MPs in the House of Commons have backed a campaign to establish a legal duty on employers to train staff in mental health first aid.
The motion called for the Health and Safety (First-...
New provisions come into force on 28 March 2019 which place new prohibitions on the use of traps or snares.
The Humane Trapping Standards Regulations SI 2019/22 add...
Companies in the UK are being urged to disclose how many of their workers have a disability or a mental health condition in a drive for greater transparency.
The Department for Work and Pen...
Associated British Ports, DFDS Seaways PLC and ICTS (UK) Ltd have been fined after a security guard was fatally injured when he was struck by an articulated vehicle.
The security guard was...
Package delivery firm Tuffnells Parcels Express has been fined after one of its drivers received fatal crush injuries when he became trapped between a lorry tractor and a trailer in the West M...
The director of Nuneaton-based Abel (UK) has found himself with a 10-month prison sentence over the sale of a plant protection product and a paint stripper which contained banned substances.
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The output of British power stations fell this year to levels last seen almost a quarter of a century ago, while renewable energy achieved a lion's share of the UK electricity supply.
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Shell has announced that it plans to spend up to 3.2 billion a year on green energy to move away from a future of gas and oil.
The head of the gas and new energy unit, Maarten Wetselaa...
A consultation has been published on plans aimed at speeding up housing delivery, with new regulations on developer contributions to help fund roads, schools and infrastructure.
Developers...
A company has been fined £20,000 after polluting a stream during land spreading at a North East farm.
The Company based in South Witham, Lincolnshire pleaded guilty in December to bre...
The Environment Agency has served a 'notice of liability' to fertiliser company Omex Agriculture Limited for a pollution incident that killed at least 100,000 fish in Lincol...
Thames Water has been fined £2 million after raw sewage polluted two Oxfordshire streams, killing almost 150 fish and flooding a nearby garden.
In December the Judge at Oxford Crown C...
A Glasgow based building contractor has been fined after an employee used a powered saw to cut through a kitchen cupboard door, accidentally releasing asbestos containing materials.
Glasgow...
The Planning Inspectorate upheld a unilateral undertaking banning elderly residents from keeping pets as a part of the approval of the 50-home retirement village near R...
The state-of-the-art Bath Abbey is expecting some refurbishment works to install an eco-friendly system of heating by using the hot water from the local hot spring as part of the £19.3m...
