Historic England has added a Finnish Sauna located in Kent to its National Heritage List for England. The sauna will now enjoy protection via Grade II listing.
The s...
Beauty companies will have to pay more to clean up microplastic pollution after EU negotiators struck a new deal to treat sewage.
Under draft rules that follow the "polluter pays principle"...
Bottom trawling, which involves pulling giant nets across the seabed to catch fish, is a common method used in fishing. While scientists have been aware that this churns up carbon from the sea floo...
A North Yorkshire man has received a suspended prison sentence for the illegal deposit of waste on the River Swale flood plain.
In a case brought by the Environment Agen...
In Rennie v Secretary of State for the Home Department in July 2023, the claimants applied for judicial review of a decision of the Secretary of State not to implem...
In R. (on the application of Substation Action Save East Suffolk Ltd) v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, the appellant appealed against the refusal of its claims for ju...
The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) have published a white paper, "
The number of UK households and businesses installing rooftop solar panels has reached its highest level in 12 years, while heat pump installations climbed to record highs in 2023, according to MCS...
Water experts are demanding an independent inquiry into water by the next government after failures by the Conservative ministers have led to increased sewage pollution, urban flooding and water su...
Planning permission for a 500MW battery energy storage project has been granted, which could store excess energy produced by renewable energy sources. The project will be carried out by Exagen, a U...
Today is known as "Blue Monday", the third Monday of every January, as it is allegedly the most depressing day of the year.
Although the concept of Blue Monday was originally created in ass...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a safety notice for those involved in lorry loader operations with powered 'tilting', 'swing-up' or 'rotating' stabilisers.<...
Last year in April, the government made plans to evaluate the practical planning barriers to installing energy efficiency measures such as improved glazing to buildings in conservation areas, and l...
The government has committed to ensuring that national planning policy "reflects the needs and priority" of freeports and investment zones.
According to the Freeports Delivery Roadmap, this...
A programme in Scotland is being launched by BT which will convert old street cabinets once used for broadband and phone cables into electric vehicle charging points. Engineers will retrofit the ca...
