Office workers who spend long hours at their desk may be more prone to potentially fatal blood clots than passengers on long-haul flights, according to new research. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is t...
Greater Manchester Waste Ltd have been fined a total of £56,750 at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court, after pleading guilty to three charges related to an incident where an employee su...
It has been reported this month that a substance which is more than one million times more radioactive than uranium, was lost by a university for five days. The radium 226 went missing from York Un...
Police in the Newry and Mourne area of Northern Ireland have this month seized some 3,500 illegally refilled gas cylinders and bulk storage tanks amounting to around 24 tonnes of liquefied petroleu...
A health and safety investigation has been launched after four Ulster teenagers were injured on a high speed funfair ride during a carnival weekend. The teenagers were all treated in hospital follo...
A new scheme has been launched by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI), which is aimed at keeping children safe on Northern Ireland's farms. An acti...
A new and improved website to help companies meet their packaging and recycling obligations has been launched this month. The National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) aims to make it easier for com...
As you will no doubt be aware, the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations SI 2006/3289 were published in December 2006 and began to come into force on...
The operators of the Dounreay nuclear plant in Scotland were fined £140,000 in February 2007, for dumping radioactive waste at a landfill and releasing nuclear fragments into the sea over a 21 year...
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...
