Cancer patient claims he was exposed to asbestos at former Caterham Hospital
A FATHER of four who has an asbestos-related cancer believes he picked it up while working in a former Caterham hospital. And lawyers acting for Mervyn...
Company fined for breaches linked to asbestos being disturbed during bar renovation
A BELFAST company has been fined £9,000 after admitting a series of health and safety breaches linked to asbestos being disturbed whilst renovating a...
Dad may have died from exposure to asbestos following IRA bombing
A SECURITY guard may have died after being exposed to asbestos in the wake of an IRA bomb attack. Stuart Packard, who lived in...
Dealing with Austins asbestos ‘a legal duty’ – council
Derry City and Strabane District Council has said there is a legal requirement on those responsible for maintaining business premises to deal with asbestos,...
“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...
