The number of confirmed E. coli cases thought to be linked to restaurant in north Belfast has now reached 90 – almost twice the number that were confirmed yesterday.
Fire rips through Glasgow shops
Around 50 firefighters struggled to deal with the intensity of a blaze that broke out in a row of shops in Glasgow.
Fire crew tackles asbestos risk
Members of London’s fire fighting services had to tackle an asbestos risk when they attended a blaze at two former hospital buildings in High Barnet, it has been reported.
Legionella outbreak shuts hospital
Doors were closed to new patients and bed-ridden patients at a hospital where high levels of the sometimes lethal legionella bacteria were discovered in its water system.
Ministers call for Asbestos reports
The Welsh Government has demanded that all schools must deliver reports on their asbestos levels, in a move that has been welcomed by teaching officials and follows the closure of a school in Caerphilly County last week.
Fire crews tackle laboratory blaze
Firefighters attended a Northern Ireland university after a blaze broke out in one of its laboratories.
Queen’s University fire shuts lab
A chemical laboratory at Queen’s University in Belfast was shut for almost two hours as fire crews battled to contain a blaze.
Technology prevents cooking fires
New technology that automatically shuts down appliances if they get too hot could make domestic cooking fires a thing of the past.
FIA urges restaurants to improve
Incidents in Nottinghamshire and Essex have sparked the Fire Industry Association (FIA) into calling for fast-food outlets across the country to improve fire safety.