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Revealed: Hidden scandal of NHS staff exposed to cancer-causing chemical deemed the ‘next asbestos’

SPECIAL REPORT: Exclusive: Staff have been left disabled, suffering from severe asthma, and forced out of their jobs as the NHS and UK regulators fail to protect thousands from a toxic cancer-linked chemical. Rebecca Thomas reports

The Independent UK

Shell fined after major hydrocarbon release on rig linked to corroded pipework

The Health and Safety Executive said 176 staff working on the platform were put at risk from an explosion if the escaping hydrocarbon gas had ignited.

Evening Standard

Logbooks relating to rogue surgeon Sam Eljamel destroyed months before public inquiry

A representative for patients and families affected by the neurosurgeon’s treatments described this as either “gross negligence or possible malice”

The Independent UK

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NHS Tayside ‘destroyed logbooks for Eljamel patients in July 2025’ – inquiry

The Eljamel inquiry heard opening statements on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Construction boss avoids jail after worker found dead on synagogue site in Hackney

Although the worker died of natural causes multiple life-threatening failures were found at the construction site

Evening Standard

Company fined £600,000 after worker was burned by molten glass and hot water

The accident took place at the O-I Glass facility in Alloa in February 2024.

Evening Standard

Worker left with severe burns following molten glass and hot water spill

Health and Safety Executive said the ‘avoidable ordeal’ should not have happened

The Independent UK

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Swansea inquest unable to find cause of fatal house explosion due to lost evidence

Coroner calls for disaster scenes to be better preserved as family of Brian Lyn Davies, killed in blast, say they feel ‘massively let down’

The Guardian - UK

Guidance tightened on applications for emergency use of banned pesticides

The guidance will apply to all pesticides including neonicotinoids, which destroy bees’ nervous systems and are banned in Europe.

Evening Standard

Ombudsman criticises Irish State’s response to missing child, feared dead

Ireland’s Children’s Ombudsman is “deeply concerned” about the Government’s response to the disappearance of a boy from North Dublin who is now presum

Evening Standard

‘No child protection concern’ in agency’s interactions with missing boy’s family

Tusla CEO Kate Duggan described the case of the missing boy in Donabate as ‘really awful and harrowing’.

Evening Standard

Legionaire's Disease Outbreak In UK Update: Symptoms To Watch Out As 25 People Now Infected

Legionnaires' outbreak confirmed with 25 UK cases. NHS warns on symptoms while HSE launches urgent water safety checks.

International Business Times UK

Chemical company fined £100k after worker suffers 'serious burns'

A chemical company has been fined £100,000 after one of its workers suffered "serious burns" ...

The National (Scotland)

Council fined £80,000 after 'preventable' death of care home dementia patient

A council has been fined following the “preventable” death of a dementia patient who went missing from a care home during the night.

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Evening Standard

Council fined after ‘preventable’ death of care home dementia patient

Allan MacLeod disappeared from his bedroom at St Brendan’s Care Home in Castlebay, Barra, and was found injured about four hours later.

The Independent UK

Jury to hear inquest into death of two-year-old who fell into River Soar

Xielo Maruziva was with family members when he fell into the water in February last year.

Evening Standard

Waste company fined £400,000 after London council employee crushed in horror accident

Paul McDaid, an Enfield Council employee, was working at the London Energy Ltd transfer station in Edmonton when the incident happened

Evening Standard

London construction firm fined £50,000 after workers seriously injured in building collapse

The injured included a 62-year-old welder and a 31-year-old bricklayer, both of whom suffered life-changing injuries

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Oil and gas firm fined £300k after 'terrifying incident' on North Sea rig

An oil and gas operator has been fined £300,000 following a “terrifying incident” on a North Sea rig that saw three workers lowered into a…

The Independent UK

Fine issued after ‘terrifying’ incident on rig saw workers lowered into water

The incident occurred on the FPF-1 offshore platform, owned by Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited, during a night shift on December 10 2020.

Evening Standard

Safety alert issued for crash death bus station where drivers 'fail to let pedestrians cross the road'

Health and Safety Executive sends TfL another warning about Walthamstow bus station, where a pensioner was killed by double decker

Evening Standard

Mental health trust boss offers apology to families at inquiry into deaths

The Lampard Inquiry, chaired by Baroness Kate Lampard, is examining deaths at NHS-run inpatient units in Essex between 2000 and 2023.

Evening Standard

Fairground company ‘truly sorry’ after waltzer car crashes with children inside

The children’s father said the car had been going at ‘full pelt’ when it came off the carousel and crashed into the car he was riding in.

The Independent UK

Boy, 14, ‘crushed to death by heavy machinery’ only ever wanted to be a farmer, heartbroken father says

‘All Harry ever wanted to be was a farmer’ his devastated father said

Evening Standard

Council had ‘entrenched mismanagement’ of busway safety, court hears

Jennifer Taylor, Steven Moir and Kathleen Pitts all died in separate incidents with Cambridgeshire Guided Busway between 2015 and 2021.

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