All news on the topic: Asbestos

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Woman finds 'possessed' laughing toy in abandoned 1800s mental institution
Urban explorer Gabby, 24, visited an abandoned mental health institution with her boyfriend, Sonny, 25, and their friend Dan - but they were left terrified by what they found
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Tory-run areas more likely to get new schools than Labour ones amid RAAC crisis
Nearly three quarters -72% - of new-build schools due to open by 2030 are in the constituencies of Tory MPs while sites in Labour seats are left to crumble
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Mum cancels lottery ticket - then wins huge £140,000 jackpot two weeks later
Francesca Griffiths, 35, didn't think she'd ever win the lottery - but just two weeks after cancelling her ticket, she's six-figures richer and preparing for a once-in-a-lifetime safari trip with her mum
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Common winter symptom could actually be a crucial sign of deadly cancer, says GP
While this common winter symptom would not usually set alarm bells ringing, it can be a sign of something far more serious than just a cold, GP Sarah Jarvis has warned
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Gran's family wins payout after asbestos ridden council house led to her death
A landmark case has awarded Christobel Grant's family a six-figure payout after the pensioner was exposed to asbestos in her council house in Scotland
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Emails say 600 schools could still have crumbling RAAC and not know about it
Officials privately accepted it is likely to take “a number of years” to resolve the RAAC crisis in documents seen by the Mirror
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Crooked House pub owners ordered to stop a demolition 'set to net them £10m'
Carly and Adam Taylor, who owned the fire-hit Crooked House pub near Dudley, West Midlands, are linked to companies which razed a former Santander headquarters in Merseyside
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Classroom asbestos warning as ministers in the dark over risk at 1,000 schools
The Public Accounts Committee found 700,000 pupils are in schools that need major rebuilding or refurbishment as it warned the deterioration of classrooms is affecting learning
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Martin Lewis co-star Angelica Bell on how not to get into debt this Christmas
Angellica Bell co-hosts Shop Smart Save Money on Channel 5 where she shares money saving tips for those who need help especially in the cost of living crisis
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Tourists sneak into 'world's most dangerous ghost town' removed from maps
Wittenoom in Western Australia is completely empty after its final resident, Lorraine Thomas, was removed years after the deadly nature of its asbestos mining industry became known
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Ex-soldier forced to live in mouldy flat with neighbour's poo washing up in bath
A British Army veteran has hit out at the local council as he says years of flooding left his Stoke-on-Trent flat riddled with mould and blackened his furniture
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Pregnant mum left without a home after damp and asbestos found in her flat
A mum has been left without a home after damp and asbestos were found in her rented property. Sian Rigby vacated her property in June due to the unliveable conditions
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Crisis for RAAC schools as Government won't put mobile classrooms on grass
Aylesford school in Warwick was forced to close 29 classrooms where RAAC is suspected to be present - but can’t be inspected because of asbestos - but they're only getting 9 mobile buildings after officials insisted on them being erected on hard surfaces only
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House of Commons may lie empty for 20 years because of building's hidden problem
The Houses of Parliament faces a raft of urgent issues, including crumbling reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), asbestos, holes in the floor and leaking ceilings
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'One in a million' dad died 40 years after working deadly job as a teenager
John Lenehan died after being diagnosed with metastatic mesothelioma, an incurable condition caused by exposure to asbestos - having worked in various roles in his youth involving the banned mineral
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Heartbroken dad 'outraged' at state of council cemetery where son, 22, is buried
Asmann Ulhaq's 22-year-old son Zain tragically died from cancer earlier this year, and he paid out a massive £3,000 for a plot at the Fenton cemetery - but he says it's filled with 'rubble from a landfill site' as he blasted the condition of the cemetery
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Isn't there supposed to be a law to protect park homes from hellish site owners?
Once tranquil Nook Park has been turned into a hazardous building site - residents blame the new owner and the council for failing to enforce the law
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Esther Rantzen fears asbestos at BBC buildings could have caused her lung cancer
Over the past decade, the BBC has reportedly paid £1.64million in damages to 11 families of former staff who died from cancer after working in 18 of its buildings
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'My husband died aged 45 after working in hospitals filled with a silent killer'
NHS nurse Guru Ghoorah, from Romford, was "a loving father" who died after working in asbestos-filled hospitals without ever knowing he was "being exposed to danger"
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Subtle lung cancer symptom spotted on your fingers - 'unexpected' sign revealed
Lung cancer can prevent more unexpected symptoms, such as a change in the shape of your fingers as well as the condition of your fingernails
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Union leaders urge shipyard welders to get checked for cancer over fumes risk
The Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions and the Alex Ferry Foundation launch a campaign on Thursday
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'My mushroom-infested flat is ruining my life and left me with £5k energy bills'
The mum, from Epsom in Surrey, says that living in the property is causing her a huge financial burden, forcing her to spend weekends working alongside her day job to support her family
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Key ways to protect against lung cancer as Esther Rantzen diagnosed as Stage 4
Esther Rantzen has revealed she battling stage four lung cancer and is undergoing treatment with "new medications"
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Woman buys abandoned 'one-euro house' and turns into dream home 'worth £400k'
When Meredith Tabbone placed a bid on a 'one-euro house' in Italy, with no electricity or running water, she never anticipated it would become her dream holiday home
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Over 260 shops abandoned when Philip Green's empire collapsed are still empty
Arcadia, including Topshop, Topman, Burton and Dorothy Perkins, left 444 shops vacant in the UK when it fell into administration in 2020 - and many are still empty
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