Bangor pier: potential £1m shortfall for maintenance work

Wales’ second longest pier could face a potential shortfall of £1m for vital maintenance work. Bangor’s Garth Pier should undergo a 25-year overhaul within the next two years. But because of its location in the protected marine environment of the Menai Strait, it is estimated that the cost of the work could exceed £2m. Bangor [...]

Ipswich port worker’s tyre burst death ’caused by corrosion’

Corrosion of a fork-lift truck wheel was a “likely scenario” when a tyre exploded fatally injuring a worker at a Suffolk port, an inquest heard. Gary Deaves, 48, an Associated British Ports (ABP) mechanic at Ipswich Docks died from head injuries after the tyre he was removing exploded in 2010. Mr Deaves, of Ipswich, was [...]

Playground equipment removed after safety failure

A playground in County Durham (UK) has been reduced to just one toy after its other rides and equipment were removed for failing a health and safety inspection. For years Allergate play area in Durham City had swings, a see-saw and slides, but they have now been taken away, leaving just a spring-mounted toy bike. [...]

B-17 Flying Fortress conservation work begins

A conservation team has begun a 16-month project to transform a World War II American bomber. The B-17 Flying Fortress, Mary Alice, had been on display at the American Air Museum, part of Imperial War Museum (IWM) Duxford, in Cambridgeshire. Conservators will carry out remedial anti-corrosion work and repaint the aeroplane. The wings, propellers and [...]

Canal bridge gets £450,000 restoration

UK: A Victorian canal aqueduct in Derbyshire is to be restored in a £450,000 project. The aqueduct is 163 years old and takes the Cromford Canal over the Derby to Matlock railway line. The canal has recently been drained due to corrosion problems in the bridge’s cast iron structure. Repairs to the aqueduct and the [...]