2 h. ago Albie Speakman's dad Neil JAILED after fatally reversing defective farm vehicle over three

'There was nothing difficult about keeping Albie safe', a judge told the 39-year-old

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5 h. ago LIVE: Neil Speakman to be sentenced for health and safety breach after fatally reversing farm vehicle over son Albie, 3

Neil Speakman was found not guilty of gross negligence manslaughter, but pleaded guilty to breaching a section of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

Society

19 h. ago White Island volcano eruption: criminal convictions for island owners thrown out

Twenty-two people died in the 2019 New Zealand disaster, mostly US and Australian cruise ship passengers on a walking tourThe owners of an island volcano in New Zealand where 22 tourists and local guides died in an eruption had their criminal conviction for failing to keep visitors safe thrown out by a judge on Friday.The release of the decision followed a three-day hearing last October for the owners’ company at the high court in the city of Auckland where they appealed against the charges laid by New Zealand’s workplace health and safety regulator after the 2019 eruption of Whakaari, also known as White Island. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Indoor ski centre fined £100,000 over schoolboy’s toboggan crash death

Louis Watkiss, 12, died after he was in a toboggan crash at a SnowDome birthday party in September 2021.

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50 h. ago Indoor ski centre where boy, 12, died colliding with worker at tobogganing birthday party is fined £100,000

SnowDome ski centre in Tamworth, Staffordshire, has been fined £100,000 for health and safety failings after 12-year-old Louis Watkiss died in a collision with a member of staff.

Economics

3 d. ago Barry Ferguson is Rangers boss LIVE as Neil McCann instantly throws down new player rules

It's a massive day for the club legend as he takes over from Philippe Clement in the midst of a tough campaign

Sport

3 d. ago More than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of torture

Senior doctors claim they were subjected to months of physical abuse, as UN calls for release of those still detained‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detentionAt least 160 healthcare workers from Gaza, including more than 20 doctors, are believed to still be inside Israeli detention facilities as the World Health Organisation expressed deep concern about their wellbeing and safety.Healthcare Workers Watch (HWW), a Palestinian medical NGO, said it had confirmed that 162 medical staff remained in Israeli detention, including some of Gaza’s most senior physicians, and a further 24 were missing after being taken from hospitals during the conflict. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Rangers next manager hunt LIVE as Barry Ferguson could add Neil McCann to his Ibrox coaching ticket

The Belgian is gone and now a club icon is on the verge of answering an SOS until the end of the season

Society

5 d. ago Philippe Clement on Rangers brink LIVE as 49ers takeover nears and Neil McCann has fans begging him for Ibrox return

Fans cannot do it anymore and it appears the man at the helm is acutely aware he is now in borrowed time

Politics

9 d. ago Historic golf club loses 18th hole in bizarre ruling – replacing it won't be cheap

Holyhead Golf Club in North Wales has been around for 112 years, but bosses were left stunned when council chiefs slapped them with a closure notice on health and safety grounds

Politics

1 week ago Book Review: 'Disposable' a journey through the inequities exposed by the COVID

Journalist Sarah Jones chronicles the gaps in the nation's health care system and social safety net that were highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic in “Disposable: America's Contempt for the Underclass.”

Politics

1 week ago Managing company hit with £13,000 bill after breaching safety regulations on accommodation

“Negligent landlords who put tenants’ health and safety at risk have no excuse to abandon their legal duties."

Economics

1 week ago CDC ‘disease detectors’ among hundreds of fired workers in Trump

Positions crucial to supporting public health safety were cut as the country reels from bird flu, norovirus, and other infectious viruses

Politics

1 week ago I'm a food safety expert and there are six things I would NEVER do with my meals

Dr Darin Detwiler, a food safety expert at Northeastern University in Boston, revealed his do's and don't's for going to a restaurant as America faces a surge in norovirus outbreaks.

Politics