At least 104 people were killed in Myanmar when a 60-meter-high (200-foot-high) hill of tailings from a jade mine collapsed onto the huts of sleeping workers.

Five people are believed to be injured following reports of an explosion at a steelworks in Cardiff.

Shares in BHP Billiton slumped after a dam which it part-owns in Brazil burst on Thursday evening

Rescuers at the site of a collapsed factory in Pakistan continued to dig through the rubble on Thursday, as the death toll rose to at least 21, officials said, describing the latest tragedy to spotlight poor safety standards in South Asia.

First Speaker to address Trades Union Congress skirts around trade union bill but praises campaigning for fairness and equality in workplace

A witness described how two workers were left hanging by their hands from the eighth floor ledge of a building after a construction lift came away from the wall. The drama took place on the site of...

Elles véhiculent une triste réputation. Les prisons africaines sont devenues de «véritables mouroirs». Les prisonniers y meurent de torture, de faim et de

The National Union for Teachers' demands its removal from all schools

A second body is found in the search for workers missing after a fire at a Cheshire wood flour mill.

A fruit farm manager is found guilty of the manslaughter of two workers who died while retrieving prize apples from a storage container in Hampshire.

A scrap metal dealer died in hospital from a blood clot in one of his lungs a week after suffering a head injury in a fall at work, an inquest heard.

David Stevens, of Knighton, Leicester, was...

A security guard was wounded and a nurse attacked while they were on duty at Leicester Royal Infirmary's urgent care centre. The male guard was wounded on the arm with a "sharp...

A woman suffered fatal injuries in a fall at a skip hire and recycling centre.

The accident happened at E Taylor in Leicester Road, Hinckley, on Wednesday morning.

The woman, who has not...

The lack of transparency around mental health investment is shocking at a time services are under strain

A factory worker who suffered devastating hand injuries in an accident at work has spoken about the moment his arm became trapped in a machine.

Andrew Newbold, 54, from Whitwick, was in...

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The number of British army personnel has been cut back by 20,000, three years ahead of target, according to statistics from the Ministry of Defence.

Lancashire police have launched a murder investigation after Stephen Whitehead was pronounced dead at Pendle Skips site

A third body is found in the search for workers missing since a fire at a wood flour mill in Cheshire.

Andrew Stocker, 57, convicted of manslaughter after two workers died in attempt to collect best specimens for fruit show from oxygen-deprived unit