The UK law says that all demolition, dismantling and structural alterations should be carefully planned and carried out competent practitioners. Principal designers must plan, manager, monitor and coordinate health and safety issues in the pre-construction phase to allow the principal contractor to keep people as far as possible from the risks.
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered by a US court to pay more than £85m ($110m) to Los Slemp (62) from Virginia, Missouri, who says she developed ovarian cancer after using its talcum powder. Prosecutors argued the company did not adequately warn about the cancer risks associated with its talcum powder. Experts say links with ovarian…
The Sunday Times, before Murdoch bought it, was a world leader in investigative journalism, innovation and integrity, although the paper still commits good journalism. Sir Harold Evans the former editor of The Sunday Times, has a benign proprietor ( Roy Thompson) who exempted Evans’ domain from his robust views on profit. Evans always employed…
Peter Marshall’s generously written people’s history and a reinterpretation of the story of the English Reformation, as his narrative avoids irregularities in the story and explains why Reformation was neither “just about religion” nor “ really about politics.” Protestantisation was adopted by English Monarchs as an established faith make enemies at home and abroad,…
The Golden era of adventurous travel has come to an end, is the two tales of a city, and its historical race to reach one of the world’s most mythologised places. Timbuktu is a tantalising paradise, where even the slaves wore gold. In the eighteenth century, a series of explorers in the name of discovery…
A Booker helicopter crashed in Buckinghamshire injuring three men with “life-threatening” injuries. Police and fire crews were called at the Wycombe Air Park in Clay Lane, Booker, just after 09:40 BST. According to South Central Ambulance Service, the aircraft has three men on board, ended up on its side. An ambulance spokesman said one man…
Prince Philip marks end of 70 years of public service The 95-year-old Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip to step down from public engagements in autumn, marking the end of 70 years of public service, according to Buckingham Palace. The decision taken with the full support of the Queen was not due to any deterioration in…
British Engineering giant Rolls-Royce will pay £671m to settle corruption cases with UK and US authorities. The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) found a conspiracy to corrupt or failure to prevent bribery by Rolls-Royce in China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Russia, Nigeria and Malaysia. A UK court ruled the aerospace firm would pay £497m plus costs…
India to overtake Germany by 2022 as the world’s fourth-largest economy and push Britain out of the top five based on growth projections by the International Monetary Fund. On the way of course there may several challenges, which include executing a wide-ranging overhaul of the present tax system, sorting out the distressed assets among major…
Anthony Joshua, an ex-bricklayer, who was once on drug charges, is now the first billionaire heavyweight boxing star. He still plans to keep living with his mum at home. Anthony Joshua knocked out Ukranian Wladimir Klitschko by producing the best performance of his career to add the WBA world heavy weight title to his crown…