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Asbestos analyst fined for falsifying documents

An asbestos analyst has been fined after he falsified an asbestos air clearance certificate, following licensed asbestos removal in Manchester.

Greater Manchester Magistrates' Court heard h...

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Empty council garages in London could provide 16,000 homes

New research suggests that London councils could turn over 22,000 empty garages owned by council into over 16,000 one-bed single-storey apartments. 

Ealing, Havering, Brent and Enfield have...

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Ban on microbeads in products can be against the EU free trade law

A new report has warned that the UK ban on microbeads in cosmetic products may not be enforceable.

Recently, following the pressures from environmental campaigners, the UK government vowed...

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Ikea reducing environmental impact

Ikea's sustainability report showed that the ever-popular furniture chain actually sent no waste to landfill in the UK for the first time in 2016. In fact, the company is making a small profit...

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Crisp company fined following accident

Tayto Group Limited, a company that manufactures crisps and snacks, has been fined £330,000 and ordered to pay £11,752.23 in costs after pleading guilty to breaching the Provision and Use of Work E...

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Swansea lagoon given backing

Plans to build a £1.3 billion tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay have been backed by a government-commissioned review. However, this does not mean it will go ahead just yet, as the government still needs...

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Waste company fined after employee loses legs in incident

A waste company have been fined after a worker was ran over by a shovel loader in November 2015. The incident led to the worker being hospitalised for six months and both legs being amputated from...

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Company director jailed for two years following fatality from unsafe work equipment

Donald Craig, the Director of Craig Services & Access has been sentenced to the maximum available penalty of two years imprisonment for breaching health and safety law after the collapse of an...

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Mayor of Polish city starts a war with non-ionising radiation pollution from Bluetooth and wifi

Mayor of Poland's third biggest city, Krakow, is taking steps to protect its citizens from increasing electromagnetic "smog" that comes from wifi, mobile phones, Bluetooth and other devices th...

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Stonehenge tunnel plans finalised

A plan to build a road tunnel past Stonehenge has been finalised by the Government after around 30 years of delays. The tunnel is considered necessary in order to ease congestion on the very busy A...

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14 new garden villages and a two-year 6 million fund from government for their development

The Government has announced a new plan to develop 14 new garden villages as an extension of the existing garden towns programme. According to the Government, the villages will comprise between 1,5...

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Martin McGuinness resigns as deputy first minister of Northern Ireland over "cash for ash"

Fiasco of the renewable heating initiative devised in 2012 by the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) was the reason for the administration to come crashing down and resulted with the resignation of th...

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London breaches air pollution limit in 5 days

Brixton Road in London has exceeded its annual air pollution limit in just five days! Emissions of nitrogen dioxide must not be more than 200 micrograms per cubic metre more than 18 times in an ent...

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Environment Agency's New Years Resolution - tackle illegal waste crime

Environment Agency in collaboration with the DVSA, Surrey Police, Commercial Vehicle Unit and GAIN are kick-starting the initiative "Right Waste Right Place" to crack down o...

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Government plans for killer drivers to face life sentences

The Ministry of Justice plans to introduce life sentences for causing death by dangerous or careless driving - an increase on the current 14 year upper limit. 

Motorists who cause...

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