Network Rail have been fined £800,000 after a worker was struck by a train at 80mph. The fine was handed down by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) after an extensive i...
A Blaydon-on-Tyne engineering firm has been sentenced and fined £40,000 after a worker suffered life changing injuries at work.
The worker was moving an 18 tonne steel roll with lifti...
The Scottish Government have recently published a consultation on proposed changes to the planning system, seeking views on them from the public. The changes include proposa...
The NHS is buying drugs from Indian pharmaceutical companies, which use dirty methods of production increasing the development of "superbugs" - a type of bacteria resistant to antibiotics. Lack of...
"Flooding manifesto" developed by the National Farmers' Union (NFU) has called for long-term strategic plans from the Government and its agencies to mitigate future flood risk.
The pla...
Transport Minister Andrew Jones has announced £64 million of funds aimed at encouraging more people to cycle and walk to work. It forms part of a wider package of £300 million aimed at boosting wal...
Remediation of a 47-hectare illegal waste dumping site, which would include waste removal, containment and site treatment could cost between £20 million and £100 million, the authorities revealed. ...
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has announced a £1.4 million fund, which will be matched by the London boroughs involved and Heathrow airport by additional £1.1 million. The aim...
A company PSL Worldwide Projects Ltd from Washington, Tyne and Wear, has been found guilty for breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
On 31 Jul...
US President Donald Trump has signed executive orders supporting two new oil pipelines, much to the anger of environmentalists. The Keystone XL and Dakota Access projects are designed to carry crud...
Jaguar Land Rover have been fined £900,000 after a worker lost a leg following a car accident at their plant in Solihull.
A Range Rover Sport vehicle was driven toward the start of the prod...
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...
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...
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...
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...
