Health and Safety Minister, Arlene Foster, has launched a new strategy to improve the regulation of health and safety at work in Northern Ireland.
The strategy, entitled "Health and safety a...
Britain is to undergo its biggest ever civil emergency drill, "Exercise Watermark", in order to test the nation's ability to respond to a range of major flood emergencies. An En...
A referendum on direct law-making powers for the Welsh Assembly has resoundingly backed change. The final result saw 517,132 vote "yes" in favour of enhanced law-making powe...
A Country Antrim waste management company has been fined £60,000, and ordered to pay costs of £20,000 after the death of an employee at its landfill site in Mallusk in August 2008.
Although...
A Fife paper-making company has been hit with a penalty of £260,000 after failing to ensure the safety of one of its workers.
Thomas Sturrock, had been contracted to clean the roof of...
Following the publication of a report revealing the rise of noise complaints, Environment Minister, Edwin Poots is urging councils to step up their efforts to drive down the level of noise nuisance...
The EU has announced this month that they want to tighten rules on waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE). MEPs have proposed new targets for collecting, recycling and reusing waste, and...
A dramatic fall in greenhouse gas emissions following the recession has brought the UK's climate change targets for the next five years within easy reach, taking the pressure off Government and bus...
A demolition firm has been fined £1,500, with costs of £10,000, after failing to manage and monitor asbestos removal work at a site in Nottinghamshire.
Yorkshire-based Libra Demolition Ltd w...
Stunned grandmother, Betty Wilson, expressed her shock after a faulty blast at a quarry sent an enormous boulder smashing through her roof and into her shower.
Mrs Wilson feared she could h...
The owner of a Wigan-based skip company found guilty of illegally dumping and burning waste, has been given a 26 week prison sentence, suspended for two years.
Nigel Isherwood, owner of Ish...
Buckingham Palace has found itself embroiled in a furious row with foreign broadcasters over plans to plunge the building into darkness at at time when most of the world will be tuned in for live c...
A dirty dozen of non-native animals and plants threatening Britain's rivers and canals have been named.
British Waterways said all 12 species were released after being bought as pets or orn...
An Oldham company has been fined a total of £13,979 this month after it ignored two formal warnings, putting its workers' lives in danger from poorly maintained and dangerous electrics. Townfield M...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced that from 6 April 2012 the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations SI 1...
