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Attwood on waste

Northern Ireland Environment Minister Alex Attwood has announced a consultation on ambitious new plans to keep waste out of landfill. The Minister is proposing that future delivery of the waste str...

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Wasted haste

Strabane District Council has been fined £20,500 for storing mixed municipal waste without obtaining a waste management licence beforehand.

Strabane Magistrates' Court found 11 breaches of t...

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Firm Leggless after fine

Dickenson Legg Ltd have been fined £2,000 plus costs after pleading guilty at Ballymena Magistrates Court to a breach of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) <...

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First corporate manslaughter case

The first ever case under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 is now expected to begin in February 2010, after defence counsel asked for more time bef...

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Waste firm "totting" up charges

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging companies to make sure that there are sufficient risk assessments in place following the death of a worker at a Hampshire was...

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Scotland join climate fight

The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 received Royal Assent on 4 August 2009, and establishes a statutory framework through which Scotland will aim to reduce its future gre...

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Tyre firm treads dangerous path

A Carlisle tyre firm has been ordered to pay a total of £40,000 for breaching health and safety legislation after being caught stacking dangerously high piles of tyres in a warehouse. Kings Road Ty...

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Working in NI is painless

The latest annual report and statement of accounts by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI), covering the period April 2008 to March 2009, has reveal...

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Aviation action

The aviation industry has made a dramatic pledge to slash carbon dioxide emissions in half by 2050, in a move that could force up air fares and spark a green technology race among aircraft manufact...

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One wedding and no funerals

A marquee manufacturing and hire company, Big Tops Ltd, has been prosecuted after it erected a wedding tent directly under a power line. The Nottingham-based company placed dozens of people at ris...

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Killer heels?

It has been suggested this month, that employers should carry out risk assessments for women working in high-heeled shoes because they create a health and safety hazard, according to a motion passe...

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Reconciling the irreconcilable

With only 30-or so days before leaders meet to agree on a post-Kyoto climate deal in Copenhagen, there is an urgent need for nations to speed up negotiations and make political choices.

As t...

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Relight my tyre

It is understood that a depot near Londonderry where a fire burned for three days from Sunday 4 October, was storing tyres illegally. The site in Eglinton, which was sub-let, did not have the lice...

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The heat is on for transport company

On 19 October 2009, Montgomery Transport Ltd. was fined a total of £75,000 after pleading guilty at Belfast Crown Court to two breaches of health and safety legislation.

The case was brought...

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Peppa Pig producers pamper to parents panic!

A cartoon character whose seemingly innocuous adventures has this month fallen foul of health and safety fears after parents complained that the five-year old animated figure was seen travelling in...

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