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Greater London Authority fined after wall collapses on man in front of wife and children

The Land and Property department of the Greater London Authority (GLA) was fined last week for serious failings in safety management, after an advertising hoarding collapsed onto a man in front of...

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MPs urge action after nuclear hiatus prevents growth deal prospects

MPs have called on the UK and Welsh Governments to consider a range of low-carbon energy projects in north-west Wales following the suspension of work on the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station.

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Scotland bottle return scheme details released

Scottish Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham has been giving details of Scotland's proposed bottle return scheme to MSPs, moving the battle against plastic a little further towards a better e...

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Badger sett stops home development

It is a strange situation when two different environmental factors fighting against each other sandwich local and national planning policy. However, that is seemingly what happened in a recent plan...

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Renewable capacity growth stalls

A new report from the International Energy Association (IEA) has found after nearly two years of strong annual progression, global renewable capacity growth in 2018 remained at the same level as in...

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New Bill to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses announced

Today the Environment Secretary, Michael Gove, announced a new Bill which will ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses.

Some of the animals which currently perform in circuses in...

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New general license for controlling carrion crows in force

Last week Natural England published a new license to kill or take c...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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