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Company staff handled asbestos

Despite being warned materials they were handling contained asbestos, a Pontypool building firm carried out unlicensed removal of the potentially dangerous substance. Ron Couch Building Contractors...

Antibiotics could have saved woman

A woman who died from meningitis was not given antibiotics which could have saved her life, an inquest has been told. Joanne Dowling, 25, who had cystic fibrosis, was taken to Milton Keynes General...

Legal action over boys branch fall death

A family has launched a civil action against the National Trust following the death of a boy in June 2007. Daniel Mullinger, from Colchester, Essex, was killed by a falling tree branch as he shelte...

Warning over drug-defying bacteria

Scientists have warned that the spread of a drug-resistant bacteria could spell the end of antibiotics. The NDM-1 (New Delhi metallo-ß-lactamase) gene, which allows bacteria to be very resist...

Homebase faces action over stair fall death

A high street home furnishing store is facing legal action after an 83-year-old women died after a fall at a store in Surrey. DIY giant Homebase has been accused by Andrew Widgery, son of Margaret,...

Building firm fined over gas fumes

A building firm and one of its directors have been fined £15,000 over leaving customers at risk of exposure to carbon monoxide fumes. Rushi Construction (UK) Ltd, owned by Vikas Patel, built ...

Trust sorry for false all-clear

Eight women who had previously been given the all-clear are being treated for breast cancer . The head of North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust has apologised to the women and the trust has...

Workers exposed to high lead levels

Magistrates have fined a sheet metal manufacturing firm and its director £10,000 for failing to ensure the health and safety of its workers. Anglia Lead Ltd, of Barker Street, Norwich and dir...

Care home manager left woman to die

A care home manager has been sacked after telling staff not to call an ambulance as a patient choked to death. An inquest was told that Anne Taylor said Ella Davidson would be "dead by the time the...

NHS to pay for asbestos treatment in Germany

NHS Devon will pay for a cancer patient's course of treatment in Germany. The body said applications for such funding are being considered in the light of the Government's decision to provide extra...


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