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Boots to stop selling all plastic-based wet wipes by end of the year

Boots is to stop selling all wet wipes that contain plastic fibres by the end of the year. The pharmacy chain, which sold more than 800 million wet wipes in the last year, said it would replace plastic-based wipes with plant-based biodegradable ...

19 Apr 2022 at 01:25

Water companies should be investigated for dry spills, says Labour MP

New shadow environment secretary Steve Reed has called for an investigation into three water companies that may have illegally dumped sewage on dry days following a BBC report. Water companies are only supposed to spill after heavy rain to ...

05 Sept 2023 at 15:50

City

Government moves to reassure Thames Water customers as collapse fears mount

The Government has insisted work is going on “behind the scenes” to ensure that customers of debt-laden Thames Water “will not be impacted” following reports that the company is on the verge of going bust. The utility giant is seeking to ...

28 Jun 2023 at 20:56

City

Ministers work up Thames Water plan as regulator keeps watch on sector debts

Ministers have looked to allay fears around the impact of Thames Water potentially going under as the regulator vowed to work with the sector to deal with its debt levels. Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said there were ...

29 Jun 2023 at 00:45

City

Thames Water has ‘secure and committed’ funding, Government insists

The Government has doubled down on its reassurances that troubled Thames Water has “secure and committed” funding, as the water sector’s £60 billion debt pile comes under greater scrutiny. Access to water and utility bills ...

29 Jun 2023 at 16:02

Government to begin plastic wet wipe ban consultation soon, says water minister

The Government will begin a consultation on the ban of plastic wet wipes “as soon as possible”, water minister Rebecca Pow has said. Ms Pow answered questions from the Lords’ industry and regulators committee on the water ...

18 Jul 2023 at 14:29

World

Dozens of prisoners of war freed as Ukraine marks Orthodox Easter

More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released as part of a major Easter exchange with Russia as Orthodox Ukrainians marked the holiday for a second time since the Russian invasion last February. While ...

16 Apr 2023 at 17:16

Environmentalists blast UK deposit return scheme which does not include glass

The UK Government has announced plans for a deposit return scheme to help consumers “easily” recycle empty drinks cans and bottles. But the plans, announced by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural ...

20 Jan 2023 at 12:28

Minister hails Brexit freedoms as Shark Fins Bill progresses

Environment minister Rebecca Pow has praised the role of freedoms she said were linked to Brexit as a Bill to ban the import of detached shark fins continued to the next stage of parliamentary scrutiny. The ...

21 Jan 2023 at 04:52

Government must ‘up its game’ on infrastructure investment by water companies

Rishi Sunak’s government has faced calls from its own backbenchers to “up its game” on enforcing water companies to invest in infrastructure. Conservative former minister Caroline Nokes urged more ...

21 Feb 2023 at 14:09

Local News

Outage in Stradbally as power restored in Portlaoise

The ESB has restored power to more than 2,000 properties in Portlaoise this lunchtime. Meanwhile, 241 customers in Stradbally remain without power. The estimated time to restore power in ...

27 Sept 2023 at 14:33

Scotland

Holyrood committee ‘passed from pillar to post’ by UK ministers on DRS

A Holyrood committee has complained of being “passed from pillar to post” by the UK Government as it seeks to question ministers over Scotland’s delayed deposit return scheme (DRS). ...

08 Sept 2023 at 16:59

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