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Rural planning review launched

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have jointly launched a

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Cedrec to speak at IOSH ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 event

Cedrec have been asked by IOSH, the leading institute for safety professionals, to speak at their event held in Sunderland, on 21 April 2016.

We will be joining Marek Bidwell, environmental...

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Star Wars film company gets their own forceful awakening

Foodles Production (UK) Ltd, the production company behind Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens, are to be prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after actor Harris...

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Mixed use development granted outline permission

Taunton Deane Borough Council has granted outline planning permission for a large mixed use urban extension which will include up to 2,000 new houses, quarter of which will be affordable housing.</...

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Research unveils worrying rise in global sea levels

Researchers believe that the loss of Antarctic ice due to an increase in sea temperatures could lead to sea levels rising by as much as three metres.

Scientists at the University of Edinbur...

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Fuel company sentenced over gas releases

ConocoPhillips (UK) Limited, one of the world's largest oil and gas exploration and production companies, has been fined after gas leaks on an offshore platform endangered workers lives.

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UK facing energy gap

A report issued by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) warns that the UK could be facing a 40-55% electricity supply gap by 2025 if the Government continues with its current plans to clos...

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Chemical company fined

Chemical giant Solvay Solutions UK Limited has been fined after a dangerous gas was released into the atmosphere from their Trinity Street site in Oldbury on 2 January 2009. This caused disruption...

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Scrap metal recycling company fined after fatality at site

Walter Heselwood Limited, a Sheffield based scrap metal recycling company, has been fined after safety failings led to the death of a worker at their recycling site.

Tony Johnson, 55,...

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Grimsby, the renewable energy capital of England

Grimsby has transitioned from a major fishing capital to the renewable capital of energy. The town generates more electricity from solar, wind, biomass and landfill gas than anywhere else in Englan...

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Arrest warrant issued for farmer with straw bale house

An arrest warrant has been issued by a High Court judge for a farmer who failed to comply with an order to demolish his property.

Robert Fidler built a four-bedroomed home at Honeycrock Far...

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Conversion rights maintained

The Government have confirmed that temporary rules which allow for the conversion of offices into homes are to be made permanent. They will also be extended to allow for office blocks to be demolis...

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Big investment in electric vehicles

Nottingham, Bristol, Milton Keynes and London have been awarded a share of £40 million to promote the use of electric vehicles.

The four cities were named winners of the Go Ultra Low City S...

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National Audit Office to examine scrapping of carbon capture plan

The decision to scrap a £1 billion prototype Carbon Capture Scheme (CCS) is to be investigated by the National Audit Office (NAO). The cancelled scheme is believed to have cost the taxpayer at leas...

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Leaving EU would damage UK environment, group warns

A group of former high-ranking officials and current academics have written a letter to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Liz Truss, to warn that leaving the EU would...

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