Inconsistent monitoring of asbestos in Welsh schools could put pupils and staff at risk, unions have warned
A Freedom of Information (FoI) request by BBC Wales shows more than 900 schools are known to contain asbestos...
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Make the most of the summer holidays to get reassured on asbestos in your school
As we head into the summer holidays, how confident are you about the presence and condition of any asbestos in your school, university, college or other education premises? Despite asbestos use being outlawed at the turn of this century, it is still prevalent in UK schools, with as many...
32 year old Newcastle man battling terminal cancer blames asbestos at former school
Chris Willis, who is battling terminal cancer, believes it was caused by asbestos in his old Kenton school, Aged 29, he received the terrible news that he had mesothelioma ...
Asbestos cancer mesothelioma deaths at record high in the South West
New data from the HSE shows mesothelioma has caused the deaths of 154 people in Cornwall between 2013 and 2017...
Asbestos risk to teaching staff and children in more than 5,000 primary schools
New figures reveal that asbestos is found in nearly half of local authority run primary schools, putting children at increased risk of developing cancer...
FoI request reveals over 9 in 10 Solihull schools contain asbestos
46 of 53 schools are understood to have the material inside their educational buildings ...
Asbestos training adds up to £20,000 after employee awareness breach of HSE regulations
Council chiefs to shell out more than £20,000 on training staff after breaching health and safety law in their handling of an asbestos discovery at a school...
No plans to remove asbestos from 38 Coventry schools
A recent Freedom of Information request from the Local Democracy Reporting Service revealed two thirds of Coventry schools contain potentially harmful asbestos. A total of 38 of the 57 schools of which the council is responsible for contain the substance, ...