National Drought Group (NDG) met on 21 January 2019 chaired by Harvey Bradshaw, Executive Director at the Environment Agency, to assess the water resource situation acti...
The Government have announced plans for a new UK product safety marking regime in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Although still awaiting Parliamentary approval, draft legislation has been p...
An Essex-based builder has been sentenced this month after putting three people at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Colchester Magistrates' Court heard that in June 2017 a builder, tradin...
A refuse company has been fined £1 million this month after a worker was run over and killed.
Canterbury Crown Court heard how in October 2013 an employee of a waste company,&nbs...
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) have submitted a proposal to restrict the use of microplastics that are intentionally added to mixtures used by consumers and profe...
Despite fracking failing to get started at a gas well in the North of England, company's lorries, police vehicles and protesters' wood fires have combined to drive up air pollution levels near the...
