Area not isolated for 24 hours after Perth children’s hospital workers covered in chrysotile while drilling into a roof panel. Building giant John Holland has defended the steps it has taken to help workers who were exposed to asbestos at Perth’s new children’s hospital. Workers
More asbestos has been discovered in a disused tip uncovered when the Boxing Day floods caused a landslip. Scout Road in Mytholmroyd has been shut since the hillside started to slide under the force of floodwater. It uncovered asbestos buried in a council tip decades
Workers “downed tools” at a major housing development after five lorryloads of soil possibly contaminated with asbestos were dumped on the site. Workers “downed tools” at a major housing development after five lorryloads of soil possibly contaminated with asbestos were dumped on the site. The
A FORMER building manager died of asbestos-related cancer, an inquest has heard. Ralph Hubert Rogers, 89, of Heron Close, Thornton-le-Dale, died on November 15. Dr Juliet Walker, who had performed a post-mortem examination, said the cause of death was candidal pneumonia and mesothelioma, a cancer caused
Bernard Dawson spent more than half a century teaching maths and science at secondary schools in Greater Manchester and Lancashire and was diagnosed with the incurable cancer mesothelioma following his retirement. A former teacher who died of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos is thought
The taxpayer will have to foot the near €0.5m bill for removing potentially-lethal asbestos from Naval Service ships, but the final cost could be far higher. Civilian and naval personnel who worked on the asbestos-contaminated ships will have to be medically screened for the rest
A widow is looking for answers after her husband developed terminal cancer mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos. Alan Cook, a former laboratory technician from Dudley, was diagnosed with the disease in March 2015, and died on September 26, aged 68. Before his death, he instructed
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 with the harmful substance. David Clegg, a former teacher and factory worker from Knottingley, was diagnosed with mesothelioma just a week
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 to the toxic substance. Barry Walker of Little Hulton, died in July 2015 at the age of 71 just a few months
A high street firm has been fined £45,000 after staff at its Liverpool branch were exposed to asbestos-riddled store rooms. A high street firm has been fined £45,000 after staff at its Liverpool branch were exposed to asbestos-riddled store rooms. Environmental health officers found boxes of shoes stashed in
