The Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) Fee for Intervention (FFI) scheme has come under criticism as new figures have revealed the average cost of an invoice issued is...
East Sussex-based company Southern Piling Limited have been fined after the discovery it had been operating a powerful rig without a safety guard around the rotating auger.
In 2013, Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson began a scheme aiming to regenerate the deprived parts of the city. As part of that scheme, many empty homes were offered for sale for only £1, and so far over...
The Sentencing Council has announced new guidelines regarding theft which includes, for the very first time, theft of historic objects or loss of the nations heritage. The n...
The National Trust has started to repair and rebuild a 23 metre section of Hadrian's Wall which collapsed due to visitors walking on it and removing stones.
Hadrian's Wall is a Wo...
Environment Minister Mark H Durkan has imposed a no-fracking policy into planning guidelines for Northern Ireland, saying that the decision adopts ''a sensible and reasonable approach. ...
Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged that almost £6 billion of the UK's annual foreign aid budget will be spent on tackling climate change in poor countries. Between April 2016 and March 2...
Chemical firm Catalloy Ltd has been fined following a hydrogen explosion at their factory which saw a vessel lid blown through the factory roof and left a worker with minor injuries.
The co...
In 2013, China alone was responsible for 29% of the worlds carbon pollution which was about twice as much as the US. However, presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping have reached a deal which will s...
Sir David Attenborough has backed an Apollo-style research programme which is said to make renewable energy cheaper than fossil fuels.
The naturalist joins a group of eminent scientists, bu...
Car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has been sentenced for safety breaches which were discovered during an investigation into a workers death at its plant in Merseyside.
It was heard in Live...
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have revealed that poisonous and potentially fatal gases could have been pumped into the loft space of two properti...
At least two Whitehall departments have admitted ignoring a Supreme Court ruling on clean air which sparks fears that the UK Government is weakening its commitment to the environment.
Just...
A national interiors fit-out company, who's client's include high end retail brands, is backing the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) annual construction re...
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the Environment Agency and the police have jointly carried out early morning raids in the north-east of England and Yo...
