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Gas fitter sentenced for series of safety breaches
A North Wales man, who falsely claimed to be a registered gas engineer, has been sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment after dangerously installing a gas boiler at an address in Rhyl. The Heath and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Mr Lee Hampshire, trading as LH Heating and Plumbing, for carrying out gas work and falsely claiming …
Published Feb 22, 2012Hate crime laws extended
From 08 December 2011 People who murder disabled or transgender people in hate crime attacks will face life sentences with a starting point of 30 years, Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke announced today. The Ministry of Justice plans to amend the Criminal Justice Act 2003 so that murders motivated by hatred or hostility towards disabled or …
Published Feb 06, 2012Unlicensed herbal remedy could cause liver and organ damage
People taking an unlicensed herbal product that could cause serious liver damage and organ failure should stop using it, says the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The medicines regulator is aware that herbal products containing butterbur (Petasites hybridus) are being marketed in the UK and has issued a letter to the UK …
Published Feb 01, 2012PIP Breast Implants
BOSSES at East Lancs Hospitals Trust have moved to reassure women who have had reconstructive breast surgery that it has never used the banned implants. The defunct French company Poly Implant Prostheses (PIP) filled its implants with industrial-grade rather than medical-grade silicone, originally manufactured for use in the mattress industry. Around 300,000 of the PIP …
Published Jan 18, 2012Young child seriously hurt playing on construction site
Young child seriously hurt playing on construction site An eight-year-old boy suffered serious internal injuries when a stack of roof trusses fell on him while he was playing on an unsecured construction site. The incident happened on 28 April 2009 on the site at Meadowbrook, Linwood, near Paisley. BDW Trading Ltd was constructing a number …
Published Jan 03, 2012Fieldwork Opportunities in School
House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee has reported on what schools need to do to overcome the perceived and real barriers to providing practical and fieldwork opportunities for science pupils as health and safety concerns restrict schools. Follow the link for the report entitled House of Commons, Science and Technology Committee, Practical experiments …
Published Dec 14, 2011UK plastic surgery statistics
Women had 90% of all cosmetic procedures in 2010, the same percentage of total procedures as in 2009. These include surgical and non-surgical procedures. Don’t be embarrassed when you don’t get what you have paid for. UK plastic surgery is on the increase, despite the recession. Find out which procedures are going up – and …
Published Dec 13, 2011Food colouring
Six Colours have been identified by a Southampton University study financed by the Food Standards Agency that cause hyperactivity in young children sunset yellow FCF (E110) quinoline yellow (E104) carmoisine (E122) allura red (E129) tartrazine (E102) ponceau 4R (E124) The FSA is seeking the participation of the food industry in a voluntary ban. The voluntary …
Published Dec 12, 2011Liquid paracetamol for children
MHRA UK PUBLIC ASSESSMENT REPORT The UK dosing instructions for children’s liquid paracetamol products have been revised. The revised patient information will clarify the most effective dose to be given to a child according to their age. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is the government agency responsible for regulating medicines and medical …
Published Dec 12, 2011Interest On Hire Charges
VASANT PATTNI v FIRST LEICESTER BUSES LTD : DARREN BENT v (1) HIGHWAYS & UTILITIES CONSTRUCTION (2) ALLIANZ INSURANCE (2011) A person who hired a replacement car on credit hire following a road traffic accident could not recover interest on the hire charges for the period from the end of the hire to the date …
Published Dec 07, 2011
