Press release: Environment Agency prosecutes Great Chart Golf & Leisure
Grant and John Kay of Great Chart Golf & Leisure in Ashford along with Mark Luck and Robert Body were fined for waste offences.
News story: Collision between a tram and a pedestrian, Edinburgh
At about 12:10 hrs on 11 September 2018, a pedestrian who was using a footpath crossing located between Balgreen and Saughton tram stops, was struck and fatally injured by an outbound tram travelling from Edinburgh city centre towards Edinburgh Airport. The crossing, over two tram tracks, provides a pathway between Stenhouse Drive and Saughton Mains Street.
Our investigation will seek to identify the sequence of events which led to the accident and consider any relevant operation or underlying management factors.
Our investigation is independent of any investigation by Edinburgh Tram, the Office of Rail and Road, Police Scotland, or the Procurator Fiscal.
We will publish our findings, including any safety recommendations, at the conclusion of our investigation; these will be available on our RAIB website.
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Notice: Royal Wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank: river restriction notice
River Thames restriction information for Friday 12 October 2018.
Open consultation: Draft noise action plans (2018)
This consultation is seeking views on the third round of noise action plans which will replace those previously adopted. There are three draft noise action plans covering roads, railways and agglomerations (large urban areas).
The action plans have been prepared in line with the terms of the Environmental Noise Directive (END), which requires Member States to produce noise maps every five years. They chart the level of noise from industry and transport sources, and the number of people exposed to it. The action plans provide guidance for those responsible for managing the noise on how best to do so.
Independent report: Operational safety review, Torness nuclear power station, 2018: independent report and government response
The IAEA Operational Safety Review Team (OSART), an independent team of industry experts, led a mission to review the operational safety at Torness nuclear power station from 22 January to 8 February 2018.
This OSART report includes operational safety recommendations and highlights good practices found at Torness, for consideration by the relevant UK authorities and EDF Energy.
The government has published a response to the report.