Sarah Jane Bowman lives with a death sentence. At the age 40 she received tragic news that she had the deadly cancer mesothelioma. She said in a report issued by the Joint Union Asbestos Committee (JUAC): “To be told that I had a terminal illness and had less than a year to...
Committee warns of 'urgent need for action' to protect pupils, staff and teachers from fatal diseases caused by asbestos, according to JUAC...
Every school in Stoke-on-Trent is to be tested for asbestosm after an academy was closed down for health and safety reasons...
An Oxford based company has been fined after disturbing asbestos insulation board (AIB) at a school. Northampton Magistrates’ Court heard how Amey Communities Limited (ACL) were contracted to carry out roof refurbishment
A teacher tragically died after being exposed to asbestos at several schools during a 27-year period, a coroner has ruled. Long-serving teacher Elizabeth Belt died as a result of mesothelioma...
Education Minister Huw Lewis says that a database informing parents which schools contain the hazardous substance would not help public safety, More than 400 people signed a petition...
Nine rooms at one of Stoke's biggest primary schools have been closed off due to an asbestos scare. Sutherland Primary Academy, in Blurton, is now bidding for emergency Government cash to remove the asbestos after it emerged the repair work could cost up to £2 million. The problems...
Campaigners and politicians have called for drastic action amid revelations that some eight out of ten schools in Sheffield contain asbestos. Figures obtained by the Sheffield Star revealed 86 per cent of primaries and 35 per cent of the city’s secondary schools contain the potentially deadly dust. The problem is so...