Planning approval has been granted by North Yorkshire County Council's planning committee for a fracking site in Ryedale, despite widespread opposition. The Committee was told that 4,420 repre...
Back in December 2014, the Government announced that it would invest in a tunnel, nearly 2 miles long, to improve traffic problems on the A303, which is next door to Stonehenge. The proposed tunnel...
Greatdale Limited, which trades as Cumbria Crystal, has been fined £15,000 after an employee suffered serious hand injuries.
Laura Ponsford, who was 21 at the time, was operating a drill to...
The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge Regulations (Northern Ireland) SR 2013/4 came into force on 8 April 2013 and since then the public in Northern Ireland have been charged a...
H20 Plumbing Services Limited has been fined £100,000, and ordered to pay costs of £25,000 after pleading guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work etc....
The legal battle between ClientEarth and the UK government over air quality plans is set to continue after a High Court judge granted a request for a judicial review by ClientEarth, allowing them t...
According to a Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) poll, public support for fracking in the UK has fallen to a new low.
The survey which is repeated ever...
Cedrec have secured a spot at the SHE Show South Expo on 17 May!
Aside from the show title being quite the tongue twister, SHE Show South offers the chance to visit Cedrec's stand 29,...
We're delighted to announce some new Cedrec events coming up!
Wales, we're holding a free webinar, to discuss all your Planning legislation needs! Changes both big and small are h...
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has carried out research into draft and adopted local plans, and has found that the number of proposed new homes on Green Belt land has increased by 50,...
Sandvik Mining and Construction Limited and Sandvik Construction Mobile Crushers and Screeners Limited, both based in Derbyshire, have pleaded guilty to breaching the provisions of the
Merlin Entertainments, the owners of theme park Alton Towers, have pleaded guilty to criminally breaching health and safety laws in the Smiler rollercoaster crash in 2015.
The crash saw two...
A cross-party group of MPs have claimed the majority of concerns raised by businesses over EU environmental legislation are related to a lack of clarity in the Directives, rather than policies them...
A cutting report from the National Audit Office (NAO) states that the Government's flagship energy efficiency scheme, which cost taxpayers millions, effectively forced up people's bills w...
22 April 2016 marks the 46th annual Earth Day - and it couldn't be more of an appropriate day! The Earth Day Network aims to inspire and motivate people to act over the environment, and has be...
