Union slams workplace dust levels
Dust in the workplace kills thousands of people every year and something urgently needs to be done to force firms to reduce hazard levels, according to a union body.
Schools criticised for poor hygiene
The mother of a child who died from E.coli has told of her shock at the poor level of hygiene in schools across south Wales.
£1.8m to rebuild fire-hit school
Some £1.8 million is to be spent rebuilding a school in Birmingham after it was damaged by a major blaze earlier this year.
Fire-hit Oxfam depot fights back
An Oxfam warehouse has nearly reached the sorting levels it achieved before a devastating fire earlier this year.
Firm fined after chemical burns
An engineering firm has been fined £6,000 after a 17-year-old worker suffered burns to his face and one of his eyes.
Racecourse ‘food poisoning’ probed
An investigation has been launched after three people needed hospital treatment after falling ill at Hamilton Park racecourse in South Lanarkshire.
Legionnaires’ patient death probed
The death of a hospital patient who had been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease has triggered police and health and safety investigations.
Nike to ‘stop dangerous chemicals’
The use of toxic chemicals at the Nike corporation’s factories will soon be thing of the past, the company has insisted.
Small hospital ravaged by superbug
A 30-bed hospital has stopped admitting patients because of an outbreak of Clostridium difficile.
Mill blaze neighbours evacuated
Dozens of homes in Blackburn were evacuated after a large fire broke out at an engineering works at the weekend.