Russian authorities have released six Greenpeace activists on bail who were involved in protest in the Arctic.

A GROUP of activists who had climbed aboard an oil exploration rig in Arctic waters as part of an ongoing protest against drilling have been arrested.

Plans to build a new nuclear power station at Sellafield were advanced today after a consortium of energy firms bought land earmarked for the development.

Environmental campaign group Greenpeace today issued a fresh threat to take legal action against the British Government over the building of new nuclear power stations.