Asbestos widow awarded £180,000
A woman whose husband died from an asbestos-related cancer after working at a power station in Gloucester has been awarded £183,200 in compensation. John Cuss, from Fairacres, Hereford, worked at...
View ArticleAsbestos widow faces cancer death
A woman whose husband and daughter died from cancer caused by exposure to asbestos has been told she faces the same fate. Barbara Fitt’s husband John and daughter Evelyn were both killed by...
View ArticleAsbestos blamed for death of Rawtenstall poet, 58
A RENOWNED poet’s death was caused by his former career in the building trade, an inquest in Burnley heard. John Carley, 58, died last New Year’s Eve after a long battle with mesothelioma, a cancer...
View ArticleAsbestos disease ‘not a thing of the past’
Asbestos-related diseases kill more people than road accidents in the UK each year, and the number is still growing – deaths are set to peak around 2016. The story of asbestos-related disease is one of...
View ArticleAsbestos, I was given 18 months to live that was 19 months ago
RAY Johnson was told he only had 18 months to live after being diagnosed with terminal cancer caused by deadly asbestos dust. But 19 months later and Ray, from Horfield, says apart from tiredness, he...
View ArticleMan wins £275k payout for school asbestos exposure
Chris Wallace claimed he was exposed to asbestos while at schools in Devon during the 1980s and 90s A man who claims he developed terminal cancer after being exposed to asbestos while a schoolboy in...
View ArticleUniversities confirm asbestos in student bedrooms
More than 3,000 students in Wales slept last year in university bedrooms containing asbestos, BBC Wales has learned. Cardiff, Aberystwyth and the University of Wales Trinity St David all confirmed they...
View ArticleAsbestos Deaths ‘to peak in 2015′
The number of cases of a cancer affecting workers exposed to asbestos before the 1980s has yet to reach its peak, senior doctors have warned. Mesothelioma – a malignant tumour of the lung lining – now...
View ArticleAsbestos deaths ‘to peak in 2015′
The number of cases of a cancer affecting workers exposed to asbestos before the 1980s has yet to reach its peak, senior doctors have warned. Mesothelioma – a malignant tumour of the lung lining – now...
View ArticleFamilies call for Asbestos screening
Illnesses associated with working in the construction industry are thought to kill more than 4,000 people across the UK every year. Experts have warned that 2015 will see a peak in numbers. The...
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