Exposure to asbestos in classrooms is thought to have led to death of former teacher
Bernard Dawson spent more than half a century teaching maths and science at secondary schools in Greater Manchester and Lancashire and was diagnosed with...
Former teacher’s death linked to asbestos
Former colleagues of a man who died from asbestos-related cancer are being urged to help with an investigation into how he came into contact...
Appeal to find workmates of asbestos-related cancer victim
RELATIVES of an electrician who died from asbestos-related cancer want his former workmates to come forward and help with an investigation into his exposure...
Dying Barrow shipyard worker in plea for answers after asbestos-related cancer diagnosis
A RETIRED Barrow shipyard joiner suffering from asbestos-related lung cancer has launched a hunt for answers about why his former employers allowed him to be...
Victims of asbestos to be remembered on International Workers’ Memorial Day in Clydebank
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....
Children of Northampton woman who died from asbestos cancer appeal for information
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...
Dad may have died from exposure to asbestos following IRA bombing
A SECURITY guard may have died after being exposed to asbestos in the wake of an IRA bomb attack. Stuart Packard, who lived in...
Deadly asbestos killed Derby Mountain Rescue hero Steve Hilditch, inquest hears
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...
Former steel worker pleads for answers as he battles cancer after asbestos exposure
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...
Veterans dying from asbestos-related cancer win battle for compensation
Around 60 ex-serviceman will benefit from payouts announced after The Independent campaigned to overturn loophole Scores of veterans dying from asbestos-related cancer caused by...
