The Sonae Industria factory in Kirkby is currently under a joint investigation from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Merseyside Police after James Kay died on their...
The Environment Minister for Northern Ireland, Alex Attwood, is reconsidering the decision taken by the previous Environment Minister to oppose the creation of an independent Environment Protection...
Satellite TV installation firm Foxtel Ltd has been prosecuted following the death of a worker who fell while carrying out work on a roof. Engineer Noel Corbin suffered fatal head injuries after fal...
The Environment Minister for Northern Ireland, Alex Attwood, has announced tough new sentences against those committing crimes against wildlife, which, for the first time, includes a jail sentence....
The leader of a London council who refused to wear a hard hat while visiting a re-development site in his borough has defended his decision, saying "people should have a choice whether to wear them...
In an attempt to address the cause of the riots that took over English cities this summer, David Cameron cited human rights and health and safety legislation as one of the main problems.
Spe...
Environment Agency proposals to tighten up the rules on how waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) compliance schemes operate have highlighted concerns over how la...
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...
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...
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) <...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
