Pet abduction law won’t criminalise ‘old ladies helping strays’, MPs hear
The Pet Abduction Bill cleared its first Commons hurdle on Friday.
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Government ‘largely off track’ on environmental targets, says watchdog
Ministers need to scale up and speed up efforts in order to achieve ambitions on nature protection, the Office for Environmental Protection said.
UK News|Jan 18
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I stand with Israel and its people
THE barbaric, animalistic, shocking attack on Israel and its people by fundamentalist terrorists from Hamas on the weekend of 7 October was the biggest genocide on Jewish people since the Holocaust and will change Middle Eastern politics for ever.
Readers' Letters|Dec 5, 2023
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Government announces £16 million funding for Forest Research programme
The funding will support research into ways to mitigate and prevent tree disease, pests and climate change.
UK News|Nov 27, 2023
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Popular swimming spots ‘unsafe’ amid ‘shocking state of UK water’ – report
Surfers Against Sewage, which campaigns for clean oceans, rivers and lakes, released its annual water quality report on Tuesday.
UK News|Nov 21, 2023
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Nurse who died in PoW camp weeks before armistice ‘may have survived in France’
Helena Stewart Bennet died on October 18, 1918 when flu and pneumonia ravaged the Shropshire hospital she had been posted to.
UK News|Nov 9, 2023
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Water firms’ £1.4bn shareholder payouts branded ‘sickening’ amid sewage spills
Campaign groups hit out at the sector and the Government on Thursday.
UK News|Oct 26, 2023
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Ofwat names four worst performing water firms as £1.4bn paid out to shareholders
Ofwat said Thames Water, Southern Water, SES Water and South East Water need to deliver a turnaround in their financial performance.
UK News|Oct 26, 2023
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Foie gras should be banned from Parliament’s menus as symbolic gesture, MPs hear
Conservative MP Giles Watling said he would raise the symbolic ban on the controversial food with Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle.
UK News|Oct 24, 2023
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Torrential rain to continue in parts of country bringing threat of more flooding
Yellow weather warnings have been issued for communities in southern England as residents in the North recover from Storm Babet.
UK News|Oct 24, 2023
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Fresh deluge of rain forecast in areas hit by flooding during Storm Babet
The warning for heavy rain will be in place between 3am and 4pm on Tuesday.
UK News|Oct 23, 2023
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Medium flood risk for England and Wales after Storm Babet death toll rose
The Environment Agency issued more than 300 flood warnings and received more than 1,800 calls to its flood line at the storm’s peak, a minister said.
UK News|Oct 23, 2023
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Ministers vow to protect children with action on disposable vapes
A consultation document will be published on Thursday morning seeking views on how vapes can be made less appealing to youngsters.
UK News|Oct 11, 2023
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Ban on businesses supplying single-use plastics comes into force in England
The regulations are part of efforts to cut down on plastic pollution.
UK News|Sep 30, 2023
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Businesses must prepare for single-use plastics ban, councils warn
Local authorities will be required to enforce the ban locally through their trading standards teams.
UK News|Sep 28, 2023
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