Schools told not to pin up Christmas decorations in union asbestos guidance
Schools should avoid using pins and staples to fix Christmas decorations to classroom walls and ceilings in order not to disturb asbestos in the walls...
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Ongoing timebomb of asbestos in schools to cost £58m in Worcestershire alone
Children attending local schools may inhale around 3,000,000 fibres during their school lives...
Balfour Beatty and subcontractors fined nearly £1.3million over asbestos failings during school refurbishment
Balfour Beatty and two subcontractors have been fined a total of £1.27m after workers were exposed to asbestos while refurbishing a school in Waltham Forest...
Oxford Uni building will now face demolition due to asbestos
The Tinbergen Building, which houses the departments of zoology and experimental psychology, was closed in February...
Yearly memorial event sees Clydeside Action on Asbestos warn that children still at risk of deadly asbestos exposure
Clydeside Action on Asbestos is warning of the need to protect future generations from exposure to the deadly fibres ahead of their annual memorial service...
Joint Union Asbestos Committee release statement on asbestos in schools ahead of national conference
The first national conference addressing the issue of how to protect children and staff from the dangers of asbestos in schools and colleges is being held on 4 July 2017...
Asbestos may be present in over 40 North Ayrshire schools
Deadly asbestos could be present in many North Ayrshire Schools. Figures show that 42 schools across the district could still have asbestos in them...
Half of schools unaware whether their buildings contain asbestos, leaving teachers, staff and pupils at risk
Shockingly, nearly 50% of all respondents had not been told whether their school contains asbestos...