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Expanding Bioactive Habitat Possibilities With Isopods for Sale Options

Natural enclosure systems continue gaining attention among habitat keepers today. Many setups benefit from balanced biological activity supporting cleaner conditions naturally. Carefully selected isopods for sale contribute useful functions within enclosed environments. These...

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Charity calls for volunteers to get down and dirty on UK beaches

The UK’s leading marine charity, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), says recent figures showing the highest amounts of litter on British beaches in 20 years have prompted it to launch a mass beach participation event The Great British Beach Clean.

The charity is looking for volunteers to put their names forward in July, ready to make this the biggest event of its kind in September...

South West industry welcomes new demonstration zones for marine energy technology

Regen SW welcomes today’s announcement by The Crown Estate that a number of new demonstration zones for the deployment of wave and tidal energy projects have been designated around the south west coast.

The demonstration zones will further strengthen the region’s position as a leading centre for marine renewable energy by providing larger sites for technology demonstration and energy...

Paralympics transformed attitudes towards disabled people

Nearly 70% of the British public feel attitudes towards disabled people have improved since the London Paralympic Games in 2012, statistics published by the government reveal.

The findings from the DWP survey are from one of the most detailed surveys of its kind and marks the second anniversary of the Paralympic Games in London.

It also comes as we approach the first...

Prevent further deaths from Carbon Monoxide

Wales & West Utilities has joined forces with three other gas distribution networks to help raise awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.

This year’s carbon monoxide conference, Knowledge is Power, is hosted by The Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM), and aims to highlight the preventable deaths and injuries that occur in the UK every year.

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Better care plans will reduce A&E admissions

Plans to improve out of hospital care for the elderly and vulnerable will reduce emergency admissions, the Department of Health and Department for Communities and Local Government have announced.

Following a review of the first set of local plans for the Better Care Fund, a renewed agreement has strengthened a commitment to bring health and care service providers closer together to...

Growth deals: firing up local economies

As part of its long-term economic plan to secure Britain’s future, the Government today is agreeing a series of Growth Deals with businesses and local authorities across England.

The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister will announce the first instalment of plans to invest at least £12 billion in local economies in a series of ‘Growth Deals’.

The money will go towards...

Environment Agency blitz rod licence cheats

Of the anglers checked for a valid licence, 965 were fishing illegally and could face a court appearance and a substantial fine. A recent penalty was more than £800, when an annual licence costs just £27.

May falls within the coarse fishing ‘close season’ – which runs from 15 March to 15 June – when coarse angling is suspended on rivers and a few canals and lakes in order to allow...

£15 million cycle rail boost

Train stations across the country will benefit from improved cycling facilities thanks to £15 million of new government funding, Transport Minister Baroness Kramer announced today (4 July 2014) on the eve of the Tour de France coming to the UK.

The improvements will make it easier for people to ride bicycles and use trains by providing more and better cycle parking and other cycle-...

Roller coaster tester wanted...

Loopings, barrel rolls, corkscrews and a lot of G-forces: do you think you can handle this?

Uitmetkorting.nl, Holland’s biggest leisure site, is looking for a roller coaster tester.

You get to test more than 50 coasters, in eight different theme parks in England - just to let the Dutch people know how awesome all the English theme parks are and why Dutch coaster enthusiasts...

Charity calls for change in representation of disabled

The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities is calling for a change to the language used about people with learning disabilities and the way they are represented in the media, in order to tackle the increase in bullying, harassment and hate crime.

Social media and the internet are places where high levels of bullying and hate crime are experienced by people with learning...

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