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A former security guard, aged 40, has died of mesothelioma thought to be caused by exposure to carcinogenic dust in the aftermath of the Manchester IRA bombing in 1996. Stuart Packard, from Essex, was 21 when he spent just three weeks working as an emergency security guard at the site of the IRA bombing at the Arndale Centre in Manchester. Stuart was diagnosed in March 2015 after he started losing weight and felt ...

The recent storms and floods across much of the UK have left thousands of homes and businesses in need of repair work. As property owners begin the work of hiring contractors or doing the work themselves, they need to be on the alert for asbestos, particularly in attics, ceilings, flooring and roofing materials. Property owners who are hiring contractors to do repairs are still advised to get an asbestos survey com...

A report published by the All-Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health is calling for an asbestos eradication law to ensure the removal of all asbestos from buildings by 2035. Asbestos containing materials can be found in around half a million non-domestic properties and a million domestic ones. Over five thousand people die prematurely each year as a result of asbestos exposure. The All-Party Parli...