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Government's progress "painfully slow" on protecting the environment

The UK Government has been criticised by the Public Accounts Committee for a "painfully slow" progress towards protecting the environment.

The spending watchdog pointed out that the first p...

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Some ACM cladding still yet to be made safe

Building Safety Minister, Lord Stephen Greenhalgh, has said that some owners are still yet to start work on dangerous Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) buildings.

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Career criminal jailed for stockpiling waste

A 68-year-old is in prison after repeated waste offences spanning the course of the last decade.

The man, from Corby, was responsible for an illegal waste site that put human health and the...

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Fisheries enforcement officers seize 52 illegal nets and traps

The Environment Agency has seen an increase in the amount of illegal fishing devices found along East Anglian river banks, with 52 retrieved between March and December...

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Two workers injured after fall from tower scaffold

Two workers have sustained serious injuries after falling from a tower scaffold while working for Rooffabs Direct Limited.

The sole director of the company, Paul McMahon, was working with t...

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Fine after worker's hand caught in metalworking lathe

A worker has been seriously injured after having their hand caught in a metalworking lathe.

The accident occurred when an employee of Martland Rollers Limited had been smoothing down a...

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Luxury hotel in Scotland and its night porter prosecuted

Cameron House Resort in Loch Lomond was fined £500,000 and its employee Christopher O'Malley was given a community payback order to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work.

In ea...

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Shift from coal needs to be global priority

The world's energy watchdog have said moving away from coal needs to be a priority in key regions.

The head of the world's energy watchdog emphasised that if global green recovery is to mak...

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Environment Bill delayed again

The landmark Environment Bill, which was launched in July 2018, has been postponed following the debate in the House of Commons due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which sparked a...

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New Waste Management Plan for England

A long-awaited new Waste Management Plan for England has been published on 27 January 2021.

The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations SI 2011/988 require the Governm...

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Appeal for 29 storey building rejected in Kennington

An appeal concerning a plan to deliver 258 new homes has been dismissed after an inspector believed the building would not create a balanced community.

The land in Kennington, which is...

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Historical prefab homes to be demolished near Leeds

Miners' houses can be seen across England to this day. Originally built to house miners near to the collieries in which they worked, these houses are a tangible link to our industrial past.

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New legal protection for culture and heritage

Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced new laws aimed at protecting cultural and historical heritage in England. The new protection will mainly cover statues, plaques and other monument...

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Data maps over 21,000 old landfills in England and Wales

Analysis of official data has mapped more than 21,000 old landfills across England and Wales. The data, put together by the Ends Report, has located landfills around the UK with waste categori...

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Global temperatures could stabilize in decades

New research from scientists indicates that if net-zero emissions were achieved that a climate disaster could be stopped.

For a long time, it has been assumed that any achievement of net-ze...

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