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Christmas in the climate crisis: adapting traditions in a warming world

Climate change is impacting Christmas traditions around the world. While Hollywood often portrays a snowy Christmas, many people celebrate the holiday in different climates. However, climate change...

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Those Christmas lights, may need a licence..

Outdoor festive lights are very common across the UK, but it is important to ensure festive displays stay on the right side of the law.

While there aren't any specific laws that are directe...

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Single-use Vapes to be banned in England

The Government has announced that it will be banning the sale of single-use vapes in England from 1 June 2025. The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (England) Regulations

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Today is World Wildlife Conservation Day!

Today (4 December) is World Wildlife Conservation Day, which was created to raise awareness of issues including wildlife extinction, endangerment and global wildlife trafficking and poaching.

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Grey squirrels on the increase

A monitoring programme carried out by Red Squirrels Northern England (RSNE) in 2024 has highlighted a rise in both red and grey squirrels.

246 surveys were collected across Northern England...

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Draft Environmental Authorisation Regulations published for Scotland

The Scottish government have published the Draft Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025. These Draft Regulations aim to ma...

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Future of High Streets report published

High Streets: Life Beyond retail? is the product of an inquiry by the House of Lords' Built Environment Committee into the future of high streets in a period of "changes in trade, retail, technolog...

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Calls for ageing population to be favoured in planning

According to the Older People's Housing Taskforce, a presumption in favour of applications to develop later living homes should be introduced into national planning policy.

The taskforce, w...

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Spatial framework to align housing and climate targets

The UK government has been urged to develop a national spatial framework to integrate housing ambitions with climate targets in England.

According to the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI...

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How to make Black Friday green?

Black Friday officially starts today (Friday 29 November), but sales and advertising have been going on since last week, with retailers hoping to get the most customers spending with low prices.

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Campaign to make Scotland the first rewilding nation launched

The Scottish Rewilding Alliance is a collaboration between different organisations who share the same mission - to help rewilding in Scotland. It is made up of more than 20 organisations and is sup...

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Updated policy stance on waste separation for England

The news that all businesses and households in England will have to separate their recycling and food waste for collection from March 2025 and 2026 respectively will have reached most people by now...

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Week 2 of COP29: What has happened?

The first week of COP29 wrapped up on Saturday 16 November with an endorsement of the 'Early Warnings For All' initiative and a call to action to use the power of...

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1.2% rise in UK energy price cap
In January to March 2025, there will be a 1.2% increase in the energy price cap, energy regulator Ofgem has confirmed.
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HSE release 2023/34 work-related ill health and injury statistics

Annual statistics on work-related ill health and workplace injuries in Great Britain have been published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for the 2023/2024 reporting...

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