It has been announced that nearly one in five construction sites visited across Britain have been subject to enforcement action after failing safety checks.
Between 18 February and 15 March...
The owner of a hairdressing salon in the Kentish seaside town of Herne Bay has found himself on the wrong side of the law after failing to produce a valid Employers' Liability Compulsory Insurance...
Michael Galloway, trading as M.G. Construction has been fined £2,500 and given a 12 month conditional discharge after pleading guilty at Newry Crown Court to three breaches of health and safety leg...
The results of a survey of over 70 Easter egg manufacturers show that many are using non-certified palm oil or derivatives in their products.
The survey undertaken by Ethical Consumer magaz...
A school in Essex has decided to change catering practices regarding the shape in which flapjacks are cut following an injury to a pupil! The decision was taken after a triangular shaped slice of f...
Carrickfergus Borough Council and Mr Patrick Buckler, trading as Water Management Services Limited, have been sentenced at Laganside Magistrates' Court for breaches of health and safety legislation...
The organisers of the Kendal Calling festival have been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £25,000 in costs at Carlisle Crown Court after admitting to breaching the Health and Saf...
Regular visitors to London's Victoria and Albert Museum will know what to expect from a visit, and a grindcore concert by the band Napalm Death is not one of the attractions that is likely to appea...
Paul Kinkead, Head of Environment and Protection at Michelin's truck tyre plant in Ballymena, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honours list for services to environmental protection in Nort...
As of today (20 March), the Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) Regulations (Northern Ireland) SR 2010/412 apply to existing tanks less than 10 metres from any waterway or 50...
Recycling rates in the UK rose faster in the first decade of the millennium than any other country in Europe, according to official statistics published this week.
Although it started from...
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In a bid to put a spotlight on women's occupational cancer, protesters from the Hazards Campaign hung up their bras outside a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) conference to...
Energy Secretary Ed Davey has announced that planning consent has been granted to energy firm EDF to construct a new £14 billion nuclear power plant in Somerset. This is the first of a planned new...
An attempt to rescue a cargo ship which ran aground off the Northumberland coast on Saturday could be postponed because of weather conditions.
The 262ft vessel is currently caught on roc...
