Asbestos discovery ousts Oxford Uni researchers from their labs
More than 1,600 people were forced to abandon labs and offices at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom after a routine renovation revealed asbestos in a building....
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Government report finds Asbestos Management problems in 20 percent of UK schools
A report released by the government finds that more than 4,600 of 5,500 schools surveyed still contain asbestos...
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...