It would appear that the office Christmas party is dying out over fears that workers could sue over other employees' drunken antics and a prevailing "Scrooge" mentality over health and safety. A t...
According to official figures, each person throws away an average of 110lbs of rubbish at Christmas - the equivalent of nine regular sized turkeys or more than 60 loaves of bread. Christmas usuall...
It has been revealed this month that green revellers in Northern Ireland recycled almost two million Christmas cards last year as part of a Woodland Trust initiative. The Northern Ireland public m...
Across the water in Great Britain, a mobile Santa's grotto in Ceredigion, Wales has come to a halt after 30 years because of health and safety concerns. Santa had toured Lampeter and the surroundi...
Safety experts have begun an investigation into a fire at an oil refinery which saw flames shoot 100ft into the air. Specialists from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has this month warned employers that they must control the risks of falls from height in the workplace. This warning follows an
The construction industry has come under fire from union leaders for its "complete failure" to act to prevent accidents and avoidable deaths at work. A lack of accountability is costing workers th...
Producers have been forced to scrap a scene planed for the next Batman film after realising just how polluted Hong Kong's harbour has become. In the scene axed from "The Dark Knight", Batman was su...
Northern Ireland Water (NIW) opened a modern Waste water Treatment Works in Portrush last month as part of a £45 million North Coast Scheme. The new works are designed to c...
A Tyrone farmer who illegally disposed of household and commercial waste on his land has been ordered to pay a £252,252 Compensation Order or face five years in prison. The Order was obtained last...
Fermanagh District Council has been fined almost £21,000 for polluting a waterway near one of its landfill sites. The stream near the Glassmullagh site in Enniskillen flows into a lough which the...
A father and son from County Armagh were fined a total of £18,500 for illegal waste offences at Dungannon Magistrates Court this month. Thomas Curran and his son James Curran were found guilty of...
Silt run-off during the construction of a wind farm is believed to be responsible for the wiping out of valuable vegetation and a massive decrease in wild Brown Trout fish stocks in one of Tyrone's...
Environment Minister Arlene Foster faces the toughest test of her tenure so far following the news that an official complaint against her and the Department of the Environment f...
A Blackpool publican who became the first landlord in England to be prosecuted for allowing people to smoke in a bar has now lost his alcohol licence. Hugh 'Hamish' Howitt was fined £500 for offen...
