Businessman admits fire safety breaches

A Nottinghamshire businessman has pleaded guilty to breaching fire safety regulations at Nottingham Crown Court. David Chapelhow (48) of Wellow, pleaded guilty to six charges relating to deficiencies in the fire risk assessment, means of escape and fire alarms, as...

Restaurant fire safety

Thai Manor boss spared jail after troubling fire safety breaches. A former restaurant boss who put customers’ lives at risk has been spared jail, but ordered to pay costs totalling more than £5,000 according to sunderlandecho. A judge said the fire safety breaches by...

Wokingham Guest House owner fined for breaches in fire safety

A guest house owner has been fined after admitting a number of fire safety breaches according to getreading.co.uk. Derrick Rands, joint owner of Wokingham Guest House, in Oxford Road, appeared before Reading Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday accused of five...

Blackdown Hall fire was ’caused by electrical fault’

A severe fire at an Edwardian apartment block in Leamington Spa was probably caused by an electrical fault, a chief firefighter has said according to bbc.co.uk. The blaze at Blackdown Hall started on the first floor of one of the flats at around 13:45 GMT on Wednesday...