A County Durham man has been jailed and a Tyneside firm and one of its directors fined after a demolition worker fell to his death from a cherry picker that was knocked over by a falling roof beam.

Global defence company BAE Systems has been ordered to pay almost £350,000 in fines and costs after a worker died when he was crushed by the 145-tonnes weight of a metal press at its East Yorkshire plant.

Previous work has shown that noise emission data provided by manufacturers can be of variable quality and based on standards that no longer exist. The aim of the project was to assess the suitability of information on noise emission required under the Supply of Machinery and Noise Emission Regulations.

HSE Chair Judith Hackitt on taking up the role of President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers and whether she would still choose to be a chemical engineer if applying to go to university today.

A worker at one of the world’s largest metal recycling firms was killed because of a failing to properly segregate people and moving vehicles, a court has heard.