A 6ft bonfire was dismantled by a council after officials found that the organisers had failed to apply for a temporary events licence.
The bonfire has taken place on the recreation ground...
It's been a busy year, with some major changes in both environment and safety legislation. Did you manage to keep track of everything? Do you know what's on the horizon for the next 12 months?
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Fife Council has admitted to health and safety breaches after one of its workers lost a toe while cutting down a tree.
Janitor Craig Davies had been sent to Canmore Primary School in Dunfer...
J Murray & Son Ltd have been fined £100,000, plus £10,450 costs, at Belfast's Laganside Crown Court for health and safety failings that led to the death of 47-year-old Norman Porter.
The in...
Neath Port Talbot recycling has been fined £90,000 and £50,000 in costs after an employee lost an arm in an accident back in 2011.
Swansea Crown Court heard how 57-year-old Stephen John was...
The former UK Coal Mining company has been fined £50,000 for safety failings that led to an underground pit explosion and the evacuation of more than 200 miners from Kellingley Colliery, in North Y...
David Cameron has revealed plans to halve the green levies in energy bills while clearing the way for a windfall tax on suppliers before the next election.
The announcement comes just days...
Coleraine Borough Council has been fined £75,000 over the death of a waste and recycling site attendant back in July 2011.
Alan Devenney was crushed under an 11-tonne skip full of compacted...
A North East glass firm has been fined £20,000 with costs of £12,638, after potentially exposing around 200 workers and visitors to dangerous asbestos fibres.
Consett-based Romag Ltd also i...
As part of the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) nationwide campaign, "Safer Sites", which aims to increase standards in the construction industry, HSE...
Following the reports this month that the badger culls have not quite been as successful as was planned, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson claimed that its lack of success was as a result of the...
We've all heard the "why did the chicken cross the road?" joke and its most popular answer "to get to the other side". However, thanks to the Oxfordshire company Omlet, chickens can now not only cr...
A construction firm has been fined £5,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,000 after it was found the firm failed to provide toilets and running water for subcontractors working on their site.
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The Waste crime report 2012/2013 has been published by the Environment Agency and shows how they've been tackling waste crime over the past year. Such crimes are committed,...
A taskforce put together by Prime Minister David Cameron has produced a report which says cutting down on EU red tape could save UK firms billions of pounds.
The taskforce, comprising of si...
