A school and its maintenance contractor have been fined after workers disturbed asbestos at the school while installing a new heating system. Peterlee Magistrates’ Court heard that, in February 2019, T.W. Steam & Heating Services Limited had been contracted by Park View Academy, to install a new heating system...
A Freedom of Information (FoI) request by BBC Wales shows more than 900 schools are known to contain asbestos...
More than half a dozen schools run by Hammersmith and Fulham council contain a harmful type of asbestos – while 30 out of its 62 schools contain some form of the hazardous material....
As children and staff head back to school for a new term, the HSE has produced a checklist showing the real risks, including asbestos ....
46 of 53 schools are understood to have the material inside their educational buildings ...
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...
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, ...
Two construction companies have been fined after sub-contractors working under their control were exposed to asbestos fibres during school refurbishment work...