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....
Category: Education
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...
Union warns many Northampton schools still likely to contain asbestos
Health and safety warnings are being issued in Northampton next term as it is likely that all local authority schools built before the millennium will contain asbestos....
Teacher with asbestos-related cancer thinks time at Sevenoaks school is to blame
A specialist law firm is investigating whether asbestos at Sevenoaks School is responsible for a former teacher's cancer. ...
Ipswich parents back closure of primary school after asbestos discovery
Parents have praised a head teacher after she took the decision to delay the start of the new school term due to safety concerns...
School in Essex fined £46,000 for exposing staff to asbestos
Following an HSE investigation, a mid-Essex school has been ordered to pay £46,000 after a poorly-planned refurbishment exposed staff to asbestos...
Plagued free school move delayed yet again
A free school plagued with problems at its proposed new site next to an airfield – including asbestos and the threat of unexploded bombs – is delaying its move for a second time...