Air pollution10 Apr 2025Single street scuppers city's pollution targetNewcastle may not meet pollution targets until 2045 because of high levels on one road in Heaton.10 Apr 2025Tyne25 Mar 2025Town's coal fire boiler air quality zones liftedThe boiler is now defunct and Defra had ordered the lifting of the zones years ago, a meeting hears.25 Mar 2025Cambridgeshire21 Mar 2025Plan to ban Park Street through traffic is backedPlans to restrict traffic on the busy Bristol street are a step closer following a council vote.21 Mar 2025Bristol19 Mar 2025High air pollution alert issued for LondonLondoners are asked to switch off vehicle engines when idling and to refrain from burning garden waste.19 Mar 202512 Mar 2025When Silvertown opens, Blackwall tolls start tooThe mayor says Silvertown tunnel will support economic growth but critics call it a white elephant. 12 Mar 2025London19 Feb 2025Defra refuses plea to intervene over incineratorDorset Council leader Nick Ireland had urged Defra to intervene over the incinerator's permits.19 Feb 2025Dorset19 Feb 2025No clean air zone charges for fire service vehiclesThe council has extended an exemption which was due to end next month.19 Feb 2025Somerset14 Feb 2025Emergency vehicles to be charged in clean air zoneSome police cars, ambulances and fire engines will have to pay to enter the centre of Bath from next month.14 Feb 2025England13 Feb 2025High pollution levels inside homes, research showsThree homes in Birmingham were involved in the study by the city's university.13 Feb 2025Birmingham & Black Country...