Leeds Carpenter, Terry Ellis, very sadly died last June of Mesothelioma; a cancer of the lining of the lungs, aged 72. He has been exposed to asbestos at two Leeds companies where had worked in the 1960’s; George Whimpey and John Atkinson and Sons Ltd. Mesothelioma is a very aggressive form of cancer and it […]

The Yorkshire Evening Post have recently published a story about the call for asbestos to be removed from classrooms in Leeds schools. As we reported back in September, latest figures show that 75% of English and Welsh schools contain asbestos. Campaigners want asbestos to be removed from classrooms. Every parent wants their child to be educated in a […]

A recent Parliamentary report has estimated that an astonishing 75%  of schools in England and Wales contain the material, according to The London Evening Standard (09.09.2014). 46 year old Sarah Bowman received a payout from Brent Council after being given a year to live in 2009,when she was diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma. Ms Bowman went into […]