The inspection initiative is running until 17 February and will target London construction sites, primarily focusing on risks to health, particularly working with asbestos...
World Cancer Day is organised by the Union for International Cancer Control, and provides a fantastic opportunity for organisations to bring a fresh focus to the excellent No Time to Lose awareness campaign.
Council chiefs to shell out more than £20,000 on training staff after breaching health and safety law in their handling of an asbestos discovery at a school...
An asbestos expert has accused council officers of failing to remove two tons of fly-tipped waste which included the dangerous material. He first reported the illegal dumping to Bury Council three months ago, but says it was still there last week...
A former Burton carpenter did not develop signs of a "horrible" asbestos-related disease until half a century after he was exposed to it, an inquest has been told...
A Lazenby fly-tipper who dumped asbestos and building waste in the picturesque North York Moors has been jailed for 16 weeks ...
A recent Freedom of Information request from the Local Democracy Reporting Service revealed two thirds of Coventry schools contain potentially harmful asbestos. A total of 38 of the 57 schools of which the council is responsible for contain the substance, ...
A Glasgow based building contractor has been fined after an employee used a powered saw to cut through a kitchen cupboard door, accidentally releasing asbestos containing materials...