Police Scotland has been told to take “remedial action” over the presence of asbestos in some of its buildings. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) served the force with an improvement notice following inspections at four sites in Glasgow earlier this year. The issue was
New measures to prevent asbestos contamination during renovations and demolitions could prove costly for building owners, but industry leaders say change is well over due. From 4 April new asbestos regulations come into force under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. Health and safety consultants
Decades of lax attitudes towards tackling deadly asbestos in schools is a national “scandal” threatening the health of former, current and future schoolchildren, a wide-ranging investigation has found. Decades of lax attitudes towards tackling deadly asbestos in schools is a national “scandal” threatening the health
A FORMER head of Derby Mountain Rescue died after contracting cancer while working for Rolls-Royce. In the weeks before his death, Steve Hilditch said he felt “very sad” he was “stopped doing the work he loved” with the rescue team because of the lung cancer
A handbook for people affected by an asbestos-related cancer is being launched in advance of the 20th anniversary of a landmark legal case involving a Leeds woman. It was April 2, 1996, when the legal proceedings started by June Hancock came to an end and
A widow has won hundreds of thousands of pounds damages for the death of her husband – who was struck down by asbestos-related cancer after years spent working as a carpet fitter. Colin Wolstenholme, of Bury , died aged 70 after a long struggle with mesothelioma –
A FORMER steel worker is appealing for his ex-colleagues to come forward as he battles an asbestos-related cancer. Sidney George Leavesley, 85, is searching for answers after being diagnosed in January with mesothelioma, a cancer in the lining of the lungs that is believed to have been
Cancer victim, 66, is dying from the asbestos in the lunchtime SANDWICHES he ate while working as an engineer. A 66-year-old former engineer is dying of cancer after accidentally eating asbestos fibres in his lunchtime sandwiches, it has been claimed. Retired grandfather-of-five Trevor Jones from
A man from County Durham has been fined for potentially exposing members of the public to asbestos fibres during the refurbishment of a residential property on South Parade, Croft on Tees, County Durham. Darlington Magistrates’ Court heard how Peter Wade of Staindrop, was converting an
Parents are removing their children from a nursery and threatening legal action due to health fears over toxic asbestos. The asbestos removal work was due to start this week at Holy Family Primary School, which closed last summer because of structural damage. Primary pupils have
