Hundreds of homes in Northern Ireland have areas effectively placed out of bounds due to asbestos contamination with almost 5,000 more under review, the NI Housing Executive has said...
Month: November 2016
An investigation has been launched after asbestos sheets were dumped outside two addresses in Bispham...
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale is hosting a meeting to develop a “real plan” to fight a rare cancer. Campaigners and medical experts will take part in the round-table discussion at the Scottish Parliament on tackling mesothelioma...
An inquest has opened into the death of a 51-year-old labourer from an asbestos-related illness...
Nine in ten schools in Nottinghamshire still contain asbestos – and nearly £200,000 in damages has been paid to employees who have been exposed to it in the past....
Woman awarded compensation from her employers after the high court ruled she was exposed to asbestos dust during her work as a funeral arranger...
A dozen school employees have taken legal action against the authority - eight of whom received payouts totalling almost £843,000...
59% of schools in the area had been identified by Liverpool City Council as potentially having asbestos within them...