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Tax Disc Abolition – What’s The Problem?
Tax Disc Abolition - What's The Problem? After 93 years, the paper tax disc, first issued on 1 January 1921, will no longer be issued and required to be displayed on a vehicle windscreen. Systems change for good reason. Motorists and businesses can now spread the cost of payment which can onl...
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Survey Shows Tradespeople Becoming Complacent About Asbestos Exposure
Survey Shows Tradespeople Becoming Complacent About Asbestos Exposure Three decades after the import and use of both blue (crocidolite) and brown (amosite) asbestos was banned in the UK, the majority of tradespeople still don’t recognise that exposure to asbestos continues to be the country’s bi...
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Sunderland Suffers Mesothelioma Black Spot Status
Sunderland Suffers Mesothelioma Black Spot Status According to news reports, Sunderland is the UK’s number one area for high mesothelioma mortality rates. The statistics appear in the local paper, the Sunderland Echo, where it is revealed that mesothelioma death rates are double that of the n...
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Subcontractor Suffers Post-Traumatic Stress After Clothes Burn Through Skin
Subcontractor Suffers Post-Traumatic Stress After Clothes Burn Through Skin A workman from Darlington has suffered agonising burns to his arms following a job working on a car park. The man had been working on the area erecting a fence in November 2010. He was using a jackhammer to dig a fina...
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Star Rating For Staffordshire Maternity Unit
Star Rating For Staffordshire Maternity Unit The people of Stafford have received some welcome news concerning the maternity unit at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire. The unit, which serves a catchment area of 2.5 million people and has been open for just five years, has been co...
Read MoreStaffordshire Widow Receives Out Of Court Settlement But Wants Hospital To Admit Failings
Staffordshire Widow Receives Out Of Court Settlement But Wants Hospital To Admit Failings A father of 7, underwent a routine colonoscopy in March 2010, to verify whether or not he had cancer. The operation was performed at Stafford Hospital and the man later died as a result of a perforated bowe...
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Staff Injuries Reach Record High In Bradford
Staff Injuries Reach Record High In Bradford £88,000 worth of personal injury claims has been paid out to teachers by Bradford City Council in the last three years. The figures, which were released following a request under the Freedom of Information Act, relate to schools where Bradford City...
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Sports Related Brain Damage Claims On The Rise Say Experts
Sports-Related Brain Damage Claims On The Rise, Say Experts It has long been known that repeated blows to the head in sports such as boxing have the potential to cause long-term brain damage to the participants. However, medical experts fear that lack of knowledge about the potential long-term e...
Read MoreSmall Businesses To Get More Help With Health And Safety
Small Businesses To Get More Help With Health And Safety We are getting much better at implementing safe working practices here in the UK, and fatalities at work have fallen by 85% since 1974. Despite the dramatic fall in figures, there are still over 640,000 accidents at work every year in the ...
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Skull crush victim seeks compensation from employer
Skull crush victim seeks compensation from employer A 24-year-old man who had his head crushed against a wall in a horrific crushing accident at work is pursuing compensation from the company where he worked. Simon Mason from Romford was working in a loading bay at Tufnells’ parcel delivery c...
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Skip Accident Kills Worker Because Of Health And Safety Breaches
Skip Accident Kills Worker Because Of Health And Safety Breaches A UK food supplier has been fined following an accident which killed an employee. The 30-year-old man was working at the food company, in Renfrewshire, Scotland in July 2011 when an unbalanced skip fell on top of him. Initially,...
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Six Figure Settlement For Broken Neck Victim
Six Figure Settlement For Broken Neck Victim A Hertfordshire man hit by a police car responding to an emergency call could claim a six-figure settlement figure if he can overturn a decision made by the courts. The original decision made by the court was that the man, 40, was to blame for the ...
Read MoreShort Term Exposure To Asbestos And Mesothelioma
Short-Term Exposure To Asbestos And Mesothelioma It is becoming more well-known that asbestos is the major cause of mesothelioma but one recent case forces the question: how much exposure is needed to cause this illness? Roger Beale was first diagnosed with the mesothelioma following a series...
Read MoreShocked Family Claim Medical Negligence For Death During ‘Routine’ Operation
Shocked Family Claim Medical Negligence For Death During ‘Routine’ Operation The family of a woman who died following a standard back operation at a South Yorkshire hospital has settled out of court for a six-figure sum. The woman, 42, an engineering student from Barnsley had been suffering p...
Read MoreSerious Injury At Work Figures Drop In Parts Of The UK
Serious Injury At Work Figures Drop In Parts Of The UK A new survey carried out by the Health and Safety Executive has revealed that serious injuries in the workplace fell last year in certain areas of the country. The information was highlighted during a campaign by the HSE to encourage comp...
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Scrap Metal Worker Dies Of Asbestos Exposure
Scrap Metal Worker Dies Of Asbestos Exposure A man from Huddersfield has died after being exposed to asbestos when he worked at a scrap metal merchants. While working at a merchant’s yard, the man stripped copper boilers and it is believed this is when the exposure occurred. The Hungarian-...
Read MoreScottish Schools Rife With Personal Injuries
Scottish Schools Rife With Personal Injuries According to a report by the Educational Institute of Scotland union, Scottish Schools are far from safe places in terms of personal injuries. The report revealed that there has been a record number of slipping, tripping and falling accidents withi...
Read MoreScottish Firm Fined After Serious Arm Injury Work Accident
Scottish Firm Fined After Serious Arm Injury Work Accident A company in Scotland has been fined by the Health And Safety Executive for safety failings which saw a mill worker suffer severe arm injuries. During the workplace accident, the 20-year-old man’s arm was dragged into machinery that w...
Read MoreSchool Accidents Spell Six Figure Compensation Settlement
School Accidents Spell Six Figure Compensation Settlement A recent report disclosed by a local newspaper has revealed that Leicestershire councils have paid out a total of £205,000 in the last five years. The total amount of compensation is down to a plethora of accidents happening within local ...
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Scaffolding Construction Worker Falls To his Death Through Skylight
Scaffolding Construction Worker Falls To His Death Through Skylight A man working on a construction site in Bolton has died following an accident when he was helping to take down scaffolding. The 42-year-old man, who was employed as a labourer for a scaffolding company, fell 13 metres through...
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