6 h. ago Major high street coffee chain to shut branch today after string of closures

The major coffee chain has surprised the general public with yet another blow, closing a busy Swindon branch amongst recent policies customers are calling 'health and safety gone mad'

Politics

12 h. ago Customers call latest Costa Coffee policy ‘health and safety gone mad’

High street coffee chain has disappointed regular customers with the switch-up

Economics

31 h. ago Outrage as Trump’s coal expansion coupled with health cuts: ‘There won’t be anyone to work in the mines’

Agencies protecting coal miners from hazards such as ‘black lung’ among those gutted by government cutsThe Trump administration’s efforts to expand coal mining while simultaneously imposing deep cuts to agencies tasked with ensuring miner health and safety has left some advocates “dumbfounded”.Agencies that protect coal miners from serious occupational hazards, including the condition best known as “black lung”, have been among those affected by major government cuts imposed by the White House and the unofficial “department of government efficiency” (Doge) run by the billionaire Elon Musk. Continue reading...

Politics

55 h. ago FDA is quietly drawing up plans to end routine food safety inspections, report claims

The FDA denied that it was planning to make the changes

Politics

3 d. ago About 15% of world’s cropland polluted with toxic metals, say researchers

Scientists sound the alarm over substances such as arsenic and lead contaminating soils and entering food systemsAbout one sixth of global cropland is contaminated by toxic heavy metals, researchers have estimated, with as many as 1.4 billion people living in high-risk areas worldwide.Approximately 14 to 17% of cropland globally – roughly 242m hectares – is contaminated by at least one toxic metal such as arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, nickel or lead, at levels that exceed agricultural and human health safety thresholds. Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago Council fined £6 million after deaths and injuries on guided busway

Judge Mark Bishop said that Cambridgeshire County Council had taken a ‘rigid and blinkered approach to safety issues’.

Economics

4 d. ago Ancient oak tree cut down in north London on health and safety grounds

Ancient oak tree cut down in north London on health and safety grounds  Yahoo

Politics

1 week ago Now bins won't be collected if the lid doesn't close: Overflowing household bins will be left unemptied by waste lorries in Belfast

Belfast City Council is set to launch a new zero-tolerance policy which would see overfilled bins issued with red tags and not collected from June 23, after a 'bedding-in period' with amber tags from May.

Politics

1 week ago Moment huge new bridge is lifted onto M67 as part of £23m project

The old bridge was deemed a health and safety risk

Economics

1 week ago Suicides and attempts fall in health systems implementing the 'Zero Suicide Model,' study finds

A new study suggests that health care systems can reduce suicides through patient screening, safety planning and mental health counseling

Events

2 w. ago Things to know about the US Mine Safety and Health Administration and the coal industry

The federal government wants the number of offices that oversee U.S. mine safety laws to align more with a shrinking coal industry

Politics

2 w. ago Voices from coal country say closures of MSHA offices will endanger mine safety

Stanley “Goose” Stewart, who survived the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster that killed 29 workers 15 years ago Saturday, calls a recommendation by the Trump administration to close three dozen offices of the Mine Safety and Health Administration across the country “idiotic.”

Politics

2 w. ago Two of UK's best loved chocolate bars urgently pulled from supermarkets over fears they contain STONES

A popular chocolate brand has slapped a 'do not eat' warning on two of its large bars as they may contain 'small stones'.

Politics

2 w. ago US health agency layoffs gut mine safety, infertility and smoking programs

Thousands lost jobs as sweeping cuts reshape public health, leaving experts and lawmakers scrambling From experts in mine safety to smoking and infertility – mass layoffs hit branch after branch of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s plan to downsize nearly a quarter of the 82,000-person workforce took effect.Even as the sprawling nature of layoffs became apparent on Tuesday, a complete accounting was elusive. Layoffs were undertaken with few public details, with even apoplectic congressional lawmakers left in the dark. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Trump administration guts mine safety and reproductive health divisions in sweeping HHS cuts

The Health and Human Services has begun an overhaul of its 28 divisions despite concerns about public safety

Politics

3 w. ago Cool Britannia: skeleton stars target Olympic history despite a lack of ice

Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt are favourites for next year’s Winter Games despite the absence of facilitiesPinned to a wall inside the small wooden hut housing Britain’s only skeleton and bobsleigh push-start track is a notice delivering health and safety commands with no hint of irony.Alongside instructions to ensure leaves and other hazards are cleared prior to use is the stipulation that the track must be free of ice. That Britain is the world’s only top sliding nation permanently navigating a lack of frozen facilities betrays the directive’s inadvertent satire. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Scots health board must prioritise safety of patients and staff over covering up faults

Record View says NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde cannot expect to be immune from scrutiny over its performance.

Science

3 w. ago Walker’s death in cattle attack was accidental, inquest jury finds

Malcolm Flynn was trampled and kicked while he walked along Hadrian’s Wall in 2020 and suffered fatal chest injuries.

Events

3 w. ago Farmer will not face manslaughter charges after fatal cow attack, inquest hears

Malcolm Flynn, 72, was knocked to the ground, trampled and kicked in the head when he used a public footpath in 2020.

Events

3 w. ago Warning about most risky food prep mistake that EVERYONE makes

Food safety experts have warned against relying on a very common test to check if food is safe to eat. It comes amid a series of food poisoning outbreaks in the UK.

Events