The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, among other world leaders, is committing to clamp down on pollution, eliminate plastic waste in the oceans and introduce sustainable economic systems to ha...
On 5 October 2020, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) begins an inspection initiative targeted at construction firms to check measures are in place to prevent respiratory...
EDF, in a joint venture with Padero Solar, plan to build a large solar farm with battery storage near Chelmsford in Essex. The project, once completed, would be capable of generating elec...
A farmer has been fined €1,500 and prosecution costs of €1,500 under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations SI 291/2013 after an ac...
In August the Government published proposals for a new, faster, simpler, planning system which will require local authorities to introduce their own local design codes.
This will enhance th...
Leadec Limited, a company specialising in industrial services, has been fined after an employee suffered a fatal injury when cleaning wastewater pipes.
On 18 June 2017 a Leadec&nb...
It has been a decade since the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity at Aichi Provence in Japan agreed on 20 global targets for biodiversity for the 2011-2020 period.
The UK's s...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have issued the Ministry of Defence (MoD) with a Crown Censure following the death of a military diver during training.
Lance C...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are continuing to carry out further spot inspections across businesses in Oldham and Pendle to ensure they are COVID secure. The increa...
Planning permission has been granted by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Counicl for HS2's landmark interchange station in Solihull. The station will be at the heart of the HS2 network in the Midlands...
The rights for seabed lease agreements to two new offshore wind projects have been granted by the Crown Estate, who is responsible for the management of the majority of the seabed around the UK coa...
National Grid have confirmed that records were broken in August when wind power generation supplied almost 60% of the UK's electricity on two separate occasions.
On 22 August 59.1% of all t...
Three construction companies have been fined after a worker suffered fatal injuries while demolishing a two-storey building in preparation for a development project.
Portsmouth Crown Court...
Scapa UK Limited, which manufactures adhesive tape, was fined over £135,000 after an employee was fatally injured when operating a rewind slitting machine.
On 10 April 2018, the...
The CEO of National Grid, John Pettigrew, has raised concerns over a lack of investment in the UK's energy infrastructure which could lead to greater risks of blackouts in some areas. He said the U...
