News

9 January 2012

A Milton Keynes plumber who put a householder at risk by illegally installing and working on a gas boiler has been sentenced. Trading as C&H Services, Christopher Johnson, 45, of 2 Bogart Place, installed a new gas boiler in the kitchen of a resi..

6 January 2012

A total of 55 workplace deaths were reported to the Health and Safety Authority during 2011 according to figures released on 4th January 2012. This represents a 15% increase on the 48 workplace deaths reported in 2010. During 2011 there were 22 kille..

30 December 2011

McCloskey International Ltd. was fined a total of £35,000 plus prosecution costs, for breaching health and safety regulations which led to a serious injury to one of its employees. The young fitter (aged 24) who was injured, was working in the ..

30 December 2011

A recycling company in Rotherham displayed "a blatant disregard" for the safety of 120 workers by failing to protect them properly against dangerous parts of cutting and crushing equipment.   The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) uncovered a cat..

8 December 2011

Carrickfergus Amphitheatre will re-open on Thursday 8 December 2011 at 6.30am after a short temporary closure to facilitate a deep cleanse of the facility. The specialist cleaning was undertaken following the discovery during a routine, independent s..

6 December 2011

An Ipswich plumber who put lives at risk by illegally working on gas appliances has been awarded 100 hours of community service. Andrew Davies, 44, of Tower Mill Road, Ipswich, admitted breaching safety regulations when he appeared at Ipswich Magistr..

2 December 2011

Want to make the most of your money before Christmas? In this ‘age of austerity' many of us are adopting new habits to make our money go further, especially at Christmas. Whether you have a little or a lot, you can still make the occasion spec..

29 November 2011

Research led by the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Denmark suggests there is no link between mobile phones and brain cancer. The study looked at more than 350,000 people with mobile phones over an 18-year period and researchers concluded users w..

25 November 2011

In Wirral, a speeding driver was reduced to tears after opting for a grilling from school children instead of a £60 fine and three penalty points. During a three-hour period, nine motorists were caught speeding past a junior school, of whom six..

17 November 2011

A builder has been prosecuted under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) after a worker was seriously burned in a gas explosion at Macclesfield Town FC’s training ground. Stephen Rowley was working in a trench at the Egert..

8 November 2011

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3 November 2011

Report produced by Cardiff University and the Economic and Social Research Council New research led by a team from Cardiff University has found that half of British workers have been ill-treated in the last two years. The survey found 4.9% of workers..