Environment
Climate change ‘shrinking many fisheries around the world – including the North Sea’
Researchers found fish stock losses as high as 35 per cent in some regions
Half of motorists WOULD like to see the Clean Air Zones introduced
Birmingham and Leeds are among the cities due to introduce the zones to improve air quality in those areas, which may require drivers to pay a fee to enter
Shark attacks on the rise – doubling in some parts of the world over the last 20 years
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, the East Coast of the United States and Southern Australia are among the regions where attacks by the iconic predators are soaring
‘Absolute scandal’ if Scottish renewable projects are awarded to foreign firms
BiFab Trade Unions Warn: Prospect of no work from renewables projects would be ‘an absolute scandal’ BiFab trade unions GMB and Unite have warned that the prospect of no work coming to Fife from two major Scottish offshore renewables projects would be ‘an absolute scandal’. The Moray East and Kincardine offshore wind farm projects have a total value of around £2.8 billion and BiFab’s new Canadian owners DF Barnes have been actively pursuing contracts from both. However, the fabrication work...
Urgent action need as social care system is ‘crumbling beneath us’
NEW CROSS-PARTY SOCIAL CARE PARLIAMENTARY GROUP LAUNCHED TO TACKLE GROWING CARE CRISIS. A new parliamentary group on social care will launch in Westminster today amid warnings from GMB Union the care sector is ‘in crisis’. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Care (APPG Social Care) is a cross-party group of MPs who have come together to look at the care system, funding and state of staffing in the sector. The group is sponsored by GMB Union, while its first...
These horrific photos show a young seal which died after becoming entangled in fishing netting
Environmentalists believe the seal is likely to have starved to death, due to its body mass and bones protruding
Carbon dioxide ‘turned back into solid coal’
Scientists say the ground-breaking technique can efficiently convert CO2 from a gas into solid particles of carbon
Britain ‘one of least racist countries in Europe’
Around three in 20 Brits would object to having immigrants as neighbours and around 10 per cent would object to neighbours of a different race, according to a study
Britain’s WORM population is in decline which is also hitting bird numbers
A study has shown that the average field has just 9 worms per spadeful of soil - almost half of the number there should be