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,...
Research by the Local Government Association (LGA) suggests that communities have potentially lost out on 13,500 affordable homes in the past four years as a result of permitted development rules.<...
The heat in the world's oceans reached a new record level in 2019, showing "irrefutable and accelerating" heating of the planet.
The world's oceans are the clearest measure of the climate e...
Birmingham City council have published their new transport plan which proposes banning private cars from taking journeys through the city centre.
Private vehicles would be able to driv...
The automotive industry has warned that post Brexit, carmakers could pull higher polluting models from the UK market in a bid to meet stricter carbon dioxide limits.
New European rules stat...
A pub built in Battersea in 1854 - the Alchemist - ceased trading in 2013 after 159 years. In 2015, the pub was illegally demolished with the developer claiming the building was structurally unsafe...
Quorn is to become the first major brand to introduce carbon labelling on its products.
The new labels, aimed at helping consumers understand the environmental impact of their shopping, wil...
The organisers of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games aim to significantly reduce the impact of the waste generated during the event by using recycled and recyclable materials in the furni...
National bike and car part retailer Halfords Ltd was ordered to pay a total of £213,406.35 by Blackburn Magistrates' Court, for breaching a number of health and safety provisions.
The...
A 41-year-old former law student from Dewsbury was sentenced to 21 months for pretending to trip over a crate of orange juice cartons in a supermarket, and claim for her injuries.
The case...
Kennelpak Ltd from Nottingham has paid over £75,000 to the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust and the Erewash Canal Preservation & Development Association, for failing to meet its p...
The appellant factory operator, Alcoa Manufacturing (GB) Limited, appealed against a decision upholding the respondent's claim for damages for noise-induced hearing loss.
The respondent had...
