Environment

 A council polluted their own canal with gallons of deadly oil and then had to wait a week to clean it up - because the water was 'too dirty.' Eight swans were rescued from the filthy canal, because it could have killed them, but the clean-up crew had to wait a week - because the 'bio-degradable' hydraulic oil did not biodegrade. Shepway Council in Kent admitted 40 litres of fluid burst from its barge into the 28-mile Hythe Military Canal...

A council have launched a crackdown on homeowners that dump rubbish outside their homes - by threatening them with huge fines. Greenwich Council have released images of two households that let rubbish pile up so high in their front gardens the windows were blocked. Both houses which saw the small gardens overflowing with rubbish were in the same London borough. The rubbish was piled so high residents could barely see the windows of the ground floor. After receiving complaints from...

An eco-friendly woman is so green she doesn't even own a bin - and fits all her monthly waste into a JAM JAR. Canny Adele Morgan, 23, recycles virtually everything and generates hardly any rubbish. She turns all her food into compost, makes her own toothpaste, cleans her home with vinegar and orange peels and uses pillow cases as shopping bags. Adele uses coconut oil as a moisturizer and make-up remover and her toothbrush is made of bamboo. The brush...

A woman sparked debate after criticising children who used her household bin to throw away rubbish. Posting on a Facebook group, the woman said: “Bins outside someone’s front door are not public bins.” But other social media users hit back and said the children should be praised for using bins rather than dropping litter. The woman wrote: "Just a reminder. Bins outside someone’s front door are not public bins. “Allowing your child to put their rubbish in our bin is...

 There’s an old adage that trust has to be earned. Ironically for the National Trust that’s something that seems to be in short supply among anti-hunt campaigners. After a highly controversial vote at last year’s AGM, which may face a legal challenge over what many regard as an inappropriate use of proxy votes, the Trust decided to continue to permit hunting on its land. This was in the face of highly vocal opposition from ordinary members, some of whom threatened...

This shocking footage shows a British diver swimming through swathes of plastic rubbish off the coast of Bali. Richard Horner, 45, captured the dramatic images to highlight the ongoing threat of ocean pollution across the globe. He filmed himself swimming through the deluge of wrappers and bags alongside sea life off the picturesque Indonesian coast of Manta Point Bay on Saturday (3/3). Richard Horner captures sealife swimming amongst masses of plastic pollutants at Manta Point, Nusa Penida, Bali. March 3,...

Over 500 workers at the Hinkley Point C nuclear site have refused to work and many are currently staging a sit in protest, in the staff canteen. One construction worker, who didn't want to be named said: “The site was shut down from Thursday until late last night, due to the bad weather. However, the management have refused to pay our wages or any subsistence, and left us all out of pocket. "The workers were told this via a text...

I think we are going to need a bigger boat! This is the amazing moment a giant whale shark is captured looming beneath a boat full of unsuspecting tourists. The enormous whale shark - the world's largest species of fish - appears to dwarf the boat as it floats just below the surface in a crystal clear sea. The extraordinary image was taken by Tom Cannon, 26, earlier this week off the coast of Western Australia and captures the gaping...

Spectacular scene in Kent, "like the armageddon" wildlife enthusiast said