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Workplace deaths hit record low

The number of workplace fatalities has dropped to a record low figure, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said. A total of 151 workers were killed at work between April 1 2009 and March 31 2010 ...

Victims prepare for asbestos event

Victims of mesothelioma in Rochdale have offered their approval ahead of an asbestos awareness day being held next month. Campaigners said the Rochdale conference on July 2 was particularly apt...

Payout over childbirth negligence

A multimillion-pound payout has been awarded in a medical negligence case in which a child was left wheelchair-bound after his difficult birth. Jensen Carter, six, was born in 2003 at the Univers...

Many 'unaware' of rural E Coli risk

E Coli awareness among people who visit the countryside is low, with two-thirds of visitors having no knowledge of the virus, a survey has revealed. Two-thirds of rural residents and visitors to th...

Damages awarded to boy over birth error

A six-year-old boy has been awarded a multimillion-pound settlement after complications at birth left him disabled. Jensen Carter - son of the late ex-Sunderland goalkeeper Tim Carter - suffers fro...

Firm fined after man's head crushed

A firm has been fined almost £300,000 after an employee was killed in a brick factory work accident when his head was crushed by a conveyor belt. Peter Clarke, 57, was only on the site in ...

Wales 'risks new E Coli crisis

The Welsh Assembly Government risks allowing another E Coli crisis due to a lack of funding, according to the mother a five-year-old boy who died in an outbreak in 2005. The Government has failed t...

Andrew Morgan to chair International Asbestos Litigation Conference

Andrew Morgan , partner in our mesothelioma and asbestos department , will co-chair the Annual International Asbestos Litigation Conference. The conference, organised by Butterworths,...

Patients recalled for HIV testing

More than 500 patients in Yorkshire are to undergo testing after it was revealed that a healthcare worker who treated them may have been infected with HIV. Officials at three NHS trusts have claime...

Asbestos discovered at hospital

Asbestos has been discovered at a hospital in Guernsey - but members of the public have been assured they are not at risk. Some staff at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital may have been exposed to the...


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