CAR buyers will be able to see just how green their new purchase is thanks to an environmental ranking system launched today by the Government. Compiled in association with What Car? magazine, the scheme enables consumers to check the lowest carbon dioxide (CO2) emitting models on a Government website. The site address is http://www.dft.gov.uk/ActOnCO2

‘Waste of cash’

Public bodies are wasting millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money a year by selling off old IT equipment at the wrong time, a spending watchdog said today. Most are also failing to check that sensitive data is being removed by private disposal firms before the hardware is sold on or given to charities, the National Audit Office (NAO) warned. The NAO inquiry found kit was being sold after five years’ use, when it had “little or no value”.

Club’s trek

TWELVE members of the Huddersfield Healthy Life Ramblers walked eight miles from Stainland to Salendine Nook via Gate Head, Upper Greetland,Bradley Mill and Hollins Hey. The walk was lead by David Crompton.