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The Bakers Union and MP’s are again demanding that Orchard House Food pay the workers, at their recently closed Gateshead plant, the redundancy payments they are owed before Christmas. As things stand the company, that supplies the likes of Marks and Spencer and Pret A Manger, and which is a going concern with a factory still… Read more »
The UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has condemned an incident in the Yorkshire Dales where a nest of hen harrier chicks is suspected of being deliberately destroyed by human activity. North Yorkshire Police is calling for anyone with information about the incident near Whernside earlier this year to… Read more »
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The government stopped short of a full endorsement of nuclear power today as it set out the energy white paper. In a bid to avert criticism from environmentalists and other opponents, ministers framed nuclear power stations as an environmentally friendly energy source. Trade and industry minister Alistair Darling said energy saving and efficiency would be… Read more »
The Conservatives’ green credentials have been dented by claims they are the least environmentally-friendly party in Scotland. Friends of the Earth (FoE) analysed the manifestos of the major Scottish candidates to see whether they had endorsed the ten proposals the charity highlighted as an environmental priority. The Conservatives have failed to incorporate a single proposal,… Read more »
