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...
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Bedfordshire contractor fined for poor asbestos assessment
A Bedfordshire based contractor has been fined after failing to carry out suitable assessment of asbestos removal work...
Unlicensed handyman fined for unsafe asbestos removal
An unlicensed Tamworth handyman who potentially exposed workers to deadly asbestos particles has been fined more than £1,000....
Fitter launches compensation claim over asbestos-related cancer
A maintenance fitter suffering from asbestos-related cancer has taken legal action against his former employers....
Inquest in Bolton is told how scaffolder could have breathed in asbestos during childhood
A former scaffolder may have died through exposure to asbestos on his father’s clothing, an inquest has heard...
Asbestos deaths to hit record levels
Asbestos-related deaths are expected to hit a record high in the next few years as the legacy of decades of ignorance about the cancer-causing building material hits home...
Asbestos removal supervisor fined for exposing workers to deadly fibres
An asbestos removal supervisor has been sentenced after admitting exposing numerous workers to deadly asbestos fibres during licensed asbestos removal works...
Widow seeks justice over husband’s asbestos death
A woman has told how she is following her husband’s dying wish by fighting for justice over his death...