Press Statement
Mark Bowman is
representing Susan Hepburn, Barrie Hepburn’s widow at the inquest
into his death.
Mark Bowman has issued the following
statement on behalf of his client a...
We have sponsored the release of doves to commemorate those who
have suffered from mesothelioma. The doves will be released at
12.30pm at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London on Friday, 1
July. ...
The rates of stillbirths in the UK are higher than
in nearly every other high-income country, a series of reports
suggest.
The UK had about 4,100 stillbirths in 2009. With a rate of 3.5
per 1,000 b...
Canada has vetoed plans to limit the export of chrysotile
asbestos.
The country's delegation blocked the move at a UN conference in
Geneva, despite accepting the findings of a United Nations
scient...
A court has fined two firms a total of £110,000 after an
engineer was left severely brain damaged following a fall at the
site of a new hotel.
Hoistway Ltd employee Richard Chodkiewicz, 53, w...
Researchers say that the strain
of E.coli that killed 39 and made thousands ill in
Germany and Europe last month was a deadly combination of two
strains.
That combination made the
outbreak so se...
A care home company has been fined over the death of a
91-year-old woman in an incident described as a "wholly preventable
tragedy".
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Leeds-based
Bup...
A worker was killed and a member of the public badly injured
when a gas cylinder exploded in a workshop, a court has heard.
Oak Farm Gas Company employee Kerry Daly, 21, was trying to fill
a drink ...
A 26-year-old woman collapsed and died after being "fobbed off"
by staff at an NHS walk-in centre who failed to spot she had
DVT.
Rebecca Cain had used an internet health site when she suffered
pai...
Elderly people are losing their lives unnecessarily because of
late cancer diagnosis, new research has shown.
The Government has been urged to do more to raise awareness of
cancer symptoms among ol...