Health and safety

latest health and safety news and features

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  Zizzi restaurant refused to blend disabled teenager's food because of health and safety

  May 19th, 2013

  The Zizzi restaurant chain has apologised to the family of a severely disabled teenager after its...

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  The dying art of... boredom, bad TV and bickering

  We usually only notice the big changes between our own childhoods and those of our children, but I...

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  Schoolboy taught in isolation because his tie deemed a health and safety risk

  Feb 15th, 2013

  A boy of 13 was made to do his lessons in isolation because his TIE was deemed a health and safety...

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  School banned homemade cakes from Christmas fair unless they had a food hygiene...

  Dec 5th, 2012

  A school and a local council have backed down after their ban on parents homemade cakes and buns...

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  Kids banned from taking broomsticks to Halloween disco over health and safety fears

  Oct 25th, 2012

  Children were banned from taking sharp plastic props, including toy broomsticks and scythes to a...

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  Two-year-old boy in hospital after drinking corrosive oven cleaner

  Sep 4th, 2012

  A two-year-old boy has been in hospital for three weeks after drinking a corrosive oven-cleaning...

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  National Trust encourages kids to climb trees

  Sep 3rd, 2012

  A National Trust property is attempting to encourage kids to once again enjoy the bygone past-time...

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  Housing bosses confiscate toddler's bike

  Aug 29th, 2012

  A toddler has had his tiny bike confiscated by housing bosses who claim it was causing a fire...

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  Crazy health and safety rules stop parents heating baby food in cafés

  Aug 24th, 2012

  New mum told she could not heat up her baby’s food in a café because of a health and safety risk

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