Wales have already implemented it, Northern Ireland will be implementing it next year, Scotland are consulting on it, and now it seems that many in England would favour a 5p charge for each single-...
Health and safety law is often used as an excuse to ban or prohibit certain activities, none more so than activities involving children.
Many provocative headlines have been produced reinfo...
The snack that purports to be light and curly has caused a worker to break his leg when a 400 kilogramme block of compacted Quavers waste fell on them.
Lincoln Magistrates' Court was told t...
One of the largest egg producers in the UK has been ordered to pay £65,000, as well as costs of £9,500, for operating five sites across England without the required environmental permits.
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The Badger Trust, which launched an appeal against Government proposals to kill thousands of wild badgers in England, has lost its court battle. Badger culling was proposed in order to eradicate th...
The green credentials of Pope Benedict XVI were increased yet again when he received an electric car to use within the grounds of the Vatican and his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo.
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Plans to exempt thousands of businesses from health and safety inspections are set to be announced by ministers. New rules will be introduced in 2013, meaning checks will no longer be routinely car...
Norwegian scientists have issued a warning about the rate that Arctic ice is now melting. They say that the rate of melting is part of an accelerating trend with profound implications.
The...
The Environment Agency, the Nature Locator team at the University of Bristol and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology have joined forces to help combat the spread of the UK'...
Opencast mining is an industry that has long caused environmental problems. The scarring left by the mining is often unsightly and measures to restore the land once it is finished with can often be...
Excited JLS fans, many of whom only have one shot to see the boys perform live, were left soaked when they were told by security staff to leave their brollies outside of the open-air concert.
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Scottish Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing, has launched a new good practice guide in relation to onshore wind farms. It is part of the "Good Practice Wind" project, which is a Scottish-led EU project...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its top 10 examples of instances in which organisations have attempted to "hide behind the term health and safety" instea...
The results of a climate change survey carried out by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (DoE NI) show that of those persons in Northern Ireland who beli...
Brighton and Hove City Council has urged those visiting Brighton's beach to take their rubbish with them when they leave. The Council had gone to the effort to install 60 extra bins along the sea f...
