Following on from the tragic Grenfell Tower fire, which claimed 72 lives, Dame Judith Hackett began a review into the Building Regulations SI 2010/2214 in order to find...
The facilities management contractor Interserve, hired by Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency in Weybridge has been sentenced for failing to appropriately maintain...
In their Report published 22 November 2018 the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has stated that hydrogen is a "credible" alternative energy source that could be used to cut...
Metal recovery company, R S Bruce (Metals & Machinery) Ltd was sentenced in November for safety breaches after a worker suffered fatal crush injuries.
Sheffield Crown Court heard that o...
Nottingham City Council's new plan to tackle air pollution in the city centre has been Government approved.
For three years the Council has been working with officials from the
A Government consultation has been launched on proposals that would establish a court where both tenants and landlords could seek justice.
The Housing Court would be a single path of redres...
Midland Red company which is part of the Stagecoach group in Coventry has pleaded guilty for offences under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, for significant...
Since the 1830s, local people in Minehead, Somerset, have celebrated May Day by parading a traditional Hobby Horse around town. The Hobby Horse (known as 'Sailor's Horse') consists of a frame, wrap...
19 November 2018 marked 'World Toilet Day', with social media awash with stories of people around the world with little or no access to basic welfare provisions, such as a toilet or washing facilit...
The Environment Agency have an obligation to act on third party disclosures to them concerning malpractice on environmental matters. From 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 they&...
Residents in Davidstow, north Cornwall, have been less than impressed by a smell, described as "fishy", wafting in the air and keeping some awake at night time.
The judicial review sought in R. (on the application of Baci Bedfordshire Ltd) v Environment Agency has been dismissed.
Baci Bedfordshire Ltd, an action gro...
The Responsible Car Wash Scheme is targeting labour abuse and safety breaches, with the aim to protect vulnerable workers in the UK's hand car washes, to help tackle modern slavery and other "...
Figures published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has shown the proportion of fatal injuries to workers over the age of 60 is the highest it has been in over a deca...
A Liverpool-based waste and recycling company was fined and its Director jailed at the end of October, following the death of a 39 year old worker.
Gaskell's (North West) Limited and its Di...
