Why children are particularly vulnerable In March 2011, the UK’s supreme court ruled that Dianne Willmore had been exposed to asbestos while she was a pupil at Bowring Comprehensive in Liverpool in ...

The UK Labour government’s first budget since coming to office in July does nothing to reverse the cuts to education since 2010 or make schools safe. The UK school estate is in a dangerous, ...

Asbestos in British schools will lead to hundreds of thousands of people dying, states a new report. “When asbestos containing materials are in a poor condition, they are more likely to release ...

Once a year, primary school headteacher Roger Tweed used to take his board of governors on a tour of asbestos hot spots in the buildings where he taught, proudly reassuring them that they were all ...

The message could not be starker – Britain faces a potential 'tsunami' of asbestos-related deaths in the years ahead unless action is taken to curb the threat. That was the warning from a major new ...

Millions of tonnes of asbestos are being removed from buildings around the world – can this dangerous mineral be disposed of permanently? Or even be put to good use? At a small industrial unit in ...

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Concerns at mesothelioma death rate trigger study to detect exposure to now banned material used in school buildings The threat of asbestos-related cancer to female teachers is to be examined after ...

Sources from inside the iconic London landmark say a possible exposure occurred while work was taking place in Speakers House, the official residence of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, in August.

Inconsistent monitoring of asbestos in Welsh schools could put pupils and staff at risk, unions have warned. A Freedom of Information (FoI) request by BBC Wales shows more than 900 schools are known ...

The death of a cleaner, who died from lung cancer after being exposed to asbestos at the college she worked, has prompted calls for better protection for school staff. A tribunal ruled on Tuesday that ...

A damning report claims that hundreds of thousands of people are set to die in a "tsunami" over the coming decades from asbestos in UK schools which are now crumbling ...