The NHS is making available a drug that has shown its effectiveness in reducing tumours in a recent clinical trial, with a success rate of up to 40 per cent observed in patients with terminal asbestos cancer. Among those to welcome the move is Michael Conway, a...

While the health risks that arise from asbestos exposure are potentially extremely serious and well-known, one scandal that is only just beginning to emerge is that of respirable crystalline silica. The dust-like crystalline silica can be produced by processes...

A contractor has been sentenced for potentially exposing workers to asbestos and causing electrical damage amounting to almost £50,000 during a demolition. Blackpool Magistrates’ Court was told that a company owned by Peter Andrew Walling, of Arley Rise in the...

Penalties have been imposed on a construction firm and a property management business in relation to their dangerous management of asbestos while a former office block in Stockport was being refurbished. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how Swift Property...

A cancer victim is taking legal action against Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Records, claiming that he developed his terminal illness as a result of coming into contact with asbestos at several of the entrepreneur’s London stores. Former shop fitter Bernard Jones,...

A fine has been imposed on the owners of a West Yorkshire hotel after they admitted to “unacceptable delays” in removing the potentially lethal substance from the building. A court heard that asbestos was discovered in several areas of the Midland Hotel in Bradford in...