A food manufacturer has been fined more than half a million pounds after three of its employees suffered injuries in separate incidents involving machinery.

David Wood Baking Ltd has been p...

UK electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024. In the last decade the UK has halved its reliance on fossil fuels for electricity and doubled the use of renewables.

Carbon dioxide emissions f...

An international drinks manufacturer has been fined half a million pounds after an employee sustained burns to over 30% of his body.

The mechanical engineer had been repairing a defective p...

Electric Vehicles UK (EVUK) says hybids without a plug should be banned or else confidence in electric cars will be damaged.

Ministers were warned that Britain needs to press ahead with a b...

The national regulator for health and safety in Great Britain, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) celebrated its 50th Anniversary on the 1 January 2025.

Created b...

In December the government has announced plans to establish a Nature Restoration Fund intended to enable developers to meet their environmental obligations and deliver on the government's goal to d...

In December 2024, Manchester Crown Court ordered two business owners to pay thousands of pounds after they were found guilty of breaching planning laws under the Town and Countr...

In December 2024, Housing and Local Government Secretary, Angela Rayner, announced that all areas, whether they have a strategic authority or not, will have to produce a spatial development strateg...

The National Grid has announced a substantial multi-billion-pound investment aimed at advancing the UK’s transition to a cleaner and more sustainable energy future.

The announcement,...

A renewable energy company has been fined £120,000 after a worker fell from a roof while installing solar panels, breaking his leg in the incident.

The accident occurred on 16 Decembe...

In Alame v Shell Plc, the Court of Appeal addressed the handling of oil pollution claims by Nigerian communities against Shell.

The claimants were communities in Nigeria whose...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a Lloyds Banking Group advert for making misleading environmental claims, marking the second instance of a major lender violating UK advertising...

The long awaited Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations SI 2024/1332 have been published. They come into force...

The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) - the watchdog created post Brexit to hold the government to account for environmental breaches - has warned that the governmen...

The Government has updated the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) for England in order to introduce several key policy changes with a focus on house building and affo...