Activists have demonstrated to highlight the need for government to ensure the new supermarket watchdog has power to fine supermarkets for unfair buying practices.

The Government must act on the rising use of pesticides and their impact on bees and other pollinators, say Friends of the Earth.

New research suggests it would cost the UK £1.8 billion every year to hand-pollinate crops without bees – twenty percent more than previously thought.

The High Court today (15 December) hears applications by Friends of the Earth and two solar companies for permission to challenge Government plans to slash financial incentives for solar electricity.