Following changes made to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), some local planners are failing to safeguard trees and ancient woodland, according to the Woodl...
A company that provides specialised services in rock drilling, cliff stabilisation, and rock anchors, along with its director, has been sentenced after a number of workers were diagnosed with Hand...
A bid has been submitted to Prime Minister Boris Johnson by the Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, for funding of £230 million to go towards a 'Green City Deal'.
The planned 'Green Cit...
The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order SI 2015/776 came into force on 5 October 2015 and introduced a mandatory 5p charge for single-use carrier bags supplied b...
An application for judicial review against an approval for reserved matters to Hoplands Farm, Kent, has been granted, but the case has been dismissed.
In a claim for judicial review filed i...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to review planning regulations as part of a wide-ranging drive to tackle the nation's housing crisis.
Speaking in Manchester, Johnson made a series...
On 25th June 2019, at the Nenagh Circuit Court, Judge Tom Teehan imposed a fine of €300,000 on the company Balfour Beatty CLG Limited for a single breach of health and...
Across Ireland, many schoolchildren have attended various "Keep Safe" events to learn safety and community awareness.
Throughout 2019, the Republic of Ireland has seen a multi-agency...
A Wrap report has revealed that nearly 3.6 million tonnes of food are thrown away or fed to animals each year in the UK.
This large sum equates to what is more than £1 billion w...
Scientists have warned that there is an alarming difference between the human-driven season's shifts and animals' behavioural changes.
Climate disruption is reaching speeds that...
Studies from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have shown that many areas of Dublin have high levels of the pollutant Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), at the...
For the first time in the UK, low-carbon energy has been revealed to make the majority of electricity in the grid.
According to official data, a rapid rise in renewable energy, combined wit...
In October 2016, Hertfordshire County Council agreed in principle a proposal by Veolia to construct an energy recovery facility on Ratty's Lane, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. The facility would have ha...
With the publication of the new Radiological Protection Act 1991 (Ionising Radiation) Regulations SI 30/2019 for Ireland, new provisions for radiation protection legisl...
A car and commercial vehicle component manufacturer has been fined after two employees suffered burns whilst cleaning a distillation tank.
Cheltenham Magistrates' Court heard how in July 20...
