England

Crime in England and Wales has plummeted 80% in 30 years

May 16, 2024 | By Peter Schulte | -, Change Milestones

As of 2024, violence, burglary, and car crime have been declining for 30 years and by close to 90%, according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW). The drop in violence includes domestic violence and other violence against women. Anti-social behavior has similarly declined. While increased fraud and computer misuse now make up half of crime, this mainly reflects how far the rates of other crimes have fallen.

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England brings in biodiversity rules to force builders to compensate for loss of nature

February 11, 2024 | By Peter Schulte | -, Change Milestones

England is launching a biodiversity credit scheme that attempts to force all new road and housebuilding projects to benefit nature, rather than damage it. The “nature market”, called biodiversity net gain (BNG), means all new building projects must achieve a 10% net gain in biodiversity or habitat. The requirement becomes law under the Town and Country Planning Act on February 12 for larger sites, and on April 2 2024 for smaller sites.

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England to ban single-use plastic cutlery and plates

January 11, 2023 | By Peter Schulte | -, Change Milestones

Similar bans have already been made in Scotland and Wales, while the U.K. government banned single-use plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds in England in 2020.

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England to ban glue traps in ‘momentous victory’ for wildlife

April 28, 2022 | By Peter Schulte | -, Change Milestones

Protected and endangered species including hedgehogs, birds, bats, and pet cats have been known to sustain injuries in glue traps, many of which are fatal.

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Ultra-low emissions zone extended to all of London

March 23, 2022 | By Peter Schulte | -, Change Milestones

Starting in 2023, anyone driving a vehicle with high tailpipe emissions within London city limits will have to pay the £12.50 a day.

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England will be first country to require new homes to include EV chargers

September 22, 2021 | By Peter Schulte | Change Milestones

All new homes and offices will have to feature “smart” charging devices that automatically charge vehicles during off-peak periods. New office blocks will need to install a charge point for every five parking spaces.

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England’s Chester becomes the world’s first ‘Sustainable Palm Oil City’

March 28, 2019 | By Peter Schulte | Change Milestones

More than 50 organisations in the city have revolutionised their supply chains and committed to sourcing palm oil — a vegetable oil used in thousands of household products from food items to cleaning materials and cosmetics — from entirely sustainable sources.

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Single-use plastic bag sales in England fall 86% since 2015

July 30, 2018 | By Peter Schulte | Change Milestones

Campaigners are now calling for charges on plastic bottles and disposable coffee cups in the hope of producing a similar effect.

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Stowage of a British slave ship, Brookes (1788)

British Parliament abolishes slave trade throughout the British Empire

March 25, 1807 | By Peter Schulte | Change Milestones, Past Progress

The Royal Navy established the West Africa Squadron in 1808 to patrol the coast of West Africa, and between 1808 and 1860 freed 150,000 Africans aboard slave ships.

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The Ladies’ Mercury, the first known periodical specifically for women, is published in London

February 27, 1693 | By Peter Schulte | Change Milestones, Past Progress

The Ladies Mercury was a weekly publication promising to respond to “all the most nice and curious questions concerning love, marriage, behaviour, dress and humour of the female sex, whether virgins, wives, or widows.”

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