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...
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Plagued free school move delayed yet again
A free school plagued with problems at its proposed new site next to an airfield – including asbestos and the threat of unexploded bombs – is delaying its move for a second time...
Asbestos discovery delays £16m school build
Work on a new £16 million education campus in West Dunbartonshire has been delayed until winter next year due to the discovery of asbestos...
Asbestos-hit Cwmcarn High School to close permanently
A school which shut after asbestos was found and a removal worker later died, will close permanently...
New drug cure hopes for asbestos cancer
A revolutionary vaccine has been shown to beat one of the world’s deadliest cancers linked to asbestos, the Daily Express has reported. In a trial 94 per cent of mesothelioma patients responded to the drug which is designed to harness the body’s own immune system to fight the disease. Dr...
Bid to rid asbestos from 337 Worcestershire schools blocked after “silent killer” claim rejected
An attempt to get asbestos removed from all of Worcestershire's schools has been rejected - after council chiefs said it would result in "mass" closures...
Exposure to classroom asbestos thought to have killed another former teacher
A former teacher who died of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos is thought to have inhaled toxic dust in the classrooms where he worked...
Fears teacher was killed by mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure during career
The wife of a former teacher fears he may have been exposed to asbestos during his time as a science teacher...