A young Grantham mum says she should not have to face another day in her council flat after workmen found asbestos in her bathroom. Briony Green, 23, says she is frightened that she and her two-year-old daughter, Bella, may have been breathing in asbestos fibres
THE scourge of asbestos-related fatal illness is not some historic malaise that can be consigned to the past, because people are still suffering today. That will be a key message in the hard-hitting speeches to be given at an International Workers’ Memorial Day memorial gathering
A grieving brother and sister are appealing for help after their mum, a former factory worker, died after suffering from an asbestos-related cancer. Cherrill Bradshaw, from Northampton, passed away at the age of just 62 in October 2014 leaving a devastated son, Gary, and daughter,
A Hertfordshire based contractor has been found guilty for a series of safety failings across two separate sites. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) received a complaint in March 2014 from a member of the public living close to the former Chesham Community Hospital site
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A RETIRED carpenter who worked with asbestos in a prison has received a six-figure compensation pay-out after being diagnosed with lung cancer. The pensioner, who has not been named but is from County Durham, worked in various prisons between 1963 and 1995, carrying out maintenance
A short video from 2M Asbestos answering with information for some of the most frequently asked questions we receive from the public and customers, including: What is asbestos? Where is asbestos? What is asbestos exposure? How dangerous is asbestos? What are asbestos-related diseases? How does
German supermarket firm Aldi has moved to allay fears over asbestos at its development in Montrose. The company plans to build on the site of the former Co-op in Basin View and demolition work started on site last month. However, the contractors carrying out the
Nearly 300 new homes could be built on the site of a former power station – on land which is heavily contaminated with asbestos. Local protester Joanne Bell said 600 tonnes of asbestos had been left on the site of the East Yelland Power
Toxic material still being used at government buildings as recently as Febuary. CBC News has learned a federal government department has banned the use of asbestos in all new construction and renovation projects at buildings it operates — a new policy that came into effect on April
