We're feeling our age a bit at Cedrec Towers, but celebrating the fact that we're 18 years old today!
Back on 24 May 1994, Grunge was becoming less in vogue and we were staring to smarten o...
A new "community trigger" is to be introduced to replace the discredited ASBO scheme, and make it quicker and easier for police to investigate complaints of anti-social behaviour.
Under the...
The Government today published its draft Energy Bill, which is designed to encourage major investment in clean energy generation, and is expected to come into force in the Autumn.
Critics h...
Following the wettest April on record, the Environment Agency has announced that 19 parts of England are no longer in drought.
Heavy and persistent rain in the South...
The Committee on Climate Change has published a report which recommends that local authorities in the UK should have a statutory duty to tackle clima...
It has been announced that Professor Ragnar Löfstedt has been asked by employment minister Chris Grayling to prepare a follow-up "mini-report" to his "Reclaiming Health and Safety for All" review f...
Two construction firms have been fined after a crane collapsed onto a partially constructed apartment block in Liverpool. The incident happened in July 2009 and left the crane driver, Iain Gillham,...
JMW Farms Limited of Co. Armagh, have this week been fined a record £187,500, plus £13,000 costs, at Belfast's Laganside Crown Court for health and safety failings that led to the death of 45-yea...
A 77-year-old man from Chester has been jailed for more than 14 months after repeatedly ignoring a legal order preventing him from inspecting inflatable play equipment.
Firms have been told they do not need to carry out "unnecessary" Portable Appliance Tests (PAT) on items like kettles and computers, the Government has said.
Employment Minister Chris Grayl...
A construction company has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £5,940 in costs after repeatedly ignoring safety warnings.
Unicorn Services Limited were in the process of building a four-s...
A fairground ride operator has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 after one of its workers was thrown off the Crazy Frog Ride at the 2010 May Bank Holiday fair in Barnard Castle.
Martin B...
Motor industry body SMMT have claimed that drivers in the UK are choosing fuel efficient cars with low carbon dioxide emissions over cars with higher emissions. In 2011, 46.8% of cars sold emitted...
A gas fitter has been jailed for three years after incorrectly installing a boiler which led to the death of a woman from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Zoe Anderson, 24, died within 30 minutes...
Local authorities in Newcastle, Melton and Bracknell Forest are facing a backlash by residents over the introduction of garden waste collection charges.
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