The Government's Climate Change Bill has been delayed, with ministers forced to confirm that the measure will be downgraded to a draft Bill when it is published in March 2007, rather than the full...
Members of the European Parliament have voted for binding targets to reduce the amount of waste produced in the EU. Every year, 1.3 billion tonnes of waste is produced in Europe, with every citizen...
A man from Newtownards Road, Comber has been fined £11,500 plus costs at Ards Magistrates' Court this month for waste offences. On 20 August 2004, Environment and Heritage Servi...
Northern Ireland is facing massive fines after a European court criticised its poor sewage treatment system. The European Court of Justice found inadequate treatment at nine waste waterworks, inclu...
Salmon stocks are being hit by the effects of climate change in Northern Ireland, with scientists on the River Bush in north Antrim discovering the warmer winters are triggering a false start to th...
A disused quarry once lined up to become one of Northern Ireland's biggest rubbish dumps could soon be hosting Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks. The Oscar winning actor's production company, ironicall...
Only 30% of reportable workplace accidents are actually being reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), a study by the University of Liverpool has revealed. Under t...
Construction sites are currently under scrutiny after the death of eight builders in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire over the past two and a half years. Seven of the deaths involved builders carr...
A Thetford waste company and its two bosses, who held "reckless disregard" for the safety of their employees have been fined more than £90,000 following the horrific deaths of three workers in a sl...
A road worker has received £42,000 following injuries caused by exposure to vibrating tools. UNISON secured the compensation for the man who was working for Derbyshire County Council when he suffer...
This month, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) served a prohibition notice under the Health and Safety at Work 1974 on Falcon Crane Hire Ltd, of S...
Fire crews have this month been battling against a major fire at a fuel depot in west Belfast. Around 14 appliances and up to 70 firefighters from as far away as Warrenpoint were involved in tackli...
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI) have recently held a Farm Health and Safety Awareness Day in Ballymena, in a bid to highlight the dangers encou...
To further emphasise the potential dangers of farm and agricultural work, a close-knit rural community in County Tyrone has been left devastated following the sudden death of a farmer in a slurry a...
A case taken by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI) against the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), has been adjourned for one month at Stra...
