Farming company Blankney Estates Ltd were prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after exposing tenants of one of their rental houses in Lincolnshire to dangero...

McCalls Special Products Limited based in Sheffield has been fined £200,000 after the death of an agency worker.
The company manufactures and supplies high-strength bar and cable systems. M...

£9.5 million is to be spent by the Welsh Government on three new recycling programmes.
Led by WRAP Cymru, the initiatives will focus upon increasing recycling of food waste, textiles and wa...

Encirc Ltd, a Chester glass container manufacturer, has been fined for serious safety breaches after an incident where two employees were injured in a flash fire.
The incident occurred on 1...

An emergency plan has been proposed by the solar power industry to save renewables. They claim it would only add an additional £1 on to consumer bills by 2019, this is on top of the £9 a year bill...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have charged Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust after an investigation into the deaths of four elderly patients under its care.
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North York Moors National Park Authority have issued their decision to grant formal planning permission for the York Potash Project to be constructed near Whitby.
The project comprises:
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Leaders of 10 of the world's largest oil companies have stated their support for a new global treaty on climate change.
CEO's from eight of the companies met in Paris on Friday ah...

The Planning Board of the Royal Borough of Greenwich has granted outline planning permission to Knight Dragon for a development worth £8.4 billion that includes 13,000 homes, two schools, and a tra...

A proposed wind farm near two designated areas of outstanding natural beauty and the Jurassic Coast in Dorset has been refused.
Navitus Bay Development Limited's application was for an...

Regeneration specialists, St Modwen, have unveiled a new set of plans to regenerate a derelict market site in Taunton.
Firepool is a vital link in the chain of Taunton's wider regenera...

HS2 has revealed controversial £2 billion plans to extend Euston station. The plans will see up to 11 new platforms built in a building to the west of the existing station. The plans also include i...

The Secretary of State has been asked to intervene on a permission granted for the £70m "remodelling" of a shopping centre in Milton Keynes, which will add some 100,000 squa...

Communities secretary Greg Clark has stepped in to stop the approval of plans for 130 homes in Buckinghamshire.
Despite a conflict with the neighborhood plan, which did not allocate the sit...

Professional planning organisations worldwide will be marking this year's World Town Planning Day with an online conference.
The event seeks to:
- promote the aims, object...