Town Hall bosses have banned homes from using robot lawn mowers at night to protect the city's randy hedgehogs. Gardeners in Leipzig, in the German state of Saxony, face a…
The German government has reportedly wasted EUR 500 million on a fleet of hydrogen trains that do not work. Said to be the largest hydrogen fleet of trains in the…
A mayor in Italy has issued a controversial order banning illness in his community. The decree was made by mayor Antonio Torchia, mayor of Belcastro, a small village in the…
A 15-year-old boy has sent a 10-page letter to school bosses demanding fewer maths classes because they do not help pupils with modern life. Campaigner Liam Mitrovic sent the letter…
The world's greenest city has agreed a further reduction to its lawnmowing policy to protect wild plants and animals in the Austiran capital Vienna. The council added the new location…
People in the Galapagos Islands are using controversial longline fishing methods where hundreds of hooks are baited to catch fish but also catch everything from seabirds through to turtles and…
One of the creators of the hit online game World of Tanks has launched his own political party in Russia that plans to use a mobile app to help create…
Environmentalists have slammed McDonald’s “no-straw policy” as a “complete and utter failure” after images emerged of plastic straws being freely available and widely used in their restaurants. The American fast-food…