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Hospital patients 'need fresh air'

22 Feb 2012

Overly sterile conditions in hospital wards may be doing patients more harm than good, one expert has suggested.
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300 evacuated in recycling blaze

21 Feb 2012

Some 60 firefighters and 10 fire engines were called to tackle a fire at an industrial estate recycling centre.
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Humberside homes get sprinklers

20 Feb 2012

Sprinkler systems will be installed in the homes of vulnerable people in a bid to tackle the number of domestic fire deaths.
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Homes to be fitted with CO alarms

17 Feb 2012

The government in Northern Ireland has announced that Housing Executive properties in the region are to be fitted with a total of 40,000 carbon monoxide (CO) detectors.
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Posters highlight CO poison dangers

16 Feb 2012

A 12-year-old pupil at Sheffield High School has won a national poster competition aimed at highlighting the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.
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Labour MP calls for asbestos audit

15 Feb 2012

A Labour MP has urged the Government to establish how many school buildings still contain asbestos and take appropriate action so that children's lives are no longer "put in danger".
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C. diff 'not only spread in wards'

14 Feb 2012

A new study has found that the bacterium Clostridium difficile (C. diff) may not solely be spread through personal contact with infected patients in hospital wards.
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Bug guidance for special care units

13 Feb 2012

England's special care units have been offered guidance on how to deal with pseudomonas bacteria.
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Celebrity chef's HQ damaged by fire

10 Feb 2012

Some 80 firefighters have tackled a fire which "severely damaged" the main barn at River Cottage Park Farm owned by celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
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Probe begins into university fire

09 Feb 2012

An investigation is underway into a blaze which broke out at a university building.
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