Durham County Council has been fined £13,000 and ordered to pay costs of £8,212.50 after a groundsman lost his left arm in a wood chipper machine in 2009.
The 25-year-old man was working in...
It has been known for some time that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has been planning to recoup some of the costs associated with visits to organisations by its inspe...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced that construction sites will be under the spotlight between 20 February and 16 March as they attempt to reduce death, inj...
The European Union failed to label oil produced from tar sands as highly polluting in February, with a key vote by member states ending in deadlock.
The issue is seen as a key test of the EU...
In a change from normal customs, Regulations to provide for changes to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (Northern Ireland) SR 1997/455</...
In a bid to cut the number of farm deaths in Northern Ireland, the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) is launching a six-week long initiative focusing...
In a pioneering move for a Government department in Northern Ireland, Environment Minister Alex Attwood has set up a partnership with the charity Crimestoppers to crack down on waste crime.
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Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman is hosting a drought summit which was called in response to the fact that groundwater levels in England are lower than levels seen in 1976, which was the hott...
The boss of a St Helens gas supply firm has been fined £22,500 after he and an employee suffered multiple burns in an explosion.
John Webster, director of North West Gases Ltd, had been atte...
A man in Chile is being held on suspicion of stealing five tonnes of ice from a glacier in Patagonia to sell as designer ice cubes for cocktails.
Local media reported that the police interce...
Many Welsh councils are apparently owed money from private developers who have failed to pay them under section 106 agreements of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
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China has banned all of its airlines from joining the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). The ban comes only weeks after the China Air Transport Association said its members disagre...
Morpeth in Northumberland was flooded in 2008 after the River Wansbeck breached its banks and engulfed almost 1,000 properties. Plans were drawn up to protect the town from such floods, but were st...
Harmondsworth barn in west London, a timber built grade I listed building, has been saved by the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (English Heritage) f...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has produced the first report as part of the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment. This report is the first in a...
