Demolition contractor found guilty over safety failings
A Hertfordshire demolition contractor has been sentenced by Milton Keynes Magistrates’ Court over multiple health and safety failings at two separate sites.
Carlisle shop reopens three years after arson attack
Furniture outlet Bensons for Beds has reopened its Carlisle store some three years after closing because of an arson attack.
Plumber jailed for falsifying gas safety checks
A plumber who falsified gas safety checks and left a gas boiler in an ‘immediately dangerous’ state has been sentenced, according the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Firm fined over working at height incident
A company in has been fined thousands of pounds and ordered to pay costs after it was prosecuted by health and safety inspectors over an incident in which a member of staff almost fell through a roof.
Town centre shops targeted in burglary spree
Shops and businesses in Bolton, Greater Manchester, are counting the cost after 15 were broken into in the space of 10 days.