Harwich Dock Company has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and subsequently fined £15,000 after a dock worker suffered serious leg injuries in a...
In an aim to protect the UK's 'much-loved' red squirrels, Prince Charles, patron of the Red Squirrel Survival Trust, has backed plans to kill their grey counterparts.
Alongside government,...
On 22 May 2014, the UK will be voting for 73 of our MEPs to represent the UK in the European Parliament. This could have an impact on all the environment and safety legislat...
Fife Council has been fined £24,000 after pleading guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. This fine comes after workers struck and ruptured a...
From June, homeowners in England and Wales will be able to claim up to £7600 from the new Green Deal Home Improvement Fund to cover the costs of energy improvements carried out on their homes.
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Dr. Rolf Hut from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has developed a prototype umbrella which doubles up as a rain gauge! The umbrella has a sensor built into it that detects rai...
Energy Secretary Ed Davey has announced that eight major renewable energy projects have been given Government approval. The contracts are the first awarded under the Government's energy market refo...
A huge fire on an industrial estate in Leeds has sent flames and a plume of smoke up over the city.
Around 80 firefighters tackled the blaze at Tradpak, a chemical packaging and recycling f...
A study by Public Health England has shown that the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea has the most polluted air in the UK, with 8.3% of deaths over the age of 25 attributable to air pollutio...
Mistras ETS Ltd, which provides industrial radiography equipment, has been fined £30,000 and ordered to pay £4,930 in costs after one of its employees suffered radiation burns when working in a rad...
A report compiled by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned that the impacts of global warming are likely to be "severe, pervasive and irreversible". These impacts include...
Employers in GB have a requirement under the Health and Safety Information for Employees Regulations SI 1989/682, and in Northern Ireland under the Health and Safety Informa...
A leading manufacturer of high-quality, high performance self-adhesive label materials for product and information labelling has improved H&S and environmental compliance after turning to online sp...
53 retailers, suppliers, charities and recyclers in the clothing sector, including Tesco, Sainsbury's, Marks and Spencer, Next, Stella McCartney and John Lewis, have committed to reducing the envir...
Thomas Bolton Ltd, a company making copper products for the power industry, has been fined £19,050 and ordered to pay £10,361 in costs after pleading guilty to breaches of the Management of Health...
