Seven years ago, the EU set out an energy and climate change strategy for 2020, which aimed to reduce greenhouse gases by 20%, improve energy efficiency and ensure that one fifth of all energy came...
Taking a break from designing wacky clothes, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood has decided to vocalise her thoughts on the destruction of the environment and is encouraging people to sign a petiti...
Royal Mail has suspended deliveries to two rural communities in Swansea because the surrounding lanes are too muddy. Postmen have complained about the boggy conditions when delivering to Owensfield...
A company in Stockport, which manufactures chains for conveyor belts, escalators and forklift trucks, has been fined £80,000 and ordered to pay costs of £12,696 after an incident at its premises le...
A Government consultation has concluded that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) should remain a non-departmental public body.
The review began in June 2013 as par...
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) wants 2014 to be the safest ever year for farmers. Whilst attitudes towards farm safety are becoming more positi...
Rajesh Voralia, a textile recycler from Surrey trading as RTS Textile Recyclers, has been fined £4,000 and ordered to pay £3,500 in costs after admitting to breaching the Work at Height Regulations...
Large parts of the UK have been experiencing extreme weather over the last few weeks, with increased rainfall and strong winds leading to extensive flooding in some areas; something Prime Minister...
The sale of a beer in Iceland, which its makers claim contains dead whale, has been criticised by conservationists.
The 5.2% beer produced by Icelandic brewery, Steoji, is described as heal...
Previously confidential government files have been released which show that between 1977 and 1982 radioactive waste was secretly disposed of in Belfast and Londonderry.
According to the doc...
The New Year celebrations on the banks of the Thames attracts hundreds of thousands of people every year, and even more tune in to watch it on television. However, when the celebrations were finish...
Temperature rises that come from unchecked climate change will be at the higher end of those projected according to a new study led by Professor Steven Sherwood at the University of New South Wales...
A landlord is up in arms after he was told to put out the three fires used to heat his historic pub.
The inspector told Graham Rowson, of the Grade 2 listed Black Horse pub in Preston, that...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is encouraging businesses in 2014 to focus more on their legal responsibilities to make sure that lives are not put at risk and that th...
Even our dedication has a limit. So we'll be downing tools in Cedrec Towers at lunchtime on Christmas Eve so we can all be home in time for Clash of the Titans.
But don't worry, we'll be ba...
