An industrial battery site to store energy from wind and solar farms has been granted planning permission. The facility covering 8.6 acres of land – roughly four football pitches – will be built just off the A140 on Hickling Lane in Swainsthorpe, Norfolk. South Norfolk...
Sky gazers in the south east of England were captivated by a rare blue supermoon, which made a spectacular appearance for the first time since 2009. The blue supermoon – a rare spectacle not to be seen again until 2037 – lit up skies across the world. Across Kent, Sussex and...
A major wind farm development straddling two council boundaries has been given approval despite one local authority opposing the plan. The Sanquhar II project will see 44 turbines built across Dumfries and Galloway and East Ayrshire. The Scottish government has ruled the scheme can...
A housing construction company has agreed to pay £100,000 after polluting a waterway on a site it was developing near Bradford. Keepmoat Homes Ltd offered to pay the civil sanction to the Aire Rivers Trust, the Environment Agency said. Contractor Applebridge Construction will also pay...
A dog which was found by a kayaker after falling from a 60ft (18m) cliff in west Wales has been reunited with its owner. Floyd the Cavapoo went over the cliff at Box Bay, near Stackpole in Pembrokeshire, just after 09:00 BST on Monday. The kayaker found Floyd on the beach and paddled out...
