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New product - CEDREC Health & Safety Northern Ireland

This month we are delighted to announce the launch of CEDREC Health & Safety Northern Ireland, which will take place on 17 July.

CEDREC Health & Safety Northern Ireland has been developed i...

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Buncefield reports continue to leak

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have this month published initial feedback from the safety alert they issued to operators of fuel storage depots in February. The repor...

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Investigation to get Strait to oil leak source

Anti-pollution teams are trying to clean up a 5 mile oil slick which leaked from a disused sewage works and polluted a large stretch of the Menai Strait, which separates Anglesey from the mainland...

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When will WEEE ever see implementation?

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) continues to struggle to make progress in implementing the WEEE Directive 2002/96/EC. Following various consul...

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FoE condemn incinerator approval

Plans to build Europe's largest incinerator in London have been given the go-ahead. The Department of Trade and Industry say the plant in Belvedere, South-East London will help tackle the city's se...

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SSSIs bogged down in funding

Scottish Natural Heritage has announced funding of more than £2.4 million, in an effort to save one of Scotland's rarest and most threatened habitats. The money will be made...

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Brown flag for Aberystwyth beach

Bathers have been warned to stay clear of an Aberystwyth beach after untreated sewage leaked into the towns harbour. A water main burst on Thursday 15 June, which flooded a car park and entered dra...

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Problem of illegal dumping continues

A County Fermanagh farmer has been jailed for 9 months for dumping waste from the Irish Republic at his site in Northern Ireland. He is the first person to be imprisoned for such an offence. His wi...

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Hayes blaze under control

Investigations are currently being carried out into a major fire at a fuel depot on the outskirts of North Belfast. Fire crews worked through the night to tackle the blaze at Hayes Fuel Depot in Li...

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Full stream ahead for Northern Ireland water services

A draft Order which will transfer responsibility for delivering water services in the Province to a Government owned company was published for consultation this month. If the legislation goes ahead...

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Proposed changes to Habitats legislation

The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (DoE NI) is currently seeking views on their proposals to amend the Conservation (Natural Habitats etc.) Regulations (...

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Investigation into Billingham blast

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Environment Agency have launched a joint investigation into an incident which took place during the ear...

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More reasons to improve safety at Morrisons

An incident at an outlet operated by national retail giant WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc, has resulted in the discovery of a state of neglect with regard to basic health and safety legal requirement...

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Construction crisis for east England

Despite a national Height Aware Campaign in June by UK health and safety enforcement authorities to promote safer working at height, it would appear that in some parts of the country the message is...

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Hefty fine delivered to Royal Mail

The Royal Mail and contracting organisation Romec have been fined for safety failures that resulted in an engineer falling 10 metres through a fragile rooflight to his death at West London Mail Cen...

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