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A teenage boy has died at a fair on the Kent coast. Emergency services were called to Pencester Gardens in Dover in the early hours of Wednesday. The site was hosting the Family Funfair run by Kent-based Forrest Amusements which, according to a ...

03 Aug 2022 at 14:35

Body of man recovered from scene of explosion in Swansea

The body of a man has been recovered from the scene of a suspected gas explosion in Swansea, police said. Emergency services were called at just after 11.20am on Monday to a blast at an address on the junction of Clydach Road and Field Close ...

13 Mar 2023 at 21:21

Environment Secretary accused of having ‘no control’ over her department

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey has been accused of losing control over her department after publishing a water plan that “reeks of desperation”. Launching her Plan for Water from the London Wetlands Centre on the bank of the River ...

04 Apr 2023 at 17:54

Employers urged to help staff cope with heatwave

Employers are being urged to relax dress codes and allow staff to work at cooler times of the day to help them cope with the current heatwave. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said other measures include using blinds or reflective ...

15 Jun 2023 at 09:10

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

24 Nov 2023 at 15:17

Scotland

Corroded pipe led to gas explosion which destroyed house, report finds

A corroded gas pipe was the main cause of an explosion which left a family of four in hospital, a report has confirmed. The blast completely destroyed one home in Gorse Park, Kincaidston, Ayr, on October 18 last year. A gas ...

14 Sept 2022 at 17:47

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 ...

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 ...

03 Oct 2024 at 17:39

Crane firm to be prosecuted over building site collapse in which three men died

A company is to be prosecuted over a crane collapse which resulted in the deaths of three men. Falcon Tower Crane Services Limited will appear in court later this week over the deaths of 18-year-old Rhys ...

05 Oct 2023 at 12:47

Local News

Campaign launched to help reduce workplace transport deaths

PICTURED ABOVE: Wesley Semple, Derryduff Farms, John Ahern, HSE NI, Hugh Moss, HSE NI, Bernadette Nugent, Kier, Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council Cllr Patricia Logue, Ian Beggs, Henry ...

20 Sept 2023 at 18:33

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