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Firm fined for scaffolding fall
18/8/2010
A steeplejack company based in Stoke-on-Trent has been fined £8,000 after one of its workers fell from scaffolding, suffering injuries that forced him to spend four months in plaster.
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Firm fined £8k over roofer's fall
17/8/2010
A firm has been fined £8,000 over a construction worker's roof fall which left him blind in one eye.
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Ryanair should 'review procedures'
16/8/2010
Budget airline Ryanair should review its current passenger boarding and disembarkation procedures air accident investigators have ruled after a three-year-old child fell on to the tarmac.
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Singer charged over drug crash
13/8/2010
Singer George Michael has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs after crashing into a photographic shop.
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Bez convicted of assaulting partner
12/8/2010
Former Happy Mondays star Bez has been convicted of assaulting his ex-partner after flying into an "insane" rage over money.
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Man crushed to death by digger
11/8/2010
The death of a quarry worker, killed by a five-and-a-half tonne digger, has resulting in his Aberdeen-based employer being fined £96,000.
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Firm fined after scaffold fall
10/8/2010
A decision not to provide a guardrail on a scaffold has proved to be costly for a Staffordshire firm.
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£10,000 fine for lead exposure boss
9/8/2010
The director of a sheet metal company has been fined £10,000 for exposing his workers to high levels of lead at the firm's Norfolk manufacturing facility.
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Firm fined as worker loses fingers
6/8/2010
A leading food manufacturer has been fined £10,000 after an employee lost two fingers in a work accident.
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Trial is an inconvenience: Campbell
5/8/2010
Naomi Campbell has told a war crimes trial that giving evidence is an "inconvenience" and will affect her family's safety as she answered questions about her role in accepting an alleged "blood diamond".
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Victory for pleural plaques victims
4/8/2010
Thousands of workers suffering from an asbestos-related disease can now apply for a £5,000 payment, the Ministry of Justice said.
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Bid to delay Campbell evidence
3/8/2010
An urgent motion has been filed in a bid to delay supermodel Naomi Campbell giving evidence in the case against former Liberian President Charles Taylor.
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