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For those who have ever wanted to slide down a real fire pole, the Red Rescue Retreat is the hotel for you. The retreat is an old fire truck that has been converted into a tiny vacation home. Located on a peaceful lot in...

Compensation offered to encourage local communities to allow test boreholes is described as ‘completely inadequate’

If you've ever wondered what it's like to be a dragonfly, flitting through the forest canopy, this virtual reality installation by Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF) is your answer...

The communities secretary, Greg Clark, says “no one benefits from uncertainty caused by delays in planning decisions” (Act quickly on fracking or we will, ministers tell councils, 13 August)...

Science and environment writer who died in January was a rare sort – a working-class kid who made it in the national media. But Ian will also be remembered as a great Humanist celebrantAlongside family and friends gathering...

The only local authorities in the UK still involved in feasibility studies have voted against the disposal facilityGovernment plans to undertake preliminary work on an underground storage dump for nuclear waste were rejected...

The councils were the last in the UK to remain interested in housing a nuclear storage depot, which would cost £12bnThe government could suffer a devastating blow on Wednesday to its hopes of burying nuclear waste in the...

Three councils will vote today on whether Cumbria should move forward with plans for an underground disposal facility for the UK's past and future nuclear waste

As a crucial decision on nuclear dumping looms, Cumbria's people are divided over the best way to secure their future – and that of the national parkFrom the soaring crags of Scafell Pike to the black depths of Wastwater,...

Board joins clamour against idea of digging repository to hold power station waste under landscape much loved by visitorsCumbria's tourism board has joined the growing clamour against any further research into the burying...

Widespread concern emerges over proposed nuclear burial plan's effect on long-term interests of West CumbriaThe Lake District national park has added its huge clout to growing concern that nuclear waste burial in Cumbria...

Widespread concern emerges over proposed nuclear burial plan's effect on long-term interests of West CumbriaThe Lake District national park has added its huge clout to growing concern that nuclear waste burial in Cumbria...

We the undersigned represent hundreds of artists who oppose new nuclear build and "geological disposal" of nuclear waste in Cumbria (Report, 30 March)...