25 March 2024
Exacerbated by the pandemic, public transport in English city regions is in a precarious position, according to a new report produced by the Urban Transport Group, the UK’s network of transport authorities.
25 March 2024
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has said it will be introducing changes to the annual test for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and public service vehicles (PSVs) to make the test more environmentally friendly.
25 March 2024
The Autism Education Trust is urging schools to mark this year’s World Autism Acceptance Week (2 to 8 April) by encouraging a classroom conversation around autism and peer awareness.
25 March 2024
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has opened a consultation on an exemption renewal under the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) regulations for use of lead and cadmium in atomic absorption spectroscopy lamps.
25 March 2024
Following the notice that was issued to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Technical Barriers to Trade Committee, the Great Britain Mandatory Classification list (GB MCL) has been updated with new and revised GB MCLs for 25 substances.
25 March 2024
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently received applications for authorisation under UK REACH. They are now asking for comments on alternatives.
25 March 2024
During a recent European Commission REACH committee meeting it was voted that PFHxA, its salts and related substances should be restricted. This has been in discussion since 2020 when the German Competent Authority first proposed the restriction.
25 March 2024
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published another batch of GB mandatory classification and labelling (GB MCL) technical reports now available for download from the GB MCL publication table.
25 March 2024
A worker who fell nearly two metres through an opening in a scaffold while working on the construction of six houses in Headcorn, Kent, died after sustaining serious internal injuries including a punctured lung.
25 March 2024
The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has criticised the UK Government for failing to tackle the “e-waste tsunami” in its latest WEEE consultations.