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Cardiff firm fined £20,000 after mechanic breaks hip

Cardiff firm fined £20,000 after mechanic breaks hip

January 10, 2011 No Comments

A Cardiff-based truck and van company has been fined £20,000 after a mechanic fell from a makeshift platform attached to a forklift truck. The 21-year-old HGV mechanic fractured his hip when he fell 15 feet at Fairwood Truck Centre in Rogerstone, Newport. Watts Truck & Van (Cardiff) Ltd was prosecuted by the Health and Safety ...

Remembrance Sunday in Cardiff

Remembrance Sunday in Cardiff

November 6, 2009 No Comments

The observance of Remembrance Sunday in Cardiff will take place this year on November 8. Detachments from the Royal Navy, the Army, the Royal Air Force, the Wales University Royal Navy Unit, the Army’s University Officer Training Corp and the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets, will march from King Edward VII Avenue via Museum Avenue ...