County of Cumbria
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Government has been urged to demand Sellafield’s closure
- UK
- September 6, 2016
The Government has been urged to demand the complete closure of the Sellafield nuclear site on the west coast of Britain after a BBC programme raised (...)

Angling Notes: Weed wiper project a winner in Wales
- Other Sports
- June 6, 2016, 01:00
DWR Cymru Welsh Water (DCWW) and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) have won the overall award for the Welsh Area Institute of Water Innovation for the Wee(...)

David Cameron unites with Sadiq Khan in call to stay in EU
- UK
- May 30, 2016, 18:01
Weeks after he accused London’s mayor Sadiq Khan of being too close to extremists, David Cameron has joined forces with the Labour politician to call (...)

Call for inquiry into health effects of rubber in artificial pitches
- Sport
- March 14, 2016, 01:00
The European Commission has asked for the European Chemicals Agency to begin an investigation to establish whether the crumb rubber used as infi(...)

Environment Agency promises ‘rethink’ of flood defences
- UK
- December 29, 2015
Britain’s Environment Agency (EA) has promised a “complete rethink” of flooding preparedness as Storm Frank threatened to bring more misery. British (...)

Night to remain dry as yellow rainfall warning lifted
- Environment
- December 26, 2015, 10:02
Dry conditions have been forecast for St Stephen’s night after a rainfall warning for many parts the south and east expired. But Met Éireann has warn(...)

A Christmas like never before
- People
- December 18, 2015, 15:30
...after confronting depression Suzanne Phelan “I’ve struggled at Christmas for as long as I can remember. It’s an enormous amount of pressure, n(...)

UK floods: Cumbria prepares for weekend of heavy rain
- Environment
- December 12, 2015, 14:42
Flood-hit Cumbria in the UK is preparing for a second weekend of potential flooding as more rain is expected to hit the north of England. Although o(...)

TD blames ‘EU bureaucracy and bulls**t’ for flooding
- Oireachtas
- December 10, 2015, 13:59
Overruling “EU bureaucracy and bullshit’’ would help solve Ireland’s flooding problems, Roscommon Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice has said. He urg(...)

Taoiseach dubious of UK flood scheme
- Oireachtas
- December 10, 2015, 01:00
The Government will look at the UK’s flood insurance scheme, but Taoiseach Enda Kenny said he was not sure it was as successful as predicted. He al(...)