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PPI complaint time limit suspended
28/5/2010
Consumers have won a partial victory after the financial watchdog suspended the complaint time limit for payment protection insurance (PPI).
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Lucas wins Daily Star privacy case
27/5/2010
Little Britain star Matt Lucas has accepted substantial damages from the Daily Star over claims contained in an article about his ex-partner's death.
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Bosses fined over fire at hotel
26/5/2010
Hotel bosses in Leicester have been ordered to pay more than £40,000 in fines and costs after admitting breaking fire safety regulations during a blaze last year.
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Firm fined over employee death fall
25/5/2010
The death of a construction worker, who fell from the fourth floor of a building site in Belfast, has cost his employer £30,000.
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Factory worker paid compensation
21/5/2010
A man who broke his wrist while working at a medical supplies factory in south Wales has been given £20,000 in compensation.
Brent Songhurst was working for Biomet, a manufac...
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Play park glass path to be removed
20/5/2010
A path made from crushed glass in a children's park in Sunderland is to be removed, the city council has said.
Parents say the park is a death trap and have complained that shards ...
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Firms fined after lift fall death
17/5/2010
A gym owner has been fined more than £230,000 after a woman was killed in an accident in a lift which had a long history of faults and breakdowns.
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Worker's back injuries attract fine
14/5/2010
A firm has been prosecuted after a worker suffered serious back injuries in a fall at a building site.
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£7,000 fine after office collapse
13/5/2010
An architect and a builder have been fined a total of £7,000 after a worker was seriously injured when part of an under-construction office block collapsed in Kirkham, Lancashire.
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Firm fined £112,000 over head crush
12/5/2010
A confectionery company has been ordered to pay more than £112,000 after an employee trapped his head in a piece of machinery, causing irreversible damage.
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Huge fine after worker paralysed
11/5/2010
Two companies and a managing director have been hit with a total bill of more than £215,000 after a worker was paralysed from the chest down in an accident.
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Gas supplier fined over major leak
10/5/2010
Calor Gas has been ordered to pay more than £50,000 after a leak at a terminal which could have led to a "catastrophe", health and safety officials have confirmed.
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