The mayor of London is being urged to make an 11th hour intervention and halt plans for a new four-lane road tunnel under the River…
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Act now on water or face emergency queues on the streets, UK warned
A national hosepipe ban should be implemented as a national priority along with compulsory water metering across the UK by the end of the decade.…
View More Act now on water or face emergency queues on the streets, UK warnedSunak’s vow to stop housebuilding on green belt labelled as ‘desperate’
Rishi Sunak’s vow to block housebuilding on the green belt has been labelled a “desperate” bid for Tory members’ votes, with experts warning that the…
View More Sunak’s vow to stop housebuilding on green belt labelled as ‘desperate’Fuel-poor homes face taking £250 energy hit due to poor insulation
People in “fuel-poor” households in England are facing annual bills about £250 higher than need be because of their poorly insulated homes, according to Local…
View More Fuel-poor homes face taking £250 energy hit due to poor insulationYork divided over plan for new ‘Roman quarter’ (hotel and 153 flats included)
No one in the column of tourists making their way to York Minster along the city wall even glances at Northern House. The slab of…
View More York divided over plan for new ‘Roman quarter’ (hotel and 153 flats included)‘We’ve been caught half-dressed’: ambivalent Glasgow awaits Cop26
Diwali candles in pretty terracotta pots are stacked around the counter at Suresh & Sons grocer in Finnieston, the Glasgow district that borders the UN-managed…
View More ‘We’ve been caught half-dressed’: ambivalent Glasgow awaits Cop26Shell aims to install 50,000 on-street EV charge points by 2025
Shell has announced its aim to install 50,000 on-street electric vehicle (EV) charging points in the UK over the next four years, in an attempt…
View More Shell aims to install 50,000 on-street EV charge points by 2025Ministry of Defence under fire for ‘inventing rules’ to sell wildlife haven
The Middlewick Ranges are an ecological marvel by the standards of 21st-century Britain. The army firing range near Colchester, Essex, has been untouched by a…
View More Ministry of Defence under fire for ‘inventing rules’ to sell wildlife havenWent to mow … but stopped: how UK cities embraced the meadows revolution
A patch of purple wildflowers springs out of Peckham Rye like a bruise. Elsewhere, strips of long grass quiver in the wind, breaking up the…
View More Went to mow … but stopped: how UK cities embraced the meadows revolution‘Bristol does things differently’: Green party emerges as city’s rising force
Four days on from one of the most eye-catching results in England’s local council elections, Yassin Mohamud, the new Green member for the Bristol inner…
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