The first detection dog in the world to be trained to sniff out forensic markings on stolen metal is set to help police officers crack down on metal theft in the UK. Instead of locating drugs or human remains, a …
Leo and Brenda have been labelled the UK’s ‘most careless’ business owners according to Simply Business, with research revealing the top male and female names most likely to run into trouble in the workplace. Analysis from the UK business insurance …
The head of a project to restore a rare 19th-century British ship badly damaged in a 2007 fire says his team won advice from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip. Philip, also known as the Duke of …
A report from the UK Government’s Transport Select Committee targets the voraciously expanding number of claims for “whiplash,” i.e. soft tissue injuries, as badly in need of reforms. These types of injuries now account for around 70 percent of all …
The liability risks facing company directors and officers are intensifying in the wake of the economic crisis, with regulatory investigations and enquiries posing the greatest perceived threat to companies and their directors. This is according to a new report released …
It’s time to pop open a bottle of bubbly for the holiday season – and it seems some people are willing to risk going to jail to get their hands on some. British police say that thieves have broken into …
Six people are missing and two have been rescued after a cargo ship sank in the Irish Sea early on Sunday in gale force winds off the coast of north Wales, British authorities said. Holyhead Coastguard said the Swanland cargo …
The British Medical Association is calling on the government to ban smoking at all times in cars, a step that would go beyond regulations elsewhere. In research released on Wednesday, the group that represents U.K. doctors said the confined environment …
A series of fridge fires in London was not the first time Turkish appliance maker Arcelik and its UK regulator have responded more slowly than they might to a hazardous appliance (see ). In November 2008 a student in Cork, …
Britain’s opposition Labour Party is proposing that reporters found guilty of phone hacking or other malpractice should be banned from working in the media. A scandal over the illegal accessing of cell phone voicemail messages has already forced the closure …