Ireland's housing minister Darragh O'Brien has published a Vacant Homes Action Plan to return as many recoverable vacant proper...
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) states in their Investment for a well-adapted UK Report...
Less than two weeks after the UK's post-Brexit environmental watchdog, the Office for Environmental Protection, published a damning report on the government's lack...
A civil engineering firm has been fined more than £4m after workers accidentally damaged overhead powerlines.
Kier's workers twice struck overhead powerlines while working on the M6 m...
The UK's own post-Brexit watchdog, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) which was created to keep the government in check over its environmental performance, has just published a damning r...
On 12 January 2023, a multi-agency co-operation lead a proactive action to check a number of waste sites and waste deliveries as part of operation Lyceum and Iris, to crack down on waste criminals....
Proposals to change UK legislation to protect the rights of those experiencing menopause have been in part rejected by the government due to fears this would discriminate against men.
The c...
On 17 January 2023, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) added an extra nine substances to the Candidate List under Regulation (EC) 1...
The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill continues on its journey through the House of Commons on 18 January when it reaches the report stage. During this stage, opp...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have issued a safety alert for exposure to vapour from diacetyl in the manufacture of food and drink.
Often used as a fla...
A study published in the Journal of Occupational Medicine, "Scottish Firefighters Occupational Cancer and Disease Mortality Rates: 2000-2020", has outlined that "UK firefighters suffer significant...
On 10 January 2023, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) published a review for the implementation of Schedule 3 to the
The world's coal consumption is set to reach a new high in 2022, a recent International Energy Agency (IEA) report has discovered.
The report, named "Coal 2022", out...
A 62-year old registered blind man has suffered injuries to his left leg after a manhole was left open by a family-run plumbing business, leading to a fine for £4,000.
The resident of...
A company has been fined £200,000 after an employee was badly injured and left in a wheelchair from an eight-metre fall through a roof light.
On 5 April 2018, Robin Williamson was car...
