New regulations have come into force this month to reduce the risk of electrical fires in rental properties. Anna Pettinger highlights what this means for landlords… I understand I must now have regular electrical inspections carried out on my rental property. Why is this? On April 1, the Electrical Safety Read more…
As I navigated my car down the steep, narrow streets of Sheffield over the weekend, I attempted a fairly innocuous left turn. I then had the bizarre and hair-raising experience of my car sliding sideways, across to the other side of the road and stopping just centimetres from a parked car. Read more…
Every year adults and children are injured or harmed by fireworks despite Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Trading Standards Officers work extremely hard to enforce legislation and prevent accidents. Figures from St John’s Ambulance recorded that 4,506 people visited A&E in 2014-2015 for treatment for a firework-related injury – which Read more…