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Violist wins a landmark case against the Royal Opera House

London's Royal Opera House lost a landmark case brought against them by their employee, a viola player who sustained a life-changing hearing injury after an incident during a rehearsal in 2012...

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Decision on single farm payment scheme quashed

A decision regarding the single farm payment scheme (SPS) has been quashed in the case of Stody Estate Limited v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs v National Farmers' U...

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Wind farm company refused judicial review

A company that was refused planning permission for one of the tallest wind farms in Ireland has been unsuccessful in its application for judicial review of the decision of An Bord Pleanála....

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£36 million provided to improve flood protection

The Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey has stated that £36 million will be given to communities across England to help make improvements to flood protection, after promises in...

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£2 million grant scheme for historic farm buildings

The Government has announced a new £2 million grant scheme available to land managers to restore their historic farm buildings.

The scheme hopes to restore and save historic farm buil...

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Wind and solar overtake nuclear power in UK

According to official figures from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, wind farms and solar panels produced more electricity than the UK's eigh...

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Funding for English lakes announced

A £27 million scheme has been launched by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Natural England, and the

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UK offshore wind industry reveals 2030 plans

The UK offshore wind industry has said that it will work with the UK Government on a deal that may deliver thousands of additional skilled jobs in coastal areas. The industry aims to generate a thi...

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Farmers urged to kick-start health and safety training

Local workshops are being offered by the Wales Farm Safety Partnership (WFSP) to help farmers engage with health and safety in the workplace in order to reduce the high number of workplace fataliti...

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Safety concerns over White Horse workers

The maintenance of the famous landmark the White Horse of Kilburn has passed from the Kilburn White Horse Association, a charity that has overseen its upkeep for 161 years, to the

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Government scraps diesel scrappage scheme

The Government have announced they have abandoned plans to introduce a national diesel scrappage scheme.

The move was met with much criticism from environmental campaigners such as Greenpea...

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Invasive Species Week!

Invasive Species Week is back from 23-29 March 2018.

The joint Defra and Non-Native Species Secretariat (NN...

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Ex-UKIP candidate jailed for gross negligence manslaughter

A former UKIP candidate has been jailed for causing the death of a worker who was crushed in a trench.

Keith Crawford was sentenced to 30 months in prison for gross negligence manslaughter...

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New solar cell captures energy from raindrops

Researchers at Soochow University in China have demonstrated a solar panel that can generate electricity from falling raindrops, enabling electricity to be generated in any daytime weather and afte...

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Campaigners warn of new oil threat to England's national park land

Environmental campaigners have warned that over 71,000 hectares of protected countryside, including national park land, in south-east England are at risk from a new wave of oil drilling. A mapping...

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