Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom has announced plans to ban the sale and manufacture of cosmetics and personal care products containing tiny pieces of plastic, commonly known as ‘microbeads’.
Each year billions of tiny beads end up in our seas from a range of products such as face scrubs, toothpastes and shower gels. These beads build up in the marine environment and can be...
Plymouth University Students' Union (UPSU) is holding a vote on its website to ask members whether they think the controversial number one hit single, Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke should be banned.
The song, a huge UK hit earlier this year, has been accused by some of glorifying rape culture.
A number of students' unions around the country, including Edinburgh, Derby,...
Legislation to limit the use of tobacco products by young people has been approved by the European Parliament.
However, the plans went through in a more limited form than originally proposed.
The draft legislation proposed that all flavoured tobacco products be banned from sale by law in 2014. It also called for the banning of slim cigarettes, packs of ten cigarettes and making...
