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Teenagers rescued after ride malfunction at Winter Wonderland

Two teenage boys had to be rescued after a Winter Wonderland fairground ride failed. The elastic and gearbox on one side of the Slingshot failed, with the pod holding the pair slamming into a metal support. In a video shared on social media, the pod ...

15 Dec 2022 at 15:22

Council charged after six-year-old killed by falling tree at school

A council is facing a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution after a six-year-old girl was killed by a falling tree at school. Ella Henderson suffered serious injuries at Gosforth Park First School, Newcastle, in September 2020, and died the ...

15 Nov 2022 at 18:59

McCain Foods fined £700,000 over worker who had fingers amputated after accident

McCain Foods fined £700,000 after worker needs fingers amputated after accident

Frozen potato company McCain Foods has been fined £700,000 after an employee needed to have parts of two fingers amputated following an accident at a factory in Lincolnshire. Tom Matthews, from Grantham, had part of his left index and middle ...

24 Nov 2023 at 15:17

Council fined £500,000 after dog walker killed by falling tree limb

A council has been fined £500,000 after a tree limb fell and killed a man walking his dog in a public park. Father-of-one Chris Hall was out with his cocker spaniel Benson on a path in The Carrs, a woodland area in Wilmslow, Cheshire on ...

08 Nov 2024 at 17:06

MoD sanctioned after death of Army reservist during off-road training

The Ministry of Defence has been handed the maximum sanction by the Health and Safety Executive after a reservist died following the overturning of a military vehicle. Staff Sergeant John McKelvie, 51, died in hospital after the Jackal ...

03 Oct 2024 at 17:39

Local News

CROWN COURT: Health Trust prosecuted over death of patient at Mid Ulster Hospital

Following a joint investigation by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) and Police Service for Northern Ireland into the death of a patient at Mid Ulster Hospital in 2014, the Northern Health and Social Care ...

27 Apr 2023 at 15:33

MoD censured over soldier’s death on training exercise in 2016

The Ministry of Defence has been censured with the maximum sanction from the Health and Safety Executive following the death of a soldier who was accidentally shot during a night-time training exercise. Conor McPherson, 24, a ...

08 May 2024 at 16:48

School fined £300,000 after ‘management failures’ led to death of student

A school academy for children with special needs has been fined £300,000 after a “series of management failures” led to the accidental death of a student. Owen Garnett, 19, died two days after choking on a paper towel at ...

19 Dec 2024 at 22:16

Scotland

Man, 66, dies after suffering injuries at recycling centre

A man has died after being injured at a recycling centre. The 66-year-old died at Dunfermline Recycling Centre in Fife at around 4.30pm on Wednesday. Emergency services attended but he was pronounced dead at the scene. ...

31 Oct 2024 at 15:29

Footage released of moment mother hurled through air from fairground ride

Footage has been released of the moment a mother was hurled through the air from a fairground ride. Khadra Ali spent weeks in a coma and four months in hospital after she was ejected from the Xcelerator ride at the ...

15 May 2024 at 20:24

Police conclude investigation into death of Gogglebox’s George Gilbey

Police have concluded their investigation into the death of Gogglebox’s George Gilbey, with two men who were arrested facing no further police action. The 40-year-old had been “working on a roof when he fell ...

14 Aug 2025 at 08:09

Scotland

Firm fined £100k after ‘catalogue of failures’ saw worker burned by steam hose

A chemical company has been fined £100,000 for a “catalogue of failures” that led to a worker suffering serious burns from a steam hose at a rendering plant in Motherwell. The 23-year-old was left ...

19 Aug 2025 at 21:49

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