Deadly asbestos is to be removed from two Bishop’s Stortford schools and Leventhorpe in Sawbridgeworth. The work is being financed by the Government as part of its latest Condition Improvement Fund (CIF). Applications to the CIF were invited from academies and sixth form colleges last
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
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A maintenance worker in Yellowstone National Park said a park concession company retaliated against him after he reported that he and five other employees were exposed to asbestos at a more than century-old lodge. Jon Kline told The Associated Press on
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
EVERY school in Stoke-on-Trent is to be tested for asbestos – after an academy was closed down for health and safety reasons. The firm maintaining school buildings in the Potteries has demanded the inspections after concerns the city council’s records are incomplete. It follows the
A gas engineer removed potentially dangerous asbestos material during a gas boiler replacement putting himself and others at risk from exposure to asbestos fibres, it has been heard in court. Following the case the HSE said that tradesmen should make enquiries as to the presence
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
ASBESTOS does not pose a threat at the former Bury Police Station, its owners have said. The asbestos reassurance came as the bulldozers moved on to the Irwell Street site to start demolition. In 2010, Bury police’s headquarters relocated to a brand new facility at
