A significant amount of people drag themselves in to work if they are ill because they are afraid they will be sacked otherwise, according to a survey.
Gas engineer admits cooker offence
A gas engineer has been ordered to carry out community work after admitting fitting a cooker without authorisation.
Football club struck by huge fire
The main stand of a Lancashire football club has been severely damaged in a fire, it has emerged.
New blaze qualification starts
Workers could achieve a qualification in the causes of workplace fires, thanks to a newly-launched vocational qualification.
Homes ‘must change heating methods’
Households must drastically alter the way they heat their homes if the UK is to cut carbon emissions without the burden of massive costs, engineering experts have claimed.
Vomiting bug hits Welsh hospitals
The Welsh public have been urged to ensure they are careful with their hand hygiene following an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug in a number of hospitals.
12 rescued after basement blaze
A dozen people were rescued by firefighters after a fire broke out in a Glasgow city centre shop basement.
Shopping centre evacuated over fire
An electrical fire forced hundreds of people to evacuate a shopping centre over the weekend.
Firms paid renewable-heat subsidy
Two companies have become the first in the UK to be paid for renewable heat generation.