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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 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...