A conservation group has warned that exfoliating skin products that have microbeads such as peels, scrubs and washes in them can add plastic to our seas...
More households struggled to cope with financial anxiety in 2013, driven by the rising cost of living, despite the overall economic situation beginning to improve. According...
As weather warnings continue to be issued for the storms expected in the run-up to New Year’s Eve, Friends of the Earth has warned that the...
The British Serious Fraud Office (SFO) expects to bring more charges against those implicated in the Libor scandal in 2014. The head of the SFO has...
The first social bond fund, which will invest in charitable and social projects, is set to launch in January. It has been reported that investors could...
If politicians do not “step up” efforts to tackle pollution, Scotland’s marine life faces long-term damage, the WWF has said. The warnings come just a day...
The 74 scientists, tourists and crew aboard a ship stranded in the Antarctic have been told that they could be evacuated by air if an Australian...
A project aiming to install solar panels at 25 schools across Staffordshire hopes to benefit local people, the schools involved and communities if it successfully raises...
The Met Office has issued further weather warnings, anticipating more heavy rain and wind on Monday, as residents and authorities across the south of England continue...
Around 37,000 people have pledged to recycle in a joint initiative from Tesco and Coca-Cola Enterprises. The campaign aimed to provide engaging information for the supermarket’s...
Barclays bank has been fined $3.8m (£2.3m) by regulators in the US over allegations it failed to keep its records in order. The fine follows an...
Four previously unknown sea creatures have been discovered in deep ocean waters hundreds of miles off the north west coast of Scotland. The discoveries have led...
A ship manned by a group on a scientific mission has become stranded in thick ice in east Antarctica. The ship, the Russian Academic Shokalskiy, got...
Amid concerns of an ageing population China has further eased its one-child policy, allowing couples to have two children if one parent is an only child,...
Customers affected by the storm that ravaged the UK over the festive period are to receive payments as a “gesture of good will”. Power companies were...