Culling badgers is the right thing to do to avoid "appalling consequences" for farmers, cattle and badgers, David Cameron has said.
The Prime Minister warned that the Government could spend...
Environment Minister Mark H Durkan has welcomed the fact that both household and local authority collected municipal landfill rates in Northern Ireland have decreased to their lowest levels ever, a...
As well as intense floods, storms and droughts, a recent study carried out by US scientists indicates climate change may also be a contributory factor in an increase in violence.
The study...
A Lincolnshire firm that manufactures frozen potato products has been fined £16,500, with £571 in costs, after a worker was burned by hot oil.
Harvey Hopwood, the health and safety manager...
Defra have announced details on a consultation for a waste management plan for England.
It is a requirement under the revised Waste Framework...
Fracking should be carried out in the North East of England, where there are large "desolate" areas, according to George Osborne's father-in-law.
Conservative Lord Howell, who was Energy Se...
Many of the inhabitants of America's cities and towns may soon need a snorkel to get around, a new study has revealed.
By 2100, it is estimated that thousands of US cities and towns, includ...
It's been a bad few weeks for McDonald's in terms of health and safety. Following their refusal to serve a woman on horseback at their drive-thru in Greater Manchester, a Portsmouth pensioner has n...
A rather unusual incident at a McDonalds restaurant in Greater Manchester saw a woman on horseback turned away from their drive-thru kiosk as they are unable to serve customers on horseback for hea...
Monitoring in the UK of a disease which affects oak trees is being stepped up by the Government as it is thought it may pose a serious threat to the oak population.
Acute Oak Decline causes...
Mermaid Eden Sirene, who is better known on land as Jenna Conti, has been banned from wearing her tail in a local swimming pool after officials flipped out over health and safety fears.
Ms...
A & P Falmouth Ltd. has been fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £14,300 in costs for polluting Cornwall's Fal estuary with toxic paint sludge.
The Environment Agency w...
Experts have warned that temperatures could rise to dangerous levels in some homes that have been insulated under the Government's Green Deal.
The Green Deal provides loans for the installa...
Following a number of recent incidents, the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI) is reminding farmers of the dangers of working with machinery near over...
UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's is set to save more than 2,000 tonnes of carbon each year after upping the number of dual-fuel vehicles in its delivery fleet.
The retailer, which operates...
