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Kill billed as a success

The “static kill” of BP’s ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has plugged the leak, the company has revealed.

The procedure to permanently plug the ruptured well involves pumping mud a m...

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North Ireland refuse-d to put up with Irish rubbish

A repatriation process to remove 250,000 tonnes of Irish household and commercial waste, believed to have been illegally dumped in Northern Ireland between 2002 and 2004, was put into motion at the...

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Call for new power line laws

A senior Northern Ireland coroner has urged Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster to introduce clear legislation following the electrocution of a six-year old who grabbed an 11,000-volt overhead line w...

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Architects and construction firm fined

An architectural practice and a construction company involved in the development of a conference centre in Somerset have been fined a total of £195,000 following a fatality at the site.

Bris...

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Environment Agency attempt to make soil clear as mud

The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations SI 2010/675 introduced a new set of waste exemptions, replacing those in the Environmental Permitting (England a...

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Cleanest beaches have a murky past

A campaign by the pollution watchdog group, Surfers Against Sewage, which saw brown flags being placed on potentially contaminated Blue Flag beaches, has finally come to a head with Keep Britain Ti...

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One for the road

Scottish scientists have developed a method of producing biofuel from by-products of the whisky distilling process, which could be used to power cars and aviation. Researchers at Edinburgh Napier U...

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Short-sighted approach for UK businesses

Almost 90% of businesses in the UK are failing to meet their legal obligations to protect the sight of their staff, according to a survey commissioned by the Eyecare Trust.

The Trust and hea...

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Health and Safety Con-Dem'd by Government

The Government’s health and safety tsar, Lord Young of Graffham, has confirmed that the “burden” faced by small businesses in complying with regulations will be a priority in his forthcoming review...

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CRC scheme - deadline to register passes

The Environment Agency has said that the vast majority of organisations required to participate in the Government's Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC)...

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Chicken incinerator isn't smelling of Roses

A group opposing a chicken waste incinerator being built on the shores of Lough Neagh has been granted leave for a judicial review of the decision not to hold a public inquiry into the planning app...

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Last quango embarrassed

A leaked Cabinet Office memo has shown that up to 180 quangos may be scrapped, 53 of which work within the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. A further...

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How low can you go?

The Annual Report and Statement of Accounts prepared by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland has shown that the number of injuries at work has fallen since l...

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Walkers flavour too strong

Snack food giant Walkers and chemical distributor Omnichem have been fined a total of £350,000 after a worker was killed by a cloud of toxic gas.

The poisonous fumes overcame John Marriot in...

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Exceedingly big fine...

A UK food manufacturer has been fined £14,000 after a 65kg metal pillar fell on a maintenance engineer and crushed his skull.

The company was prosecuted by the Health and...

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