It has been announced that Professor Ragnar Löfstedt has been asked by employment minister Chris Grayling to prepare a follow-up "mini-report" to his "Reclaiming Health and Safety for All" review f...
Two construction firms have been fined after a crane collapsed onto a partially constructed apartment block in Liverpool. The incident happened in July 2009 and left the crane driver, Iain Gillham,...
JMW Farms Limited of Co. Armagh, have this week been fined a record £187,500, plus £13,000 costs, at Belfast's Laganside Crown Court for health and safety failings that led to the death of 45-yea...
A 77-year-old man from Chester has been jailed for more than 14 months after repeatedly ignoring a legal order preventing him from inspecting inflatable play equipment.
Firms have been told they do not need to carry out "unnecessary" Portable Appliance Tests (PAT) on items like kettles and computers, the Government has said.
Employment Minister Chris Grayl...
A construction company has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £5,940 in costs after repeatedly ignoring safety warnings.
Unicorn Services Limited were in the process of building a four-s...
A fairground ride operator has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 after one of its workers was thrown off the Crazy Frog Ride at the 2010 May Bank Holiday fair in Barnard Castle.
Martin B...
Motor industry body SMMT have claimed that drivers in the UK are choosing fuel efficient cars with low carbon dioxide emissions over cars with higher emissions. In 2011, 46.8% of cars sold emitted...
A gas fitter has been jailed for three years after incorrectly installing a boiler which led to the death of a woman from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Zoe Anderson, 24, died within 30 minutes...
Local authorities in Newcastle, Melton and Bracknell Forest are facing a backlash by residents over the introduction of garden waste collection charges.
From 2 April,...
The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (DoE NI) has opened a consultation on new legislation that will see a 5p charge introduced for single use carrier bags...
An Aberdeenshire farmer has been fined £9,000 after pleading guilty to an offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 of illegally managing and disposing of controll...
Construction, which is known to be one of the most dangerous industries in the UK, is showing a slight improvement in safety, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revea...
In a move that would otherwise look like an April Fool's joke, a village in the North West of France has come up with a novel way of cutting their household organic waste . . . by feeding it to chi...
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 (<...
