Environment

An environmental campaigner has failed in his High Court action to temporarily block energy firm Cuadrilla from fracking in Lancashire. Cuadrilla chief executive Francis Egan had described the challenge as “a last gasp attempt at trying to frustrate the process.” Previously Bob Dennett, who brought the case and had raised over £12,000 towards his legal costs, said: “This case has been made to safeguard the lives and wellbeing of thousands of local residents and businesses, including schoolchildren, in the event...

Theresa May has announced plans to make employers reveal their ethnicity pay gap. It is hope this will identify extent of discrimination, in the workplace, on race grounds and that this will change in the future. Currently only 3 per cent of employers measure their ethnicity and disability pay gap. This announcement comes after the gender pay gap revealed huge discrepancies in cretin companies and sectors. Ms May said: “Every employee deserves the opportunity to progress and fulfil their potential...

Europe's most famous volcano in Italy was already known to be edging slowly towards the Mediterranean

Ely in Cambridgeshire has launched a campaign to create and distribute fabric bags around the city

The first study of its kind discovered that high levels of fine particulate matter and to a lesser extent, ozone, may be key

Study found that although dead whales are still valuable sources of fat and protein, it will not be enough to sustain most polar bears when the Arctic becomes ice-free in summers

Greenhouse gas emissions must be cut almost in half by 2030 to avert global environmental catastrophe, says a damning UN report. The landmark UN document has concluded that if we don’t drastically cut Greenhouse emissions, then the earth will see the disappearance of Arctic Ice, loss of all coral reefs and the end of many island communities. The report says the planet will reach the crucial threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels by as early as 2030....

East London was once full of house sparrows, but annual surveys found the population has dropped steadily since the Seventies.

Freya the springer spaniel has been trained up and employed by Wessex Water, whose region is a "stronghold" for the small amphibians