A residential property development company has today been sentenced after failing to carry out an asbestos survey prior to undertaking extensive refurbishment works...
A Peterborough property management company has today been sentenced after failing to carry out an asbestos survey prior to undertaking extensive refurbishment works...
Wales' oldest cinema has been forced to close while investigation work is carried out into possible asbestos at the site...
James Paul died while removing asbestos at Cwmcarn High School on July 19, 2013. His inquest began at Newport Coroner’s Court today...
Up to 300 new homes could be built on the site of a former power station – on land which is heavily contaminated with asbestos....
A County Durham man has been fined for potentially exposing members of the public to asbestos fibres during the refurbishment of a residential property...
A Welsh government minister has written to the heads of all local authorities and registered social landlords directing them to tighten up their procedures for dealing with asbestos. After being lobbied by the Ucatt construction union, Lesley Griffiths – minister for communities and tackling poverty – reminded councils to...
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...