A science teacher and the son of a colleague both sustained burns when an experiment in the school science lab involving a flammable substance went wrong. 

Employers and other duty-holders have been reminded of the dangers that can be posed by electrical equipment in the workplace, in the wake of recent research into the failure rates of appliances.

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has raised concerns at suggestions that Lord Young’s forthcoming review will advocate that all emergency services should be exempt from health and safety regulations.

The government department in charge of fire safety policy in England and Wales has been served with an enforcement notice in relation to multiple fire-safety failings.

There is a huge problem in consistency in fire safety enforcement across England and Wales and a lack of guidance, but these issues could be remedied if fire safety was covered by the new Primary Authority scheme.