HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have this month continued their battle against illegal dumping of waste in Northern Ireland, by dismantling a large fuel laundering plant in County Armagh. In a joint...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have this month launched a new programme and some revised guidance.
The Noise and Hand-arm Vibration Programme is a series of a...
A bank clerk at HBOS plc has been awarded £56,000 in damages, after tripping over nylon webbing in an office in Edinburgh. The part-time worker had been fetching her handbag during a coffee break w...
Forbuoys Ltd have been find a total of £36,700 at Exeter Crown Court following a prosecution by Devon County Council Trading Standards Department, for a range of offences relating to the way they s...
Michelin Tyres plc of Stoke-on-Trent have received a hefty fine of around £112,500, after pleading guilty to a breach of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER)
It was announced this month that no police officers are to be prosecuted over the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was mistaken for a terrorist, at a South London Tube station in July...
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...
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...
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...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) continues to struggle to make progress in implementing the WEEE Directive 2002/96/EC. Following various consul...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
