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....
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Over 200 school buildings in Bristol area still contain asbestos
The number of schools in the Bristol region with asbestos still in their buildings has been revealed....
Asbestos found in nearly 350 Kent schools
A dozen school employees have taken legal action against the authority - eight of whom received payouts totalling almost £843,000...
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...
Union warns many Northampton schools still likely to contain asbestos
Health and safety warnings are being issued in Northampton next term as it is likely that all local authority schools built before the millennium will contain asbestos....
Teacher with asbestos-related cancer thinks time at Sevenoaks school is to blame
A specialist law firm is investigating whether asbestos at Sevenoaks School is responsible for a former teacher's cancer. ...
Ipswich parents back closure of primary school after asbestos discovery
Parents have praised a head teacher after she took the decision to delay the start of the new school term due to safety concerns...
School in Essex fined £46,000 for exposing staff to asbestos
Following an HSE investigation, a mid-Essex school has been ordered to pay £46,000 after a poorly-planned refurbishment exposed staff to asbestos...