A North East MP is leading calls for the Prime Minister to close a loophole that means dozens of dying ex-servicemen will miss out on compensation. Blaydon MP Dave Anderson led a delegation to 10 Downing Street to hand on a letter urging David Cameron to help veterans...
People across York probably breathed in deadly asbestos dust from the former York carriage-works in the late 1950s and 60s, a former union leader has claimed...
Although the dangers of asbestos are now well-known, thousands of people are still affected by past exposure to the fibre once so commonly used in building work. Every year more than 5000 people die from diseases caused by exposure to asbestos...
A factory worker who came home each night covered in asbestos dust unwittingly poisoned his wife with hugs and kisses according to a High Court claim...
Lancashire County Council has paid out almost £700,000 to people with conditions linked to asbestos in the past four years. County Hall shelled out £672,094 in compensation and costs to victims in the past five years - and the authority has six ongoing claims...
Paul Crabtree was a religious education teacher at Bessemer School in Hitchin between 1972 and the secondary school’s closure in 1982. He worked in a postwar prefab classroom with asbestos in its fabric for most of his time on the staff...
A year following his death, the widow of a Thurrock Council construction worker is appealing for information surrounding his death from mesothelioma. Alan Jolliffe was suspected to be suffering from the asbestos-related cancer in 2013...
Veterans with diffuse mesothelioma can now choose whether to receive lump sum payments, or regular smaller payments, giving them more control of their finances. The changes to the scheme give it similar features to one for civilians, underlining the government’s commitment the Armed Forces Covenant. The Covenant is a...