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Construction firm fined after worker falls through fragile roof

A construction company has been fined for failing to comply with work at height regulations after a worker fell from a garage fragile garage roof in Worcester suffering a broken hip,...

Builder receives prison sentence for illegal gas install

A self-employed fitter has been jailed after carrying out gas work at a residential address in the New Forest whilst he was not competent to do so, leaving a gas...

Site worker found guilty of murdering foreman with scaffold pole

A labourer working on a site in London Elton Sefa, 24, who bludgeoned his foreman to death with a scaffold pole was found guilty of murdering 47-year-old John Woodward at trial...

£1bn Hs2 ‘super hub’ station gets go ahead

The Hs2 has been given the nod to start the first permanent construction works for the London Old Oak Common HS2 station, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed. Balfour Beatty Vinci...

Carpenters hand severed after chop saw's guard was propped up

Firm fined after carpenter nearly loses hand after chop saw had guard not correctly configured which led to worker newly losing hand The court at Lewes Magistrates’ heard that, on...

Gas installer pretended to be gas safe prosecuted

A gas installer has been fined after carrying out gas work while falsely claiming to be gas safe registered on two domestic properties in the Manchester area. Manchester Magistrates’ Court...