wales A feed from The Government Says. en-gb Copyright The Government Says 2004-2005 rss@thegovernmentsays.com rss@thegovernmentsays.com Government news 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 1 daily http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=377037&NewsAreaID=2 Storms lashing the West Coast have damaged approximately 50 boats at Abersoch in Wales and 30 worried boat owners were persuaded to come out of the breaking surf for their own safety tonight by Coastguard Teams. &... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=377000&NewsAreaID=2 Health and Safety Executive (HSE) figures show that in the UK in 10 year-period between 1997/98 to 2006/07 there were 399 fatal accidents involving farm workers and 134 of these fatal incidents occurred during the... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=376998&NewsAreaID=2 As preparations for the Pembrokeshire Agricultural Show are well underway, The Land Registry is encouraging people to review their land ownership and make sure that they have it all registered. Land Registry will... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=376933&NewsAreaID=2 At 4.20 pm today Swansea Coastguard received a call that a 20 year old Chinese man on a day trip from London had been seen heading out to Worms Head earlier in the afternoon and had not been seen since lunchtime... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=376937&NewsAreaID=2 At 4.20 pm today Swansea Coastguard received a call that a 20 year old Chinese man on a day trip from London had been seen heading out to Worms Head earlier in the afternoon and had not been seen since lunchtime... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=376906&NewsAreaID=2 Impersonators who sit driving tests for others were today issued a severe warning that their action's are being monitored and will result in prosecution with tougher sentencing by the courts.    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=376636&NewsAreaID=2 The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) and the Motorcycle Industry Association have teamed up with leading motorcycle insurance companies to offer significant insurance discounts to all qualified bikers who successfully... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=376530&NewsAreaID=2 Legislation regarding the use of heavier vehicles for driving tests has been delayed until September 30, 2013. British Ministers have decided to take up this option to allow driving test candidates to continue ... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=376432&NewsAreaID=2 At twenty minutes past two this afternoon, Swansea Coastguard received a 999 call from a mother concerned about three children in the water at Threecliffs near Oxwich, South Wales.    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=376034&NewsAreaID=2 As preparations for the Anglesey Show are well underway, Land Registry is encouraging people to review their land ownership and make sure that they have it all registered. Land Registry will have a marquee at the... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=375766&NewsAreaID=2 Holyhead Coastguard coordinated the rescue of 18 young adults and 2 group leaders on a kayaking trip who had become lost and trapped by the tide in a cove between Portmeirion and Porthmadog on Saturday night. &... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=375774&NewsAreaID=2 A 15 year old boy has died this evening after a desperate rescue attempt to dig him out of a collapsed sand tunnel in the dunes near Burry Port.    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=375762&NewsAreaID=2 Holyhead Coastguard coordinated the rescue of 18 young adults and 2 group leaders on a kayaking trip who had become lost and trapped by the tide in a cove between Portmeirion and Porthmadog on Saturday night. &... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=375762&NewsAreaID=2 Holyhead Coastguard coordinated the rescue of 18 young adults and 2 group leaders on a kayaking trip who had become lost and trapped by the tide in a cove between Portmeirion and Porthmadog on Saturday night. &... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=375762&NewsAreaID=2 Holyhead Coastguard coordinated the rescue of 18 young adults and 2 group leaders on a kayaking trip who had become lost and trapped by the tide in a cove between Portmeirion and Porthmadog on Saturday night. &... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=375755&NewsAreaID=2 A Coastguard Rescue Team rescued a family and their dog from 200 feet down a cliff at Paviland, South Gower.    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=375755&NewsAreaID=2 A Coastguard Rescue Team rescued a family and their dog from 200 feet down a cliff at Paviland, South Gower.    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=375755&NewsAreaID=2 A Coastguard Rescue Team rescued a family and their dog from 200 feet down a cliff at Paviland, South Gower.    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=375755&NewsAreaID=2 A Coastguard Rescue Team rescued a family and their dog from 200 feet down a cliff at Paviland, South Gower.    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=82587&NewsAreaID=2    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=82126&NewsAreaID=2    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=82047&NewsAreaID=2    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=82754&NewsAreaID=2    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=184546&NewsAreaID=2 Two Low Pay Commissioners will visit North Wales on a fact-finding visit about the National Minimum Wage on Thursday 19 January.    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=206330&NewsAreaID=2 A Low Pay Commissioner will visit Swansea on a fact-finding visit about the National Minimum Wage on Wednesday 7 June.    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=325139&NewsAreaID=2 Two Low Pay Commissioners will visit Cardiff on a fact-finding visit about the National Minimum Wage on Wednesday 24 October.    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=297152&NewsAreaID=2 The focus will be on digital aerial and satellite dish installers in North Wales on Friday, as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) joins forces with local authorities to ensure they are working safely.  &... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=296672&NewsAreaID=2 Newport City Council joins 'sign up to sensible risk' campaign    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=302908&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging business in Wales to put good health and safety practice at the top of their list of priorities as statistics show the provisional number of fatalities to workers ... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=303853&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning anyone having gas appliances fitted or serviced to ensure the engineer they are using is competent and CORGI registered.    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=304863&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today warned businesses of the dangers of vehicles in the workplace after two incidents involving forklift trucks at a North Wales food manufacturer.    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=314684&NewsAreaID=2 Grand National-winning jockey Bob Champion will be talking to representatives from the manufacturing industry about his experiences in beating ill health when he addresses a health and safety conference in Mid Wales... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=307275&NewsAreaID=2 With the summer holidays in swing, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is reminding children and their parents to stay safe on farms.    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=306089&NewsAreaID=2 As the school holiday have kicked in, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning Welsh school children and their parents to be aware of construction sites and not to treat them as playgrounds.  &nbsp... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=318258&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging those responsible for the care of young children to ensure sufficient levels of supervision are in place, after the proprietor of a North Wales school was sentenced... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=319609&NewsAreaID=2 The main construction contractor for Newport's Riverfront Arts Centre will be talking about on the importance of taking health and safety issues into account at the design stage, at a seminar to be held in the... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=321658&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will be on hand to offer advice and information to students from the University of Wales, Bangor on Friday, 12 October at a gas appliance safety awareness session.  &nbsp... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=322271&NewsAreaID=2 Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors will carry out a blitz of visits to construction sites across Wales next week    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=322265&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned employers that they must control the risks of falls from height in the workplace. The warning follows an HSE prosecution of a construction company after an incident... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=323072&NewsAreaID=2 For many students, going to University means they will be renting their own home for the first time. Marking the beginning of Carbon Monoxide Week students at Bangor University have been getting advice from the ... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=323781&NewsAreaID=2 The new Chair of the Health and Safety Commission (HSC), Judith Hackitt, today called for action to ensure that bureaucracy in the name of health and safety does not needlessly interfere with Remembrance Day parades... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=326633&NewsAreaID=2 Safety surrounding vehicles used by construction companies is the theme of a seminar supported by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to be held in Colwyn Bay next week.    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=329207&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning consumers to check gas fitters are CORGI registered before allowing them to work on domestic gas appliances. The warning comes after a gas fitter from Wrexham was... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=327238&NewsAreaID=2 Around 132,000 people in Wales suffered from an illness which they believed was caused by or made worse by their current or past work in 2006/07, figures released today by the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) ... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=332323&NewsAreaID=2 Up to 70% of Great Britain's hairdressers suffer skin damage and over half of them will suffer from dermatitis at some point during their career. In support of National Hairdressers' Day, the Health and... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=334697&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning companies whose business involves working at height to ensure they provide suitable safety equipment and have appropriate procedures in place before allowing their... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=343120&NewsAreaID=2 Bridgend County Borough Council today signed up to the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) campaign to combat the growing number of myths that are undermining important health and safety legislation.  &... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=335367&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Local Authorities from across Wales will be looking for a reduction on the 36 million working days lost last year, as they set their priorities for joint working at a conference... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=334965&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is today urging employers to stamp out dangerous working practices after a Port Talbot company was prosecuted for an incident in which one of its employees suffered horrific... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=347862&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning those with a duty of care to vulnerable people to ensure that bedrails are in good condition and fitted properly. It is also essential that their staff are appropriately... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=347883&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning landlords to use only competent CORGI registered gas fitters work on domestic gas appliances. The warning follows HSE's prosecution of a Rhondda landlord after... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=350198&NewsAreaID=2 Last year over half of the workers who died on construction sites worked in refurbishment, and the number of deaths on refurbishment sites rose by 61%. Today, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announced it aims... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=348994&NewsAreaID=2 Powys County Council today signed up to the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) campaign to combat the growing number of myths that are undermining important health and safety legislation.    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=353787&NewsAreaID=2 Corus UK Ltd, trading as Corus Packaging Plus was today fined £250,000 at Swansea Crown Court following an Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation into the death of employee Francis Coles.  &... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=352076&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning anyone having gas appliances fitted or serviced to ensure the engineer they are using is competent and registered, after a mid Wales man was prosecuted for carrying... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=356484&NewsAreaID=2 The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 comes into force on 6 April 2008, and to help raise awareness of employers' responsibilities under the new legislation, the South Wales Working Well... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=356292&NewsAreaID=2 From forklift trucks to articulated lorries - transport in the workplace can pose a risk to employees and the public. Next month, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will be holding free events at Corus' Llanwern... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=356863&NewsAreaID=2 Failure to provide suitable welfare facilities on building sites and safe use of tower scaffolding are just two areas where the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have witnessed varying standards of quality as part... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=356744&NewsAreaID=2 Every 25 minutes, someone breaks or fractures a bone at work according to the latest figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). This week HSE in Wales launches the 'Shattered Lives' campaign, to... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=362255&NewsAreaID=2 Every 25 minutes, someone breaks or fractures a bone at work according to the figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and last year in Wrexham, there were 136 injuries as a result of slips, trips and ... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=362253&NewsAreaID=2 Every 25 minutes, someone breaks or fractures a bone at work according to figures from the (HSE) and last year in the county of Powys, one person died as a result of a fall from height. Another 96 people were injured... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=357921&NewsAreaID=2 Unacceptable performance by refurbishment sector of the construction industry in Wales    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=367488&NewsAreaID=2 At 1030 this morning, Health and Safety Executive and Environment Agency Wales officers were on site at the Chevron terminal in Rover Way, Cardiff, to investigate the loss of containment of a substantial quantity... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=367124&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today issued a safety alert aimed at homeowners, tenants, landlords and heating professionals following five incidents in the last five years where redundant solid fuel ... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=366654&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning companies to ensure its employees working at height have proper safety equipment and that the risk to them is fully assessed.    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=367916&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning plant hire companies to ensure their vehicles are supplied in a safe condition after a Treharris company were prosecuted for hiring out an excavator without suitable... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=369940&NewsAreaID=2 A five-metre fall left Rhondda carpenter David Morgan with serious injuries which may well have ended his career. Following the prosecution of his employers for the incident, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=368781&NewsAreaID=2 Fatalities on Hand-Fed Platen Machines    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=368498&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive is warning construction companies to manage the risks faced by their workers and contractors on building sites after a North Wales worker was seriously injured after falling into ... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=370804&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has applied to the Court of Appeal for leave to appeal to the House of Lords in the case of Regina (Health and Safety Executive) -v- James Godfrey Joseph Porter.  &nbsp... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=372011&NewsAreaID=2 Failures by a North Wales employer to ensure machinery was properly guarded resulted in serious injuries to two members of staff, and a prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), who have warned that ... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=371687&NewsAreaID=2 A North Wales joint inspection programme into caravan sites will be launched by the Heath and Safety Executive (HSE) and Local Authority Environmental Health Officers on Monday, 23 June.    http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=372192&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned the public throughout Wales about potentially unsafe gas installations carried out through a Shrewsbury based company called 'Embers Fires', following the... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=374111&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive has warned the chemical industry to maintain their plant and ensure safe systems of work are in place after a North Wales company was prosecuted following an explosion and fire at... http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=372506&NewsAreaID=2 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released the results of a series of inspections carried out to look at the management of some specific health and safety risks at nursing homes across Wales during March...