Tag: asbestos

Steel worker diagnosed with two asbestos diseases

Business

Joe Hutchison - September 13, 2019

A RETIRED steel worker has urged former tradesmen and their families to flag asbestos concerns to their doctor after he was diagnosed with TWO asbestos-related diseases. Iain...

Asbestos flakes fall from ceiling of crumbling Scottish primary into food preparation area

News

Deadline News Journalist - September 28, 2018

FLAKES of asbestos fell from the ceiling and into the food preparation area of a crumbling Scottish primary school, it emerged this week. The kitchen...

Property developer forced to spend thousands to dispose of fly-tipped deadly asbestos

News

Deadline News Journalist - August 28, 2018

A PROPERTY developer was forced to spend “thousands” of pounds to dispose of deadly fly-tipped asbestos - after council workers refused to remove it. James...

12,000 die from ‘work cancers’

Scottish News

Guest - August 26, 2012

THE country’s health watchdog has been branded “feeble” in failing to prevent nearly 12,000 deaths caused by work related cancers. A Health and Safety Executive...

Asbestos victim’s widow sues shipbuilders for £700,000

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - February 22, 2012

A SCOTTISH shipbuilder died from asbestos-related cancer after the toxic substance “fell on him like snow”, a court will hear. The widow of Ian MacLeod...