A Royal Navy veteran who is living with incurable cancer says he is waiting to hear if he will get any compensation. Fred Minall, 74, of Northampton, said he was diagnosed with mesothelioma in October after working with asbestos as a naval engineer from 1958
Overall rates of asbestos-related cancers may have slowed, but exposure to the toxic material is increasingly occurring at home, according to a report in the Australian Medical Journal. The report, to be published on Tuesday, said patterns of exposure had changed since the importation and production of asbestos was banned
THREE people from South Devon have died having been exposed to asbestos during their lives. Richard Alan Bridge, 64, of Woodland Park Nursing Home in Torquay, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in August 2015. During his time working as a car mechanic, Richard had been exposed to
A retired Barrow council bricklayer is appealing to his former colleagues to come forward in a bid to find out how and where he was exposed to asbestos. Dennis Pearson, 66, from Stainton, was diagnosed with mesothelioma, which is caused by exposure to asbestos and affects
