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...
Asbestos found in 346 Kent schools
Potentially deadly asbestos has been found in hundreds of schools in Kent. It’s been revealed 346 Kent County Council-run schools contain the substance, which...
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...
Asbestos warning as fire breaks out at Nottinghamshire industrial estate
People in North Nottinghamshire are being advised to keep their windows and doors shut as firefighters tackle a blaze at an industrial estate. Four...
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...
AUSTRALIA: Everything Australian renovators need to know about asbestos
Asbestos was embraced wholeheartedly by Australians. After all, we found rich deposits in Western Australia in the 1930s and had an industry keen to embrace a...
Hundreds of asbestos-hit Derbyshire schools cost council £400,000
Hundreds of Derbyshire schools containing asbestos has cost a council more than £400,000 in compensation and with outstanding claims still to be dealt with,...
