Gas Stories in the News from HSE

• Gas engineer left pub kitchen at risk February 17, 2012
  A gas engineer from Ascot has been fined for work he carried out on a commercial catering gas installation in a local pub, despite not being registered for such work. […]
• St Helens man sentenced over gas explosion February 14, 2012
  The Managing Director of a St Helens gas supply firm has appeared in court after he and an employee suffered multiple burns in an explosion. […]
• RR908 – Vapour cloud formation: Experiments and modelling February 13, 2012
  Hazard analysis for overfilling of a tank with a volatile liquid is a complex and important problem but (prior to the Buncefield incident) had not been the subject of significant research effort. […]
• Students keep gas safe – CO poisoning: don’t become a statistic February 13, 2012
  According to HSE statistics, every year around 15 people die from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. By law, your landlord has to make sure that the gas appliances supplied in your rented accommodation are safe for you to use. As a student, gas safety may not be your top priority, but knowing your rights when you […]
• Illegal Gloucestershire gasman lied about credentials February 10, 2012
  A Gloucestershire man has been prosecuted for carrying out remedial gas work at a restaurant in Cheltenham while falsely claiming to be registered with Gas Safe Register. […]
• Landlord prosecuted for putting students at risk February 10, 2012
  A Glasgow GP has given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay costs after failing to maintain a gas boiler at a student flat he owned in Oxford. […]
• Bradford man prosecuted for illegal gas work February 8, 2012
  A gas fitter from Bradford has been sentenced after leaving an elderly woman at risk when he fitted a new boiler at her home. […]
• Unregistered gas engineer left householders in danger February 3, 2012
  An illegal gas engineer lied to a householder about being registered to the industry body and left one property at risk of explosion after carrying out work at premises in Cheltenham. […]

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BBC News for Edinburgh

• Wrasse move over salmon parasite February 22, 2012
  A full-scale operation is being launched to farm and deploy wrasse in salmon cages in a bid to reduce sea lice levels. […]
• Murder trial hears from colleague February 22, 2012
  A colleague of Edinburgh bookeeper Suzanne Pilley tells a jury she became concerned when she failed to turn up for work. […]
• Wildlife management study planned February 22, 2012
  Views are to be sought by a public agency next month on how wildlife is managed in Scotland. […]
• Stirling Albion 1-1 Cowdenbeath February 21, 2012
  Lewis Coult earns a point for Second Division leaders Cowdenbeath in an entertaining draw with struggling Stirling Albion. […]
• East Fife 1-2 Dumbarton February 21, 2012
  Dumbarton score two second-half goals as they come from behind to beat East Fife at the Bayview Stadium. […]
• Lothian buses to increase fares February 21, 2012
  Bus passengers in Edinburgh are facing a new round of fare increases from 4 March. […]
• Minister checks railway progress February 21, 2012
  Transport Minister Keith Brown visits the Borders to check on progress being made on the rail route linking the region to Edinburgh. […]