New online guidance has been produced in an attempt to help inform employers about one of the least recognised health issues - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is a term used to d...
A worker has been awarded £20,000 after his employers went against the advice of company doctors and exposed him to work that was repetitive and involved vibration. From 1976 to 2000, the employee...
Scotland's fire services have had to scrap hundred of leaflets, after a mistake urged members of the public to jump on a donkey when fleeing a house fire. The leaflet by the Scottish Executive for...
The new European regime for the regulation of chemicals aimed at ensuring a high level of protection for human health and the environment has reached the second reading committee stage, meaning it...
A climate change bill which could see regular targets put in place to cut UK carbon dioxide emissions is currently being considered by the Government, and could see an independent system to gauge p...
It is now nine months since the explosion at the Buncefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead, and all that remains is an industrial wasteland of melted containers and miles of twisting pipes. The explo...
Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) minister Ian Pearson is to address a water industry gathering in November, to discuss proposals to simplify th...
A Bolton man who illegally dumped and burnt waste for profit has been caught on camera in a covert surveillance operation. Vittorio Magari was filmed by Environment Agency o...
More than two tonnes of semolina fell on a seaside town this month after a factory silo overfilled, malfunctioned and blasted the grain into the air, covering the streets of Great Yarmouth in a whi...
Northern Ireland's local daily papers are seeking a judicial review over changes to the publication of planning notices. In October, the Department of the Environment (DoE)...
A network of authorised treatment facilities (ATFs) has now been established across Northern Ireland to deal with scrap vehicles that come under the End of Life Vehicles (ELV) Directive
Down District Council have demonstrated their commitment to renewable energy, by implementing a new renewable energy project. They have engaged a local renewable energy company - B9 Organic Energy...
A two day hearing began this month, of a legal challenge to plans for an asbestos storage site in County Antrim. Residents of Crumlin, who have mounted a long-running campaign against the site, wer...
A farmer from County Tyrone has been fined a total of £4,622 for a series of pollution offences. Mr Ernest Buchanan of Drumclamph Road, Castlederg pleaded guilty at Strabene Magistrates Court for t...
The much anticipated Control of Asbestos Regulations SI 2006/2739 have been issued and will come into force on 13 November 2006. The revised provisions will strengthen overa...
