Newcastle school goes green with £4m upgrade

A school in Walkergate is undergoing eco-upgrades funded by a £4 million grant, including solar panels, heat pumps, LED lighting and insulation to reduce its carbon footprint

Nearly 465k UK homes could plunge into fuel poverty this winter

Birmingham tops the list with 19,000 new households entering fuel poverty, according to a new report

UK firm unveils lab-grown pork fillets

Study participants’ feedback on the cultivated meat revealed comparable qualities to traditional pork

Digging deeper: UK unveils digital map of underground cables

A digital map that promises to transform the management of buried infrastructure in the UK has been launched

Strike looming over Newcastle energy company

The dispute is over the real terms pay cut, says the GMB Union

Northumbrian Water pays £165,000 over pollution incident

The unauthorised discharge from its Horsley Water Treatment Works took place at Kitty’s Burn near Newcastle in 2018

Energy consultancy offers jobs to employees of collapsed supplier Green

The roles on offer include Lead Generators and Energy Consultants

Living next to landfill site has made five-year-old’s life ‘unbearable’

Tom Currie, uncle of a five-year-old boy living next to a Staffordshire landfill site told ELN, noxious fumes are affecting his nephew’s breathing problems

Man jailed for illegally dumping and burning waste in Northumberland

Dominic Allen, 25, from Old Swarland, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison, ordered to pay £1,000 in costs and given 18 months to clear the site

Cash boost for offshore wind manufacturing announced

Funding will support a monopile factory in Humber and a facility that will create components for next-generation wind turbines in Newcastle