ASBESTOS UPDATE: West Midlands Workers to Get Asbestos Training

Tradesmen in the West Midlands of England can now take advantage of hundreds of hours of free asbestos awareness training in a bid to tackle ignorance about Britain’s biggest industrial killer, according to a Health and Safety Executive press release…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Phipps Estate Seeks GBP150,000 in Payout Claim

Sandra Phillips, the executor of the estate of Victor Phipps — of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, has launched a legal claim for asbestos compensation of up to GBP150,000, the Stroud News & Journal reports.

Mr. Phipps was 77 years old when he…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: London Tradesmen to Get Free Awareness Training

Tradespeople in London can now take advantage of hundreds of hours of free asbestos awareness training in a bid to tackle ignorance about the United Kingdom’s biggest industrial killer, according to a Health and Safety Executive press release dated Oct.…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Yorkshire Tradespeople to Get Asbestos Training

Trades people in Yorkshire and the Humber in England can now take advantage of hundreds of hours of free asbestos awareness training in a bid to tackle ignorance about the United Kingdom’s biggest industrial killer, according to a Health and…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Asbestos Training Offered to South East Workers

Tradespeople in the South East of England can now take advantage of hundreds of hours of free asbestos awareness training in a bid to tackle ignorance about the United Kingdom’s biggest industrial killer, according to a Health and Safety Executive…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Phillips Family Calling for Action on Asbestos

THE family of David Phillips, a mesothelioma sufferer from Huntingdonshire, England, is campaigning to raise awareness of the dangers of asbestos, Hunts Post 24 reports.

When Mr. Phillips was diagnosed with mesothelioma four years ago, he had no idea how he…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Grimshaw Family Awarded GBP48T in Compensation

The family of a man who died after being exposed to asbestos, Reg Grimshaw, of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England, has been awarded GBP48,000 in compensation, BBC News reports.

Mr. Grimshaw died in 2010 at the age of 88 from the lung…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Asbestos Disposed Near Carlisle, England Site

Asbestos, a potentially deadly substance, has been dumped in a Carlisle, Cumbria, England, lane just yards from Jane Street, Willowholme, a short distance from Bridge Street, News & Star reports.

Elsie Martlew reported seeing the building rubble last Oct. 14, 2011…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: South Tyneside Woman’s Death Linked to Exposure

The family of Annie Shotton, of South Tyneside, England, is appealing for information about her husband Ernest Shotton’s working life and his contact with asbestos, The Shields Gazette reports.

Mrs. Shotton died at the age of 80 in December 2010 from…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: UK Schools Comply With Asbestos Management Laws

Checks on how schools outside of local authority control are managing asbestos have revealed that most have adequate arrangements in place — though 17% fell below acceptable standards in relation to management procedures, according to a Health and Safety Executive…

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