Asbestos fears after Tube station roof tiles fall on platform
A rail union is calling for a busy Tube station to be closed after raising fears over asbestos. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union...
Police Scotland to survey hundreds of buildings for asbestos
CASH-strapped Police Scotland may have to carry out asbestos surveys on hundreds of its premises after a critical inspection by the health and safety...
Mr Fluffy asbestos: More than 100 homes demolished so far under ACT buyback scheme
The ACT’s Asbestos Taskforce has passed another milestone, with the demolition of more than 100 homes in Canberra. More than 800 blocks have been...
Gwynedd villagers’ fears over asbestos stored near their homes
Sealed containers were placed on land opposite houses at Deiniolen near Caernarfon by housing association Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd. Asbestos filled containers placed on land...
“Significant” judgement for asbestos-related cancer sufferers
VICTIMS of asbestos-related cancer in Scotland could be in line for bigger payouts following a ruling in their favour at the Court of Session....
Police Scotland told to remedy ‘asbestos issue’
Police Scotland has been told to take “remedial action” over the presence of asbestos in some of its buildings. The Health and Safety Executive...
New Zealand – New asbestos regulations hit building owners
New measures to prevent asbestos contamination during renovations and demolitions could prove costly for building owners, but industry leaders say change is well over due. From...
Government grants to remove asbestos from schools
Deadly asbestos is to be removed from two Bishop’s Stortford schools and Leventhorpe in Sawbridgeworth. The work is being financed by the Government as...
Schools asbestos ‘scandal’ still threatening lives – report
Decades of lax attitudes towards tackling deadly asbestos in schools is a national “scandal” threatening the health of former, current and future schoolchildren, a...
Deadly asbestos killed Derby Mountain Rescue hero Steve Hilditch, inquest hears
A FORMER head of Derby Mountain Rescue died after contracting cancer while working for Rolls-Royce. In the weeks before his death, Steve Hilditch said...
