Residents were evacuated as Somerset fire crews battled a blaze at an electrical sub station. Firefighters efforts were hampered by asbestos and hundreds of liters of leaked oil at the site. Fire crews from Burnham on Sea and Taunton were mobilised following reports of an explosion involving an 11kv
A carer who went to see her doctor with a chronic cough has been told she has incurable lung cancer caused by breathing in asbestos dust. A carer who went to see her doctor with a chronic cough has been told she has incurable lung
Islanders are being asked to help find the culprits who dumped bags of hazardous asbestos in a field in Jersey – costing taxpayers £5000. The Department of the Environment say it was “the biggest pile of asbestos they’ve ever come across”. Specialist contractors were called
The fire scattered ash containing asbestos across a 15-square-mile area, close to the base at Donnington, Shrops. The Ministry of Defence is being sued by lawyers for three victims who lived near an Army base after a fire scattered toxic asbestos ‘like snow’. The inquest of mother-of-four Susan Maughan, 63, ruled
Potentially lethal asbestos has been found illegally dumped in “every corner” of a rural county, a council has said. The toxic material has been fly-tipped “from Berwick to Alnwick and Bedlington to Hexham” in the past nine months, Northumberland County Council said. In that time
Teacher, 68, died from asbestos exposure after builders removed the deadly fibres from classrooms while she taught lessons during her 30-year career. A former teacher died after being exposed to asbestos in schools, a coroner has ruled. Sue Stephens, 68, worked as a teacher in
Councils in England have paid out at least £10m in compensation to people who developed illnesses because of asbestos in school buildings. Figures obtained by BBC News show that in the past decade 32 councils have settled claims from former teachers, school staff or pupils.
Diseases caused by the deadly material kills around 5,000 workers every year Over half of schools in Liverpool are thought to have asbestos containing materials within them it has been revealed. In September 2016, 51 out of 87 schools in the area had been identified
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
