A year following his death, the widow of a Thurrock Council construction worker is appealing for information surrounding his death from mesothelioma. Alan Jolliffe was suspected to be suffering from the asbestos-related cancer in 2013...
A total of £2.7 million has been secured for asbestos victims and their families in the North East and North Cumbria. The Northern TUC Asbestos Support and Campaign Group (ASCG) was launched in 2010 and has helped its clients claim the money during the past 12 months...
A timebomb of asbestos-related disease is waiting to explode as builders fall victim to its deadly effects, a campaigner said yesterday. Ian McConaghy has suffered from asbestosis for 15 years as a result of a career working with ships including those supplying Royal Navy vessels...
Firefighters and ambulance crews faced dangerous asbestos contamination as they fought a fire in Devon last night which has been blamed on arsonists....
A former anti-terror officer who was one of the first on the scene of the Brighton bombing in 1984 has died from cancer after inhaling asbestos while sifting through wreckage at the site 31 years ago...
The Health and Safety Executive is urging the construction industry to improve its health and safety measures after spot checks revealed that 40% of construction sites were failing to protect their workers and in particular failing to control exposure to harmful dusts such as asbestos. Over 1700 sites were...
Veterans with diffuse mesothelioma can now choose whether to receive lump sum payments, or regular smaller payments, giving them more control of their finances. The changes to the scheme give it similar features to one for civilians, underlining the government’s commitment the Armed Forces Covenant. The Covenant is a...
A Surrey man was fined for exposing the residents of a house in Putney, himself and his assistant to asbestos. Magistrates heard how the owner of a three-storey town house in Putney was upgrading the central heating system of his home...