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Mathew Riley, chair of Engineers Without Borders UKRamboll chief operating officer Mathew Riley is the new chair of Engineers Without Borders UK. He takes over from Jon Pritchard, the chief executive of the Mineral Products Association, who held the part-time voluntary role for six years....

Hedgerow image © Joy RussellAccording to The Wildlife Trusts' own analysis, HS2 ecologists used a flawed metric and there were ‘significant mapping errors and poor digitisation’. The campaign group has written to government asking for a re-evaluation of nature loss and compensation on the scheme....

For the bin? To satisfy Brexit headbangers in the Conservative Party, the government is trying to abolish all laws that were drafted at a European Union level, regardless of their merit. The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, currently in parliament, proposes that all...

Fatal falls in the workplace have halved since the Work at Height Regulations came into law in 2005. But, post Brexit, the government wants to “take bac k control”. The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, currently in parliament, is set to repeal 2,500...

Launched by Health and Safety Executive (HSE) last year, Working Minds and is aimed specifically at supporting small businesses by providing employers and workers with easy to implement advice and tools to help them recognise and respond to the signs and causes of stress and...

HSE’s month-long Dust Kills campaign will focus on respiratory risks and occupational lung disease. From this week, site inspections will have a specific focus on dust control, checking employers and workers know the risks, plan their work and are using the right controls. Campaign partners...

CGI of Skelton Grange More than 500 construction workers will be employed on the £250m Skelton Grange project, which will burn 410,000 tonnes of Leeds municipal waste a year and provide power for 100,000 homes. The plant is being built by Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI)...