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...
A Kent man has died after falling six metres through a fragile skylight, because health and safety measures were neglected by his employer and a major drinks wholesaler.
Robert Rogers was w...
Centrol Recycling Group have been ordered to pay £20,000 with costs of £3,800 and a victim surcharge of £15 for illegally storing 420 tonnes of waste which led to a serious fly infestation.
Statistics published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have revealed that the number of workers fatally injured at work in the past year has fallen.
Provision...
A brand new species of bird has been discovered in Cambodia's capital city - Phnom Penh. The newly named Cambodian tailorbird was first spotted in 2009 during routine checks for avian flu.
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After a seal pup was recently diagnosed with bovine TB, it appears that the spread of TB is not only a worry for cattle, but could also spread to other warm blooded animals, such as pigs, sheep, go...
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI) and the 26 local district councils have urged employers to make sure they have all the information they need to...
The owner of the Sellafield nuclear plant has been fined £700,000 after admitting sending low-level radioactive waste to a landfill site.
Sellafield Limited confessed to sending four bags,...
Drayson Racing Technologies has produced a new car that has broken the land speed record for a lightweight electric car. The previous record, set at 175mph by Battery Box General Electric in 1974,...
In response to the shocking statistic that over 60% of wildlife species have declined over recent decades, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) are urging people across the UK to gi...
