Nine rooms at one of Stoke's biggest primary schools have been closed off due to an asbestos scare. Sutherland Primary Academy, in Blurton, is now bidding for emergency Government cash to remove the asbestos after it emerged the repair work could cost up to £2 million. The problems...
A cross-party group of MPs have called for the eradication of all the remaining asbestos in Britain. A report by the all-party parliamentary group on occupational safety and health calls for regulations requiring the safe, phased and planned removal of all the remaining asbestos in Britain. >> You can...
Campaigners and politicians have called for drastic action amid revelations that some eight out of ten schools in Sheffield contain asbestos. Figures obtained by the Sheffield Star revealed 86 per cent of primaries and 35 per cent of the city’s secondary schools contain the potentially deadly dust. The problem is so...
The North East’s toll of absbestos-related illness is increasingly affecting white collar and local authority workers - such as teachers and office workers - a solicitor has warned. Industrial workers have previously been most affected by the tragedy, because of the region’s legacy of heavy industry...
Teachers must be protected from the "scourge of asbestos", the National Union of Teachers has said. The NUT puts the UK-wide figure of asbestos in schools at 86%, based on a Freedom of Information request to local authorities...
The HSE’s ‘Beware Asbestos’ safety campaign, primarily aimed at tradespeople who are most at risk from exposure to asbestos, has received a gold award for innovation at this year’s Institute of Promotional Marketing Awards...