The government has declared that 13 projects in urban communities in England will receive a share of £10 million in the first round of the Urban Tree Challenge Fund.
The scheme, which...
A company that designs, manufactures and distributes construction materials has been fined after an employee suffered serious injuries, including his left arm being amputated.
Loughborough&...
The EU Member States have been split in a debate over whether the exemption that allows the use of mercury in fluorescent lighting products should continue.
Mercury is classified as a...
A new report by the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission (BBBBC) has suggested various changes to promote and increase the use of high-quality design for new build homes and neighbourhood...
The Government are set to provide £500 million worth of funding to North East rail services.
The improvements will include bringing new trains to the current Tyne and Wear Metro line,...
Manufacturer Rolls-Royce has said it plans to install and operate factory-built power stations, which could be generating power in the UK by 2029.
Mini nuclear stations can be mass manufact...
A Carlisle auto-salvage company was fined after a customer was trapped and fatally crushed, when a lift truck he had purchased was loaded onto his own recovery vehicle.
Carlisle Crown Court...
A woman from Kent, whose family business was running an illegal waste operation, has been given a total of 30 weeks custodial sentence.
The woman helped her father and sister run the operat...
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, has announced the creation of a new building safety regulator within the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
The announcement comes...
In an address to the House of Commons, Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government admitted that progress to make safe domestic high-rise buildings with uns...
Alongside Greta Thunberg, Sir David Attenborough has in recent years become a figurehead in the fight against climate change. And it is a fight. We've been warned repeatedly for several years that...
A new unit will bring together law enforcement agencies and environmental regulators to target waste criminals.
On 16 January a new task force called the Joint Unit for Waste Crime (JU...
Chesterfield Special Cylinders Ltd was fined £700,000 this week for safety breaches after a 64-year-old worker was fatally wounded by shrapnel ejected from testing equipment.
Sheffiel...
A company that recycled wood has been fined, and its director banned from similar roles after investigators found it was storing nearly four times as much waste allowed by law.
In what the...
A company providing a range of airline ground support services has been fined after an employee fell from a height of more than two meters.
Luton Magistrates' Court heard in December 2016,...
