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Overly sterile conditions in hospital wards may be doing patients more harm than good, one expert has suggested.

Some 60 firefighters and 10 fire engines were called to tackle a fire at an industrial estate recycling centre.

Sprinkler systems will be installed in the homes of vulnerable people in a bid to tackle the number of domestic fire deaths.

The government in Northern Ireland has announced that Housing Executive properties in the region are to be fitted with a total of 40,000 carbon monoxide (CO) detectors.

A 12-year-old pupil at Sheffield High School has won a national poster competition aimed at highlighting the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.

A Labour MP has urged the Government to establish how many school buildings still contain asbestos and take appropriate action so that children’s lives are no longer “put in danger”.

A new study has found that the bacterium Clostridium difficile (C. diff) may not solely be spread through personal contact with infected patients in hospital wards.

England’s special care units have been offered guidance on how to deal with pseudomonas bacteria.

Some 80 firefighters have tackled a fire which “severely damaged” the main barn at River Cottage Park Farm owned by celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.