The plans for a 5p Green Tax on carrier bags comes into force in England in October 2015, and will include the biodegradable carrier bags. The reason for this has been given that biodegradable bags...

The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) has welcomed key environmental policies that have been identified as an aim for the next year by the Government. The Queen made the a...

The European Commission has followed on from its EU Occupational Health and Safety Strategy 2007-2012, by publishing a new Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2...

A construction worker has died after an undisclosed incident at Penare Farm, Higher Fraddon.

The man, aged in his early-30s, has not yet been named, and was employed on the site of a new bi...

Jaguar Land Rover face Liverpool Magistrates' Court on 3 July. They face charges of safety failure, resulting in the death of 49-year-old Graham Begley.

The father of two, from Halewood, wa...

More than £330,000 compensation has been paid for injuries in schools by Lincolnshire County Council from 2008-2014.

These figures were exposed after a BBC freedom of information request.</...

A builder in Hyde has been caught carrying out illegal gas work at two homes after an investigation found he had left a boiler in a "dangerous condition."

Monwar Ali, 40, is being prosecute...

Harrison Ford has been injured whilst filming the eagerly awaited new Star Wars film, Episode VII, at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. Mr Ford, reprising his famous role as Han Solo, broke his...

Whilst the Government continues to mull over whether they should legislate for biodiversity offsetting, a planning application to build 47 houses in Essex has recently been accepted on appeal becau...

Jamie Oliver's flagship Italian restaurant chain, "Jamie's Italian", has been given a £6,000 fine for flouting packaging legislation over a period of two years.

The Bath-based company was f...

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced that good-doers will no longer be unfairly punished when carrying out activities for the common good, which accidentally go wrong.

The concept...

A York-based company has been fined £23,000 after one of its workers fell seven metres through a rooflight while installing solar power racking.

54-year-old Peter Bettison from Leeds...

The US Government is to announce new measures that will reduce its carbon emissions from coal power plants. It is estimated that approximately 40% of electricity in the US is produced by burning co...

A roofer has been fined after appearing in court following his decision to foot a double extension ladder on a transit van in order to access a third floor façade.

George Nicholls blatantly...

A company has been found guilty of corporate manslaughter, following the death of a stonemason's mate.

On 9 February 2010, David Evans, an employee of Cavendish Masonry Limited, was buildin...