Week Commencing 04/11/2019 – In The News

A blue tractor on a green field with a tree against a cloudy blue sky.

Farming Partnership Fined After Member of the Public Killed The Farming Partnership B A L Ackroyd has been fined £18,000 with costs of £10,690 after a member of the public was killed. On 22 February 2017, the deceased was struck by a telescopic loader being driven by farmer Anthony Ackroyd. Mr Ackroyd was driving a telescopic loader […]

Ban on Throwing Mortarboards ‘tired health and safety myth’

Graduates throwing mortarboards in the air

Students have been banned from throwing their mortarboards in the air at the University of East Anglia (UEA), with health and safety being used as an erroneous excuse. According to The Tab, the student newspaper for the university in Norwich, students have been urged to mime a throwing action and have hats digitally added to […]