
Numerous regions worldwide have experienced record-breaking temperatures, with many areas surpassing previous heat records by significant margins.
Since the beginning of the year, 15 heat r...

The Royal Mint, the UK’s coin maker, has started processing electronic waste to extract gold. They have built a large industrial plant in Llantrisant, Wales, to remove gold from old circuit b...

Ocado has launched a trial to sell everyday products in refillable packaging. This initiative aims to reduce plastic waste by offering customers the option to purchase items in containers that can...

In Eco-Sud v Minister of Environment, Solid Waste and Climate Change, an environmental NGO, Eco-Sud, challenged the issuance of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) licence fo...

Reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) have been announced.
On 30 July 2024, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and D...

The landmark European Nature Restoration Law - Regulation (EU) 2024/1991, on nature restoration, has now been published in the Official Journal of the Eu...

New guidance has been published that seeks to ensure places are designed to be equitable to everyone, including women and girls.
The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), supported...

Planning professionals have welcomed the measures in the first King's Speech under the new Labour government, and the intent it suggests to get homes built and infrastructure provided, whilst quest...

Peter O’Hare, a Director and employee of Peter O’Hare Limited, has been sentenced and fined after an employee sustained serious injuries.
On 12 November 2022, a male employee wa...

Daisy Ning Bai, Director of BW Recycling Limited, has been sentenced to 160 hours of unpaid work and a 12-month community order after pleading guilty to breaching the Health and...

This summer will see the completion of the Paris 2024 Olympic & Paralympic games! Amongst the on-field excitement, it is easy to forget how much work goes on behind-the-scenes to organise the g...

On 25 July 2024 the European Union's Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence (CSDD Directive) (Directive (EU) 2024/1760...

Today (24 July) is Samaritans Awareness Day - because the Samaritans are here to listen 24/7 for anyone who is going through a difficult time or is struggling to cope.
Today and throughout...

Yesterday (Wednesday 17 July) King Charles delivered the Labour government's first King's Speech in the House of Lords.
Part of the State Opening of Parliament ceremony, the speech marks th...

Three solar projects have been granted development consent by the Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) this week, in what the Secretary Ed Miliband has descr...