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Silent night for carol-singers

Carol-singing Brownies and Guides have been banned from a shopping centre because they are considered to be a health and safety risk. The girls, age five to teenagers, have sung for pensioners and...

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Here WEEE go again!

The European Commission has this month issued proposed revisions to Directive 2002/96/EC, on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), which will...

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Climate issues scaled down at Summit?

The UN climate summit has ended in Poznan, Poland, with delegates taking very different views on how much it has achieved. Western delegates said progress had been encouraging, although environmen...

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Laundry firm taken to the cleaners

A company which owns a long-established laundry in Fakenham was this month ordered to pay more than £20,000 in fines and costs after admitting breaking rules on abstracting water.

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NIEA pollution record under fire

SDLP South Antrim MLA Thomas Burns has this month revealed that only one person has been jailed for water pollution offences in Northern Ireland in the past five years, despite more than 11,000 pol...

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Northern Ireland to have super sewers!

Northern Ireland's antiquated water and sewerage infrastructure has received a much needed boost this month, with the news of various completed and on-going schemes. The schemes are the result of...

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Time running out for long-hours culture

Euro MPs have voted in favour of ending the UK's opt-out from laws limiting the working week to 48 hours. The vote puts the EU on a collision course with the UK Government, which is determined to...

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HSE have the solution

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has this month launched a three month consultation on its new strategy "The Health and Safety System of Great Britain Be Part of the S...

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Care home tragedy

A nursing and care home company has been fined £4,000 over the death of an 86-year-old man in one of its homes.

The man, who suffered from dementia, died after he trapped his neck between a...

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City Council charged

Belfast City Council is to stand trial over the death of a man at a landfill site, it has been confirmed this month.

In an unprecedented action, the council is being prosecuted for allegedly...

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Technically incorrect

Warnings are being given about the little-known environmental impact of computer and internet use.

Harvard University academic, Dr Alex Wissner-Gross, who is leading research into the enviro...

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Agency puts the Bootle in

The UK's largest waste management company, Veolia Environmental Services (UK) Ltd, has this month been ordered to pay £166,000 in fines and costs following an incident at its hazardous waste treatm...

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Chip 'n' binned

Local authorities across the country have turned their back on a Government recycling scheme which could have seen those leaving the most waste penalised. No councils have chosen to take part in a...

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Pollution solution needed?

Three-quarters of Northern Ireland's rivers are polluted beyond acceptable levels, Northern Ireland Assembly members have heard this month. In tests carried out between 2005-2007, rivers were grad...

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Increasing waste size

Councils and waste management operators in Northern Ireland are to be allowed temporary increases in storage capacity following the downturn in the Recycling markets. The North...

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