Sentencing due for Upminster man who dumped 36 tonnes of asbestos-contaminated waste
The sentencing of a fly-tipper from Upminster who admitted dumping 36 tonnes of asbestos-contaminated rubble on a street in Beckton has been delayed...
Month: April 2017
Half of schools unaware whether their buildings contain asbestos, leaving teachers, staff and pupils at risk
Shockingly, nearly 50% of all respondents had not been told whether their school contains asbestos...
Manchester Hostel owners sentenced over asbestos failings
Two family run companies have been fined after admitting health and safety failings at a site in Manchester, where they were carrying out a basement conversion...
Asbestos discovery ousts Oxford Uni researchers from their labs
More than 1,600 people were forced to abandon labs and offices at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom after a routine renovation revealed asbestos in a building....
Construction and asbestos companies both fined after unsafe work in Surrey
Staines Magistrates’ Court heard how Kingsley Asbestos Services Ltd (KAS) was working as a subcontractor to Bourne Valley Construction Services Ltd (BVCS)...
Horrified dad finds potentially deadly asbestos used as infill in children’s playground
An investigation is underway after asbestos was found to have been used to infill a children’s playground...