Construction and asbestos companies both fined after unsafe work in Surrey
Staines Magistrates’ Court heard how Kingsley Asbestos Services Ltd (KAS) was working as a subcontractor to Bourne Valley Construction Services Ltd (BVCS)...
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Asbestos forces closure of Oxford University building for up to two years
Around 1,650 staff and students will have to move out of an Oxford University building for up to two years after asbestos was discovered, the BBC has reported....
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...
Judge orders compensation for Norfolk woman with terminal cancer from asbestos exposure
Woman awarded compensation from her employers after the high court ruled she was exposed to asbestos dust during her work as a funeral arranger...
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...
Library closes for refurbishment after asbestos find
A library has temporarily closed after asbestos was discovered in its ceiling...
Family of asbestos cancer worker make plea to his former Swansea factory colleagues
The family of a former Gorseinon factory worker is appealing for help from his former colleagues after he died from asbestos related lung cancer...
Hospital air tests return negative result for asbestos
Air testing has returned a negative result for asbestos after dust fell on a patient in a hospital’s intensive care unit...