Air pollution

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The laws around log burners that could land you with a criminal record

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The rules, fuels and regulations around wood burners for 2025

Currently, there are approximately 1.5 million log burners in UK homes

The complex rules and fines around log burners explained

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I'm a cancer specialist: my take on Elle Macpherson's treatment

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Log burners: do they save money on central heating?

An electric Uber car drives in the city centre of Kyiv in October 2019 (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Uber gives £5K to drivers

Holidaymakers heading to the Lake District have been issued a warning as a local resident says to "not bring your car". (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Lake District holiday warning issued

Ella Kissi-Debrah was just nine years old when she suffered a fatal asthma attack (Photo: Family handout/PA Wire)

Mayor apologises to family for girl's air pollution-related death

Less affluent parts of the UK have less trees, a new online tool has revealed, and residents are missing out on the essential benefits they bring (NationalWorld/Getty/Adobe Stock)

Less affluent neighbourhoods have less trees and more air pollution

The carbon budget for stopping the Earth heating 1.5C above pre-industrial levels could run out in the next six years, according to a new study

Window for stopping global warming above 1.5C ‘rapidly closing’

Women who live in cities and are therefore exposed to more air pollution tend to give birth to smaller babies than women living in the countryside, new research has suggested. Credit: Getty Images

Air pollution linked to women in cities giving birth to smaller babies

Days after London's controversial ULEZ expansion was rolled out, a new study has shown Birmingham's clean air zone policy paid off (Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Study shows clean air zone policy successful at reducing air pollution

A map showing the location of wildfires across North America (Image: FIRMS US/Canada)

Explainer Where are the wildfires in Canada? Maps show latest air quality

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UK drivers in France face missing emission sticker fines - the rules

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2030 petrol and diesel ban 'is immovable' insists government

Many local authorities are bringing in clean air zones in 2023. Credit: Kim Mogg

The UK cities adding low emissions zones in 2023

For the most part, ULEZ and CAZ policies are achieving what they are supposed to. (Picture: NationalWorld/Adobe Stock/Getty)

What health problems can be caused by air pollution?
London's Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) has become a hot topic of discussion in the news today.
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Covid patients exposed to pollution suffered as if they were 10 years older. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Covid patients ‘hospitalised for longer’ due to air pollution

Dogs 18% more likely to bite on hot, sunny days with high air pollution. (Photo: Getty Images)

Dogs 18% more likely to bite on hot and polluted days

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Explainer Drivers face fines of up to £960 as Glasgow LEZ comes into force

Air pollution can lead to irregular heartbeat problems within hours, study finds. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Adobe Stock)

Air pollution can lead to irregular heartbeat problems within hours

Breathing in traffic pollution increases death rates, study finds. (Photo: PA)

‘Very clear’: breathing in traffic pollution increases death rates

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Cardiff congestion charge could see drivers pay to enter city centre

Air pollution can lead to cancer, stroke and miscarriage, study finds. (Photo: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)

Air pollution can lead to cancer, stroke and miscarriage, study finds

New research challenges the belief that only people who smoke get lung cancer.

Air pollution causes lung cancer by ‘waking up’ mutant cells

Calls for ‘urgent’ action as air pollution linked to increased dementia risk.

Calls for ‘urgent’ action as air pollution linked to dementia risk

A private jet set off from UK soil once every six minutes last year, a study has found (Composite: Mark Hall)

UK is Europe’s worst private jet polluter with flight every 6 minutes

Explainer Are wood burning stoves bad for the environment and your health?
Experts have warned the public to “act responsibly” around the use of wood burners after they were found to be the biggest source of PM2.5 pollution in the UK
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Wood-burning stove laws for households and fines for breaking rules

Exposure to air pollution ‘raises risk of depression and anxiety’

Thérèse Coffey admits UK can’t achieve air pollution targets

Cut motorway speed limit to 64mph, urge MPs

Air pollution hotspots: the areas in the UK that breach WHO levels

15 UK areas outside of London with the worst air pollution

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Manchester Clean Air Zone: Mayor scraps plans to charge drivers

UK areas worst affected by air pollution as levels set to rise

The EA has dealt with 14,641 serious environmental pollution incidents in England since 2001

Mapped: every major pollution incident in England since 2001

Do air purifiers work? Do they remove viruses, and what are the best?

Do air purifiers work? Do they remove viruses, and what are the best?

More than 100 councils have air dirtier than a 'safe' level set by WHO

Interactive map reveals UK places with dangerous pollution levels