Potentially deadly asbestos has been found in hundreds of schools in Kent. It’s been revealed 346 Kent County Council-run schools contain the substance, which can cause diseases including terminal lung cancer if inhaled. The toll came to light following a freedom of information request to
Nine in ten schools in Nottinghamshire still contain asbestos – and nearly £200,000 in damages has been paid to employees who have been exposed to it in the past. Around 88 per cent of schools, out of the 252 on Nottinghamshire County Council’s books, are
Hundreds of Derbyshire schools containing asbestos has cost a council more than £400,000 in compensation and with outstanding claims still to be dealt with, the cost to Derbyshire County Council could increase. A freedom of information request posted on the council’s website showed the statistics, with hundreds
Teaching unions have today launched a campaign urging the government to defuse the “timebomb” of asbestos in Norfolk’s schools, as it emerged that nearly 85pc of them contain the deadly material. Exposure to asbestos, sometimes known as “the silent killer”, can cause mesothelioma, an incurable
Campaigners are concerned that asbestos is still lying in rubble after former classrooms on the St Cuthman’s site were knocked down four years ago. And they are frustrated that the former classrooms, which still have not been cleared away, are now needed and would have
Bernard Dawson spent more than half a century teaching maths and science at secondary schools in Greater Manchester and Lancashire and was diagnosed with the incurable cancer mesothelioma following his retirement. A former teacher who died of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos is thought
A NEW school is set to be built for more than 500 pupils forced out of their old buildings because of an asbestos scare. Sutherland Primary Academy, in Blurton, closed in October because of the ‘potential of a major asbestos fall’ from the ceilings. Since
Labour calls for Worcestershire County Council to remove all asbestos from schools by 2017 CALLS are being made to remove asbestos “riddled” in nearly 350 Worcestershire schools – with angry politicians saying enough is enough. The Labour group at Worcestershire County Council says it wants a major
Asbestos & Health The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide information about asbestos and health. This fact sheet will explain the following: Asbestos general information Asbestos exposure Health effects of asbestos exposure Tests to diagnose asbestos-related disease Treatment of asbestos-related disease Reducing your
Deadly asbestos is to be removed from two Bishop’s Stortford schools and Leventhorpe in Sawbridgeworth. The work is being financed by the Government as part of its latest Condition Improvement Fund (CIF). Applications to the CIF were invited from academies and sixth form colleges last
