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European Mobility Week starts on Saturday!

Every year, from 16 to 22 September, the European Commission's flagship awareness-raising campaign on sustainable urban mobility, invites towns and cities from across Europe...

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House of Lords reject government's proposals to Levelling Up Bill

The UK government's plans to relax the restrictions on water pollution in an attempt to boost house building in England, through late amendments to the Levelling Up and Regenera...

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Ministers set to ban single-use vapes in UK

Ministers are reportedly ready to ban single-use vapes, after a series of calls from councils, leading paediatricians, and public waste campaigners, to make selling the disposable devices illegal o...

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The Great British Beach Clean is this weekend!

This Great British Beach Clean starts this weekend and runs from 15 to 24 September, where people across the UK head to the coast to take part.

Litter data collected on beach cleans drives...

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Tomorrow is World Sepsis Day!

Tomorrow (Wednesday 13 September) is World Sepsis Day, which is an initiative by the Global Sepsis Alliance established in 2012, to #StopSepsisSaveLives.

Every year countle...

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Pension Awareness Week is back today!

Pension Awareness Week runs from 11 to 15 September, and this year celebrates 10 years of making a positive difference.

To celebrate, the Pension Awareness website has put together ten key...

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New offshore wind contracts fail to attract bidders

The latest auction of Contracts for Difference (CfD), a scheme which aims to support the mechanism of developing low-carbon electricity generation, failed to attract bidders for new offshore wind p...

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Gas Safety Week starts today!

This week (11-15 September) is Gas Safety Week (GSW), which is the annual campaign coordinated by Gas Safe Register, that focuses on ensuring the general public know how to stay gas safe.

T...

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Scotland commits to speeding up wind farm consent process

Scotland's First Minister, Humza Yousaf, has committed to speeding up the consenting process for onshore wind farms in a move that looks to provide maximum benefit to Scotland's economy.

By...

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Packaging data reporting deferred for a year

The packaging data reporting requirements and related fees for large producers for packaging under the provisions of Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) Regulations

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Plans approved for new affordable housing in Bridlington

Plans have been approved for 54 new affordable homes and a 68-apartment extra care development by East Riding of Yorkshire District Council to be built in Bridlington.

The plans were brough...

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OEP warns over proposed changes to Levelling Up Bill

The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP), which is an independent environmental regulator established by the Environment Act 2021 to hold the go...

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Second Hand September starts today!

Oxfam, the leading charity fighting global poverty, has set up Second Hand September which starts today (Friday 1 September), encouraging people to shop second hand to reduce waste, take a stance a...

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HSE Safety Notice on wind turbine generator service lifts

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have issued a Safety Notice regarding a risk of serious injury or death to workers using, or working near, wind turbine generator (WTG)...

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Campaigners challenge Stonehenge road scheme

Campaign group Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS), has applied for a judicial review of transport secretary Marker Harper's decision to allow a new dual carriageway near the Stonehenge Wor...

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