A document released by the Department for Work and Pensions has outlined the "terms of reference" of Professor Ragnar Löfstedt's review, which was announced last month as part of a shake-up of the...
A farmer in North Devon has been ordered to pay £19,500 in fines and £4,190 in costs after pleading guilty to three environmental offences.
Peter Willes, of Higher Alminstone Farm in Woolser...
A mother was asked to leave Tesco on health and safety grounds this month, because her three-year-old son had a balloon tied to the handle of his buggy.
A security guard stopped Mrs Alicia C...
A waste company's "mixed messages" on safety may have contributed to an incident in which the driver of a refuse collection vehicle reversed over a female pedestrian, fatally injuring her. Team Was...
Supermarkets have been warned that the food labelling of fish is not going far enough to provide customers with the information they need to make informed choices on the type of fish to buy.
Barmy Butlins bosses have banned bumper car bumping at three resorts over health and safety concerns.
The bumpjoy edict requires that cars be driven sedately around a course in one direction...
Northern Ireland Water (NIW) has been fined again, this time £2,000, for breaching their discharge consent and releasing untreated sewage into a waterway in County Antrim.</...
In line with the extensive cutbacks currently taking place, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced that their Infoline telephone service, used for reporting wor...
Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings has applied for permission to appeal against its conviction under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, and the £385,000...
A victory has been achieved for campaigners concerned over the presence of toxic chemicals in household plastics, with the recent announcement of a ban on certain chemicals commonly used in plastic...
The widespread use of hand-held devices at work has spawned a new repetitive strain condition known as 'BlackBerry thumb'.
The condition is leading some lawyers to warn that employers can e...
In conjunction with the long-awaited arrival of British Summer Time, the Environment Agency has launched a new online tool which provides information on the water quality of...
The Government and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are currently discussing a wider reform of health and safety compliance duties to work alongside Lord Young's propos...
The latest official figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change show that Britain saw the largest increase in greenhouse gases for two decades in 2010.
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Two companies have been fined £14,000 for illegal offences in Northern Ireland.
Foyle Recyclers, one of its directors and Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners were fined at Londonderry...
