An overzealous sales assistant will not be making it onto the Christmas list of one little girl this Christmas.
After handing over her Christmas crackers to a cashier at the QD store in Suff...
The latest recipients of grants from Northern Ireland’s Rethink Waste Fund were recently announced by Environment Minister, Edwin Poots.
The Rethink Waste Fund, which was launched by the
A small town in Gloucestershire is set to lead the way in the use of sustainable technology after a biogas power station was built which produces energy derived from agricultural and animal waste.<...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to publish a consultation document on proposed changes to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations...
Two companies and a manager have been fined a total of £440,000 after a fatality involving a worker who was crushing aerosol canisters.
Deeside Metal Company Ltd, of Saltney, Chester, and Je...
In May 2007, a tragic accident occurred at a recycling company when an employee was struck by a crane hook weighing nearly 4 tonnes. John Penhalagan of Bridgend, suffered fatal head injuries from t...
As part of a campaign to warn children across Northern Ireland of the dangers on farms, Chairman of the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI), Professor P...
After two weeks of talks in the Mexican holiday resort of Cancun, the United Nations finally came to an agreement on how to approach the problems of global climate change. The “Cancun Agreements” m...
A farming company has been fined £120,000 after pleading guilty to failing to ensure the safety of one of its workers. Salisbury Crown Court heard how Edward Pybus, 21, from Northallerton in Yorksh...
Energy Secretary, Chris Huhne, has pledged that the UK will speed up green measures in an effort to halve its carbon emissions by 2025 compared to 1990 levels. This will see the UK putting in place...
James Glennon Packaging Ltd has been fined a total of £13,194, after a teenager lost a hand in a devastating work accident. Conor Fitzsimmons from Belfast was in his first week of employment with t...
At the crux of the energy bill currently being passed through Parliament is a measure designed to help improve the energy efficiency of buildings and cut household bills by as much as 44%.
T...
Defra and the Environment Agency have officially declared parts of East Anglia, including Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire as suffer...
The Inner London Crown Court has imposed a record fine of £75,000 on a rendering company for various breaches of its environmental permit, after being prosecuted by the local au...
Beer company, Heineken UK Limited, has been ordered to pay more than £10,000 after it admitted to three breaches of its environmental permit at its Tadcaster Brewery site. The company was fined £50...
