
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...

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...

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

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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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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...


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...