Inconsistent monitoring of asbestos in Welsh schools could put pupils and staff at risk, unions have warned
A Freedom of Information (FoI) request by BBC Wales shows more than 900 schools are known to contain asbestos...
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West London parents are shocked by presence of asbestos at a number of schools
More than half a dozen schools run by Hammersmith and Fulham council contain a harmful type of asbestos – while 30 out of its 62 schools contain some form of the hazardous material....
FoI request reveals over 9 in 10 Solihull schools contain asbestos
46 of 53 schools are understood to have the material inside their educational buildings ...
£150k fines for two construction companies for exposing sub-contractors to asbestos during school refurbishment
Two construction companies have been fined after sub-contractors working under their control were exposed to asbestos fibres during school refurbishment work...
Outrage as asbestos flakes fall from ceiling of crumbling Scottish primary school into food preparation area
Despite kitchen has been shut, furious parents are demanding to know why their children were put at potential risk and are demanding effective action ...
Asbestos-filled hallway at Cambridge University gave me mesothelioma, says academic
Senior economist says the illness was caused when he was researcher in the 1980s and 66 year old the father-of-three, could be one of hundreds who could now make a claim...
Kent County Council fined after workers exposed to asbestos at primary school
Canterbury Crown Court heard how an environmental health officer was carrying out a routine food inspection when they noticed what looked like asbestos rope hanging from the ceiling....
HSE investigate supply of metal gauze mats which contain asbestos to schools
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has been made aware that two UK laboratory supply companies have supplied schools and potentially other users with gauze mats which contain asbestos...