A tragic incident yesterday reinforced the dangers inherent in construction site operations in Scotland.A workman, understood to have been a subcontractor, was killed in a horrific accident when a dumper truck overturned at the site of a new 86 m…

Admiral Insurance said today that it had not seen “any unusual trends in bodily injury or damage claims” and reported a 21% rise in pre-tax profit to 126.9m for the first six months of 2010.Admiral’s chief operating officer David Stevens blamed a…

Just a few short months ago government appointee Lord Young was proclaiming that much of UK health & safety legislation is ‘just plain silly’.Today, Steve Walker, head of the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) offshore division, has bluntly told …

The need for careful route planning by bus operating companies and constant driver vigilence on the road was highlighted yesterday after the roof of a double-decker was ripped off as it tried to pass under a Glasgow rail bridge.The First bus crash…

Scotland’s top police officers have said they would be concerned if funding for speed cameras became a victim of government budget cuts.The Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (Acpos) spoke out toady after its sister organisation cl…