Police made 148 arrests in the first hours of Extinction Rebellion’s two week protest that has already brought parts of central London to a standstill.
Extinction Rebellion (XR) say the action will be five times bigger than the protests in April that paralysed routes around London and saw 1,130 protesters arrested.
XR organisers are expecting some 30,000 people to take part...
Police raid and arrests before Extinction Rebellion protest – as retired...
London police have raided an Extinction Rebellion building and made arrests ahead of Monday’s environmental protests in the capital.
Retired senior police officers have joined the climate activist group and will also face arrest when demonstrators try to emulate April’s protests and bring parts of London to a halt.
Extinction Rebellion (XR) protestors said they plan to block sites around central...
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Ignore climate change and you will cease to exist, businesses warned
Businesses will cease to exist if they fail to take climate change seriously, the heads of two central banks have warned.
The Bank of England governor Mark Carney and François Villeroy de Galhau of France issued the stark warning in an unprecedented open letter.
In it, they said climate change was a threat to the global economy and that if industries...
Plastic bag levy will be doubled to 10p and include all...
England’s 5p plastic carrier bag charge is to be doubled to 10p, Environment Secretary Michael Gove announced today.
The levy will also be extended to all shops, including smaller outlets which supply 3.6-billion single-use plastic bags to customers each year but are currently exempt.
Schools in England are also going to be told to do more to cut down on their...
New report reveals Britain’s unhealthy high streets
The health of UK high streets is declining due to a rise in bookmakers, fast-food outlets and other businesses which can have an adverse effect on people’s lives, says a new report.
The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) compiled a league table of 70 high streets in UK towns and cities outside London and ranked them according to the...
Rising sea levels threaten UK’s coastal communities
Homes, roads and farmland around Britain’s coast will be claimed by the sea due to climate change, a Government advisory group has warned.
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) says it will be ‘unaffordable’ to protect a third of the UK’s coastal property and infrastructure as sea levels rise.
In its latest report, the CCC says current Government policy to “hold...
New refuse collection timetable is rubbished by residents
Refuse collections for 11,000 homes in a Welsh county have been cut to once a month.
The initiative has been met with protests by residents and local councillors, who say it has attracted more vermin.
But Conwy Council says it has addressed the objections raised and that the switch will save them almost £400,000.
It is the first monthly collection to be...
