More asbestos left dumped in Blackpool streets
An investigation has been launched after asbestos sheets were dumped outside two addresses in Bispham...
Year: 2016
Scots Labour Leader Kezia Dugdale leads talks to fight mesothelioma
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale is hosting a meeting to develop a “real plan” to fight a rare cancer. Campaigners and medical experts will take part in the round-table discussion at the Scottish Parliament on tackling mesothelioma...
Torquay labourer is latest tradesman killed by mesothelioma
An inquest has opened into the death of a 51-year-old labourer from an asbestos-related illness...
Nine in ten Nottinghamshire schools still contain potentially lethal asbestos
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....
Judge orders compensation for Norfolk woman with terminal cancer from asbestos exposure
Woman awarded compensation from her employers after the high court ruled she was exposed to asbestos dust during her work as a funeral arranger...
Asbestos found in nearly 350 Kent schools
A dozen school employees have taken legal action against the authority - eight of whom received payouts totalling almost £843,000...
More than half of Liverpool’s schools may contain asbestos
59% of schools in the area had been identified by Liverpool City Council as potentially having asbestos within them...
Asbestos cancer victims remembered with Lincoln Cathedral light show
Over 100 names of victims who died of asbestos cancer in Lincoln and the East Midlands were projected onto Lincoln Cathedral to raise awareness about the dangers of asbestos exposure...