Family of Glasgow judo champion killed by asbestos appeal for help
Pat Cusack was a driving force behind Scotland’s judo successes, helping to coach teams at the London Olympics and ahead of Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games...
Tag: Construction
Workers exposed to asbestos at Ashford Panorama development ‘feel betrayed’
Hundreds of workers, most of them former Gurkha soldiers, were employed as labourers on the conversion of Charter House into 234 flats...
Widow of man who helped build Addenbrooke’s wants answers after his asbestos death
The widow of a construction worker who helped build Addenbrooke's in the 1960s is appealing for information following his death from asbestos-related cancer...
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...
Devastated family fight to discover how Hull builder died from mesothelioma
The heartbroken family of a man once who worked as a builder in Hull are appealing to his former workmates to find out if working conditions could have contributed to his death...
Oldest cinema in Wales closes down temporarily due to suspected asbestos
Wales' oldest cinema has been forced to close while investigation work is carried out into possible asbestos at the site...
Torquay labourer is latest tradesman killed by mesothelioma
An inquest has opened into the death of a 51-year-old labourer from an asbestos-related illness...