Plans for a new leisure marina in the Tweed estuary have been dropped after detailed investigations revealed the cost of compensating for the environmental impact would be too great.

Three schools in County Durham have been earmarked for extra funding as part of a bid to tackle climate change.

Energy giant E.on UK has received backing from Medway Council to build Britains first coal- fired power plant in 24 years.

Small scale renewable energy grants worth some £25m have now been claimed from the Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP), it was revealed this week. The news came as Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks called for more homes and business to follow his lead by adopting a 'go green' new year's resolution.