The Northern Echo reported on the 6th September 2007 that a former member of a council at the centre of a scandal which saw staff exposed to deadly asbestos has called for the senior officers, who were in charge at the time to be named.
Employees at Woodhouse Close Leisure Complex in Bishop Auckland were allowed to carry on working in the building for five years, even though their bosses had been given an official warning by inspectors that it contained asbestos.
Wear Valley Disctrict Council was fined £18,000 after it admitted six serious breaches of health and safety law. None of the executives who were in charge at the time appeared in court however because they no longer work for the authority.
Now retired councillor, Derek Jago has called for the officers responsible to be identified.
To read a full account, please click on the following link:
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/display.var.1667998.0.asbestos_scandal_name_the_culprits.php
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