by bpckle | Sep 12, 2026 | In the Media
Hundreds of staff may have worked without legally required face-fitted masks over 20 years
Hundreds of London Underground workers could have been exposed to asbestos for almost 20 years without protection required under safety regulations, according to documents seen by the Guardian.
Under 2002 rules on controlling asbestos and other hazardous materials, employers are required to take a series of precautions, including ensuring exposed workers are given individually fitted face masks to prevent inhalation of toxic dust.
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by bpckle | Sep 12, 2026 | In the Media
Rebecca Howard spent two years visiting projects and painting landscapes that feature in West Sussex exhibition
Rewilding areas do not usually conform to traditional notions of beauty in England’s green and pleasant land. Detractors may bewail the beaver-felled trees, untidy scrub, deadwood, weeds, mud and “mess”.
But a new exhibition highlights the aesthetic delights that can be discovered on rewilding sites where fungi grows on dying trees, water buffalo gather in new wetlands and brown-watered beaver pools flood once-desiccated fields.
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by bpckle | Sep 12, 2026 | In the Media
Businesses have been hit with hefty bill increases by Tasmania’s water provider, leaving some wondering if they can remain open.
by bpckle | Sep 12, 2026 | In the Media
After a particularly wet season, wildflowers and other plant life along the Darling-Baaka River have flourished in numbers not seen for decades, according to local Barkindji and Malyangapa tour guide Dave Doyle.
by bpckle | Sep 12, 2026 | In the Media
Greens accuse Labour of hiding position to avoid criticism before contest, in which Zack Polanski is standing
A decision on approving the controversial Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea is to be delayed until later this autumn, with the Greens accusing Labour of hiding their position before the crucial Holborn and St Pancras byelection.
Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, had been poised to give her recommendation to approve the Jackdaw field off the coast of Aberdeen next week.
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