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Asbestos and oil spill hamper firefighters after explosion at electrical substation

Residents were evacuated as Somerset fire crews battled a blaze at an electrical sub station. Firefighters efforts were hampered by asbestos and hundreds of liters of...

Hackney asbestos case: Ashford mum diagnosed with cancer

A carer who went to see her doctor with a chronic cough has been told she has incurable lung cancer caused by breathing in...

‘Hazardous’ asbestos fly-tippers cost taxpayers £5000

Islanders are being asked to help find the culprits who dumped bags of hazardous asbestos in a field in Jersey – costing taxpayers £5000....

Devon teacher died from asbestos exposure in Buckinghamshire schools

Teacher, 68, died from asbestos exposure after builders removed the deadly fibres from classrooms while she taught lessons during her 30-year career. A former...

Councils pay out £10m for school asbestos claims

Councils in England have paid out at least £10m in compensation to people who developed illnesses because of asbestos in school buildings. Figures obtained...

Over half of Liverpool schools could have asbestos in them

Diseases caused by the deadly material kills around 5,000 workers every year Over half of schools in Liverpool are thought to have asbestos containing...

New Zealand Asbestos Guide Aims to Reduce Deaths

New Zealand has a new guide for managing and removing asbestos in the workplace. The “Approved Code of Practice for the Management and Removal of Asbestos,”...

Nine in ten Nottinghamshire Schools still contain potentially lethal asbestos

Nine in ten schools in Nottinghamshire still contain asbestos – and nearly £200,000 in damages has been paid to employees who have been exposed...

Oldest Working Mens Club in the country hit with asbestos crisis

The much-loved Holbeck social club (formerly the Working Men’s Club) is facing a considerable uphill struggle in the coming months to keep their doors open, having...

Shipyard workers urged to speak up as asbestos deaths in Barrow are triple the national average.

THE widow of a shipyard worker who died from lung cancer linked to asbestos exposure wants to know why more wasn’t done to protect...

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