The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted Midland Steel Reinforcement Supplies Limited after a forklift truck overturned in a rather risky attempt to empty a skip...
The team in charge of the controversial Somerset badger cull has applied for an extension of the cull by up to three weeks, after it emerged they had failed to reach their targets.
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A chemical firm has been fined £150,000 after three workers suffered serious injuries following an explosion.
Personal Hygiene Services (PHS) Ltd pleaded guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published updated guidance which relaxes some of the rules placed on the playing of ice-cream van chimes.<...
A report published this week from the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO) has warned that the health of the world's oceans is deteriorating more rapidly than previously thought...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published statistics that show there were 57 work-related fatalities in the first three reporting months of 2013/14.
The st...
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its Fifth Assessment Report on climate change. It claims that, "Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 19...
Over the past 50 years, some of Europe's key animals, such as bears, wolves, lynx, eagles and vultures, are making a comeback and have increased in numbers according to an analysis carried out by t...
We are excited to announce that we will be exhibiting at the SHE Show North East, at Newcastle Marriott Gosforth Park, on 26 November 2013.
The SHE Show is a high profile conference running...
Super Furry Animals' keyboardist, Cian Ciarán, played his most unusual gig yet as he performed his new solo album to an audience of seven people crowded on to the viewing platform of the 67m-tall t...
It has been reported that the Scottish Government is planning to ban all petrol and diesel cars from its town centres by 2050.
Roger Helmer, UKIP's energy spokesperson, has outlined their energy aims at their party conference. He has expressed the party's desire to see profits from shale gas extraction - known as fracking...
The Scottish Government has approved, and given its funding to, Europe's largest tidal energy project. The technology to be installed in Pentland Firth will generate electricity from ocean waves us...
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is to unveil plans which will see shoppers being charged 5p for the use of a plastic bag.
The plans are to be announced at the Liberal Democrat annual confe...
Hawaii is often seen as an idyllic holiday destination, a place of sun, sea and sand. However, following a 1,400 tonne treacle spill off the coast, warnings have been issued against swimming as the...
