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 terminally ill pensioner who was poisoned by deadly asbestos has won the right to more than £50,000 in damages from his former employer...
The Warner Stand will not be available for use during the first of the two Test matches at Lord’s next summer after a second discovery of asbestos during demolition, the Times has reported. It was removed from the roof last month and has now been found in the base...
The Prime Minister is to review the way in which veterans dying due to being exposed to asbestos during their military service are compensated. During Prime Ministers Questions yesterday, David Cameron was challenged by Labour MP Dave Anderson over the unfair treatment of former service personnel...
A Hertfordshire care home has been fined after it failed to ensure asbestos was removed from old buildings before demolition work. The unsafe working practices were revealed after a complaint last spring from a member of the public living close to the former hospital site on Hospital Hill, Chesham, Buckinghamshire....
Tenants of a house in Lincolnshire, including a three year old girl, were exposed to dangerous levels of deadly asbestos dust, a court was told. A judge at Lincoln Crown Court fined Blankney Estates Ltd, the company which rented the property in Scopwick, after it pleaded guilty to health...
The husband of a former GCHQ worker believes on-site demolition work may have led to his wife's death. Jayne Eustace, 48, died in March after a battle with pericardial mesothelioma - an aggressive form of cancer...
Court proceedings have been initiated following an investigation into the way asbestos was dealt with between September 16, 2010, and April 5, 2012, at the cinema which opened in London Road last year after an extensive refurbishment, including removal of the fibre by a specialist company. At Stevenage Magistrates’...