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Poots launches Waste Safety and Health Forum

Northern Ireland Health Minister Edwin Poots has launched a new Waste Industry Safety and Health Forum for Northern Ireland (WISH NI).

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (<...

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Cornish company lacks good vibrations

A Cornish company has been prosecuted after using unqualified staff to screen the health of workers from dozens of other organisations.

Over a period of four years, Audio Medical Services Lt...

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Asbestos ruling provides hope

Thousands of families who lost loved ones after they were exposed to asbestos may be able to claim insurance because of a recent ruling by the UK Supreme Court. They have ruled that insurers who of...

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Blyth's biomass bother

A formal application for a £250 million biomass power station in Northumberland has been submitted to the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC), despite strong opposition...

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CRC to be scrapped?

The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) could potentially be replaced by an "alternative environmental tax" if it can't be simplified, Chancellor George Osborne announced this week.

In comment...

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"Green Government" pollaxed

An opinion poll has this week revealed that just 2% of the UK public believe they live under the "greenest Government ever."

The pledge was made by Prime Minister David Cameron when taking...

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Nestle fined for factory fatality

Nestlé UK has been fined £180,000 for the failure to implement basic safety measures which led to the death of one of its workers in 2008.

Nazar Hussain, 55, was killed inside a depalletiser...

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Hosepipe ban to be imposed

A hosepipe ban has been imposed on parts of Southern England as water levels still remain low. At the end of February, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman hosted a drought summit called in respo...

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Permitted development rights extended

Permitted development rights in England are being extended to include the installation, alteration or replacement of microgeneration equipment on non-domestic buildings. The Town and Country Planni...

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Ignoring EU environmental laws costs 50bn euros every year

Member States' failure to implement environmental legislation is costing the EU around €50bn each year in health and environmental clean-up costs, the European Commission st...

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Council fined for accident

Durham County Council has been fined £13,000 and ordered to pay costs of £8,212.50 after a groundsman lost his left arm in a wood chipper machine in 2009.

The 25-year-old man was working in...

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Intention to charge for contravention intervention

It has been known for some time that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has been planning to recoup some of the costs associated with visits to organisations by its inspe...

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HSE target construction sites

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced that construction sites will be under the spotlight between 20 February and 16 March as they attempt to reduce death, inj...

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EU reaches deadlock over tar sands pollution

The European Union failed to label oil produced from tar sands as highly polluting in February, with a key vote by member states ending in deadlock.

The issue is seen as a key test of the EU...

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HSENI delay RIDDOR changes until 2013

In a change from normal customs, Regulations to provide for changes to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (Northern Ireland) SR 1997/455</...

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