Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
07/03/2017 - 09:27
The Environment Agency (EA) has started work on a £3.8million scheme aimed at reducing the risk of flooding to over 400 homes and businesses in Totnes.
03/03/2017 - 10:54
New figures show that councils will have to spend £50 million to clear litter, as incidents of fly-tipping continue to increase.
02/03/2017 - 12:29
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has confirmed that eleven areas have registered bids to be UK City of Culture 2021.
02/03/2017 - 11:28
The Environment Audit Committee has called on the government to publish its long-delayed 25-year plan for improving nature in England, in a letter to Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom.
02/03/2017 - 09:53
Highland Council has announced it will start charging a £30 annual fee for brown wheelie bins, which collect ‘green waste’ and are emptied fortnightly from spring to late autumn.
01/03/2017 - 11:27
A team of waste management experts have joint together to form the Newcastle Waste Commission, to tackle the city’s ‘mountain of waste’.
01/03/2017 - 10:58
A new report has claimed that Brexit creates an opportunity for the government to develop a new approach to waste and resources policy.
01/03/2017 - 10:32
A new Friends of the Earth survey has revealed that only one in 10 people think their air quality is bad.
28/02/2017 - 11:09
The cabinet of Cornwall Council has voted eight to one in favour of going ahead with the bid for Truro-Cornwall to be European Capital of Culture in 2023.
24/02/2017 - 10:49
A House of Lords report has claimed that successive governments have failed to encourage enough fresh power capacity in the UK.
24/02/2017 - 10:04
Plans to create less polluted cities need to go further if targets to reduce increasing levels of harmful pollutants are to be met.
23/02/2017 - 15:39
Net migration to the UK has reduced by 49,000 with 273,000 people migrating to the UK in the year to September, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown.
23/02/2017 - 14:47
New data reveals that the number of new build homes that have started to be built have continued to rise to the highest level since 2007.
21/02/2017 - 10:00
Nicola Sturgeon has announced almost £10 million of funding to support local organisations across Scotland to tackle climate change.
20/02/2017 - 10:04
The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that pothole levels are likely to surge because of a spike in levels of heavier lorries wearing down roads.
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