Handbook for mesothelioma sufferers launched before anniversary of Leeds legal case
A handbook for people affected by an asbestos-related cancer is being launched in advance of the 20th anniversary of a landmark legal case involving...
Widow of Bury man who died from asbestos-related cancer wins damages payout
A widow has won hundreds of thousands of pounds damages for the death of her husband – who was struck down by asbestos-related cancer...
Former steel worker pleads for answers as he battles cancer after asbestos exposure
A FORMER steel worker is appealing for his ex-colleagues to come forward as he battles an asbestos-related cancer. Sidney George Leavesley, 85, is searching...
Angus cancer victim is dying from asbestos in his lunchtime sandwiches
Cancer victim, 66, is dying from the asbestos in the lunchtime SANDWICHES he ate while working as an engineer. A 66-year-old former engineer is...
Asbestos fear at 88 Stoke-on-Trent schools
EVERY school in Stoke-on-Trent is to be tested for asbestos – after an academy was closed down for health and safety reasons. The firm...
Tradesmen urged to be asbestos aware following prosecution
A gas engineer removed potentially dangerous asbestos material during a gas boiler replacement putting himself and others at risk from exposure to asbestos fibres,...
No danger from asbestos as former police station is demolished, say council bosses.
ASBESTOS does not pose a threat at the former Bury Police Station, its owners have said. The asbestos reassurance came as the bulldozers moved...
Company fined £20,000 after disturbing asbestos in roof of Northampton primary school
A company has been fined after risking possible exposure of children and staff to asbestos that was contained in the roof of a Northampton...
More than 100 homes to be built at asbestos contaminated site in Widnes
Land clean up work due ahead of work at former Marely Eternit site on Derby Road. Plans for more than 100 homes at a...
Veterans dying from asbestos-related cancer win battle for compensation
Around 60 ex-serviceman will benefit from payouts announced after The Independent campaigned to overturn loophole Scores of veterans dying from asbestos-related cancer caused by...
