UK Not Ready for Major North Sea Oil Incidents

A committee of MPs has raised ‘serious doubts’ about the UK’s ability to combat oil spills from deep sea rigs following the BP Gulf of Mexico oil disaster last year. The Energy and Climate Change Committee also warned that taxpayers could pay for …

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McDonald’s Prosecuted for Acid Injury at Work

Fast food giant McDonalds has paid out more than 20,000 after one of its employees was partially blinded by an acid-based cleaner.According to Wandsworth Council, the court fine was the result of the first successful prosecution against McDonalds…

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‘Bananas’ Bus Slips Up In Bridge Crash

A passenger had a lucky escape when a bus hit a low bridge and had its roof sliced off in Edinburgh yesterday afternoon.The double decker crashed into a rail bridge near Murrayfield Stadium and fortunately the man on the top deck suffered only min…

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Lord Young of ‘Gaffem’…

So farewell then Lord Young of Graffham.You resigned after you made a gaffe.You claimed that most people had ‘never had it so good.’Unfortunately this just isn’t true,Like much of your ‘Common Sense Common Safety’ review.Adieu.

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Legal Aid Cuts Limit Workers’ Access to Justice

Major government reforms intended to cut the legal aid bill by 350m a year by 2015 will deny many workers injured or made ill by their work access to justice, unions have warned today.The proposals announced by justice secretary Kenneth Clarke wi…

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