Litter-pickers begin mammoth task of clearing beer cans, food cartons and laughing gas canisters

Litter-pickers headed out again this morning to clear up the empty beer cans, food cartons and laughing gas canisters left at beauty spots by Easter Sunday revellers.  Primrose Hill – known for its awe-inspiring view across central London – was one of the green spaces to fall victim to the scourge despite repeated calls for … Read more

Pets paying the price for litter louts: Choking on face masks, paws slashed by beer cans

As every dog owner knows, watching your faithful pal bounding in the fresh air is one of life’s great and simple pleasures. For me though — and I’m not alone in this — it has become tainted by the fear they might hurt themselves on a piece of metal or broken glass left behind by some … Read more

Eight BILLION bottles and cans were dumped in rivers or sent to landfill sites in just one year

Eight BILLION bottles and cans were dumped in rivers or sent to landfill sites in just one year, report reveals In UK alone, each person throws away 126 drink containers per year, report says Greenpeace, CPRE and Reloop are calling for a tough deposit return scheme This would create a financial incentive for people to … Read more

Sainsbury’s selling 2.5kg cans of beans worth £2.10 for just 63p to clear coronavirus stock

Sainsbury’s is selling bumper sized 2.5kg cans of beans worth £2.10 for just 63p to clear stock it bought during height of coronavirus panic buying Supermarket chain teamed up with Brakes to fill their shelves when shoppers began bulk-buying out of panic when the coronavirus pandemic began in the UK Brakes usually supplies the food … Read more

The Little Rascals actor Brandon ‘Bug’ Hall arrested at Texas hotel for ‘huffing air duster cans’

The Little Rascals actor Brandon ‘Bug’ Hall arrested at Texas hotel for ‘huffing air duster cans’ Brandon ‘Bug’ Hall was arrested on Saturday for allegedly inhaling air duster cans The former child star’s arrest took place at a hotel in Weatherford, Texas The 35-year-old was booked for misdemeanor possession for use to inhale or ingest … Read more

Abandoned farmhouse appears frozen in time with a newspaper from 1912 and unopened tin cans

Haunting images show the inside of a decaying farmhouse in the heart of the Northern Irish countryside full of old newspaper clippings, stopped clocks and intimate love letters.  Photographer and archivist Rebecca Brownlie was invited to visit the abandoned cottage near Cookstown, County Tyrone after the last of three brothers who lived in the farmhouse died. … Read more

Locals flock to scoop up thousands of lager cans after delivery truck crashes in Thailand 

Free beer! Locals flock to scoop up thousands of lager cans after delivery truck crashes in Thailand More than 3,600 crates of ‘Leo’ beer were loaded onto the truck which crashed  Thousands of cans are seen in a video strewn along the side of the road Opportunists passing by are shown jumping out their cars … Read more

London residents stretch with brooms and lift cans of beans in street exercise class

Doorstep aerobics! London residents stretch with brooms and lift cans of beans in street exercise class Residents in Kennington, south London, are seen doing bodyweight exercises Classes called On Your Step were set up by athlete Simon Garner Capital has remained at the epicentre of the UK’s coronavirus pandemic  Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and … Read more

Nearly three quarters of alcohol bottles and cans not displaying UK government drinking guidelines

Revealed: Nearly three quarters of alcohol on UK shelves is being displayed without Government’s safe drinking limits – four years after they were brought in Figures include 1 in 4 bottles or cans showing wrong advice for men and women  Some falsely claimed men could have 28 units a week and women 21  Government overhauled … Read more