Iceland becomes first UK supermarket to sell fish deemed surplus to requirements by other...

Iceland has become the first UK supermarket to sell fish deemed surplus to requirements by other store chains. Until now, whiting and pouting have been...

As a £1.5bn investment into electric vehicle infrastructure is announced, new research reveals only...

As the Government recently announced a £1.5bn ‘Road to Zero’ strategy, including £40m into researching Scalextric-style motorways for charging electric vehicles (EV), new research...

UK could be carbon neutral by 2050 says ambitious new report

Greenhouse gas removal (GGR) could make the UK carbon neutral by 2050, but immediate action is required says a new joint report by the Royal Academy...

Time running out for action on climate change

If governments don’t act decisively by 2035 to fight climate change, humanity could cross a point of no return after which limiting global warming...

Manchester Airport celebrates its regional roots with 80 oak trees up for grabs

Communities across the region are being given the chance to apply for a commemorative oak tree and time capsule as part of Manchester Airport’s...

New method could save our iconic chalk grasslands

A three-year experiment by ecologists from The University of Manchester, the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and Lancaster University has revealed how our iconic...

More than a third of food never reaches the supermarket shelves

More than one-third of farmed fruit and vegetables never reaches supermarket shelves because it is misshapen or the wrong size, research suggests. More than 50...

Next Five years will see heatwaves continue says study

New research from the University of Southampton and the Laboratory of Physical and Spatial Oceanography, in Brittany suggests that the average temperature of Earth’s atmosphere...

Manchester is going carbon neutral – will other cities follow suit?

The term “carbon neutral” wasn’t widely recognised in 2005, but just a year later, the Oxford Dictionary named it as its word of the...

Adopt a Bee at The Printworks

The Printworks, is giving members of the public the opportunity to adopt their very own bee in aid of charity. Home to four beehives, housed...