A Cornish roofer has been sentenced after failing to comply with requests for information from an inspector for Britain’s workplace regulator. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) received a concern after workers had been observed carrying out roof replacement work without any scaffolding being in place. The regulator identified unsafe...

Work in cold conditions is a hazard that needs to be addressed as any workplace hazard needs to be. Unfortunately we can’t control the weather, however we can control exposure to poor whether conditions. The law does not prevent work in cold conditions. It does however require that a risk...

Every winter, as temperatures drop, some of Britain’s most vulnerable citizens seek shelter wherever they can find it. For rough sleepers, a large commercial waste bin might seem like temporary refuge from the cold. But this desperate act of survival can quickly become a death trap. In May 2024, Vitalij...