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Fine for haulage company over driver' hours

Patrick Bradley Limited, a Londonderry haulage company, has been fined over £1,500 for 15 charges relating to tachograph and drivers hours offences.

Enforcement Officers of the Driver and V...

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Oh deer!

Following the news that the badger cull will go ahead, a group of scientists has now advised, through a study, that around half of the UK's growing deer population needs to be shot every year in or...

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Government get airing in court

The Government will be appearing at the UK Supreme Court as it has failed to cut air pollution in line with legal limits. The Supreme Court could end up forcing the Government to take steps to redu...

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R - Ecovering plastic bottles

A cleaning product manufacturer has come up with the solution to all the bottles cluttering up UK beaches.

The manufacturer Ecover will work with London based recycling facility Close Loop...

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Climate Week 2013

Climate Week is Britain’s biggest climate change campaign, inspiring a new wave of action to create a sustainable future.

Culminating in a week of activities between 4-10 March, it showcase...

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Consultation on more Environmental Permitting changes

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is consulting again on proposed changes to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulation...

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Corporate manslaughter crackdown continues

The Crown Prosecution Service has announced it is charging a company with corporate manslaughter; the fourth such charge in as many months.

Mobile Sweepers (Reading) Ltd is being charged wi...

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Celebrating 100 years of protection for historical buildings

The protection of ancient monuments and listed buildings is second nature in the modern world. Without adequate protection, architecture of the past and markers of our heritage will disappear from...

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Safety breaches lead to plumber's tragic electrocution

A Bristol based property development firm has been fined £125,000 and ordered to pay £50,000 in costs after safety breaches led to one of its employees being electrocuted.

The incident occu...

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Final CRC league table published

The final Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) performance league table has been published by the Environment Agency. The league table ranks just over 2,000 organisations in or...

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Whisky business for Famous Grouse manufacturers

A Scottish whisky manufacturer has been fined £40,000 after safety breaches forced workers to run for their lives from a blazing warehouse.

The incident happened in June 2011 when two worke...

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Trees rooted in building design

Italian architecture firm Stefano Boeri Architetti have designed two green buildings in Milan - literally. Their "Bosco Verticale", meaning vertical forest, consists of two residential towers of 11...

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Crumlin farmer fined

Farmer Gerard Connon, of Crumlin, has been convicted under the Water (Northern Ireland) Order SI 1999/662 for making a polluting discharge to a waterway.

On 12 Janua...

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Judge's Giant decision

After Alex Attwood granted planning permission for the construction of a £100m golf resort and hotel near the Giant's Causeway in County Antrim in February 2012, the National Trust pursued a judici...

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Free farm safety workshop

Two hundred places are on offer for farmers across Northern Ireland to attend a free farm safety workshop next month.

The workshop is organised by the Health and Safety...

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