A building site manager has been jailed for 2.5 years for manslaughter by gross negligence and a further 8 months for health and safety offences.
Mr Faruk Patel was the site manager and req...
It seems that one of the coalition government's flagship environmental schemes, the Green Deal, was largely unpopular. The Green Deal was designed to provide loans to householders, which were...
The Economic Affairs Committee has said that the government's aim to build one million new homes by 2020 is not enough to meet housing demand. It said that at least 300,000 new homes need to b...
In April 2015, developers CTLX demolished the Carlton Tavern in Maida Vale, which was, at the time, being considered for grade II listing. The demolition apparently took place without any warning b...
Offshore wind companies have been awarded £1.5 million funding to increase innovation, reduce cost and encourage further investment in wind power.
Carbon Trust, who's Offshore Wind Acc...
Research conducted by Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners (NLP) has found that the Welsh Government only built 2218 new affordable houses. This means it is 45% short of the 4000 new affordable houses...
William Sinclair Horticulture Limited have been fined over two separate incidents which occurred at their Ellesmere Port and Lincoln sites.
On 8 January 2015, Darren Taylor, aged 40, was as...
Air pollution kills around 400,000 people in Europe and around 3.7 million worldwide, data published by France's public health agency showed. Therefore, in a war on air pollution Paris have ba...
British Telecom plc (BT) have been fined £500,000 after an engineer fell seven metres from a loft in London, breaking his back and his ankles.
David Spurgeon was fixing a telephone fault in...
Two Northamptonshire based companies have been fined after a worker died from falling through a roof.
An employee of A-Lift Crane Hire Limited, who had been hired by Premier Roofing Systems...
According to plans set out by Sadiq Khan, older, dirtier cars will have to pay a £10 pollution charge to drive in central London.
The charge, on top of the existing £11.50 congestion charge...
Two companies were fined a total of £815,000 after a worker and father-to-be were crushed to death in Lancashire by a refuse collection vehicle.
Veolia ES Sheffield Limited (Veolia) and Joh...
Plans worth £1 billion that could possibly double the size of MediaCityUK have been submitted to Salford City Council and are to be considered in September.
Outline approval for these plans...
Proposals for an eight hectare site on the Edge Lane gateway into Liverpool are due to be discussed by councillors.
Proposals include the movement the current the city's fruit, vegetab...
The Secretary of State for the Department of Communities and Local Government, Greg Clark, has allowed two housing developments with up to 400 new dwellings on appeal.
The two developments,...
