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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 Shark Fins Bill, sponsored by Independent ...

21 Jan 2023 at 04:52

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 Affairs (Defra), have been blasted ...

20 Jan 2023 at 12:28

City

Thames Water appoints new chair as questions swirl about its future

Thames Water has chosen a new chairman just two days after its chief executive stepped down amid serious questions over the debt-laden company’s future. It came as the Government tried to calm the waters by saying that the utility has “secure ...

29 Jun 2023 at 17:34

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 ...

19 Apr 2022 at 01:25

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 will ...

29 Jun 2023 at 16:02

Home

Almost 1,000 were without power in Laois when a potentially live electrical wire fell on a footpath

Almost 1,000 ESB users were without power after a potentially live power cable fell on a footpath in Portlaoise today. The incident occurred at Bridge Street in Portlaoise shortly before 12 noon when it’s understood a lorry ...

27 Aug 2024 at 13:33

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 investment in the water ...

21 Feb 2023 at 14:09

Homes stuck with tadpoles in their ‘Dickensian’ water supply, Government told

Homes which are not connected to the water mains have found tadpoles in their “Dickensian” drinking water supply, ministers have been told. Conservative former minister Sir Simon Clarke told the Commons that nine homes ...

06 Jul 2023 at 10:50

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

Ministers vow to protect children with action on disposable vapes

The Government will set out its plans for dealing with vapes so they are no longer targeted at children. A consultation document will be published on Thursday morning seeking views on how vapes can be used by ...

12 Oct 2023 at 00:01

Nationalise water companies to help reduce sewage pollution, ministers told

Ministers have been told to “cut the crap” by nationalising water companies and accelerating efforts to reduce sewage pollution. Green Party MP Caroline Lucas also accused the Government of having “utterly ...

06 Sept 2022 at 15:44

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). MSPs on the Net Zero, ...

08 Sept 2023 at 16:59

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