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The renovation of a high school in North Lanarkshire has been delayed after asbestos was discovered under the building. Caldervale High was due to undergo an extensive renovation when the discovery was made. A new teaching wing was planned as … Continue reading →

A GCSE examination at a school in Stantonbury, Milton Keynes, had to be delayed recently due to concerns that the desks students were sitting at contained asbestos. The mathematics exam at Stantonbury Campus scheduled for last Monday (12th June) had … Continue reading →

The City of York Council has been criticised by a housing tenant for not responding sooner to damaged asbestos at his block of flats. Michael Morgan, who lives in a ground floor flat at the property on Gascoigne Walk, complained … Continue reading →

According to a report in the Daily Record, workers who were demolishing a block of flats in Glasgow ended up dropping asbestos-containing materials (ACM) on a playground full of nursery children. The workmen were on the 12th floor of the … Continue reading →

The Western Education and Library Board (WELB) has confirmed that more than two hundred schools in its district – made up of Londonderry, Fermanagh, Limavady, Omagh and Strabane – have been found to contain asbestos. According to the education board, … Continue reading →

A refurbishment firm from Oswestry in Shropshire has been fined £20,000 after it exposed two of its workers to dangerous asbestos-containing materials (ACM). Powys-based company John Todd Ltd was prosecuted and fined by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in … Continue reading →

A contractor from Tuxford in Nottinghamshire has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for exposing workers to asbestos. Following an asbestos survey carried out at the former Allen’s Printers building by Quarnmill Construction Ltd, the principal contractor … Continue reading →

Education bosses in charge of Ian Ramsey Church of England School in Stockton-on-Tees have reassured parents that the asbestos found in a deteriorating building still used by pupils is being safely managed. Stockton Council confirmed that the asbestos is being … Continue reading →

The British retailer Marks and Spencer has been taken to court accused of failing to adequately protect shoppers from asbestos during recent refurbishment work. In Winchester Crown Court, M&S bosses were accused by the prosecution of not properly planning renovation … Continue reading →

Dianne Wilmore died in October 2009 from malignant mesothelioma aged 49.  Dianne was a pupil in the 1970′s at Bowring Comprehensive School in Knowsley and during this time she was exposed on several occassions to asbestos fibres. Knowsley council said … Continue reading →