Dec
15
THE operator of a North Devon scrapyard and skip hire company has been jailed for nine months after ordering employees to bury asbestos on the site.
Petra Bond, 66, of Aish Park, Shebbear was sent to prison by a judge at Exeter Crown Court.
Her son Julian Goddard, 40, of Old Barnstaple Road, Bideford, was fined £3,750 [...]
Dec
8
A skip company boss has doubled a reward to catch an arsonist who has targeted his yard because no-one has been caught – a year after the first attack.
Brendan Reynolds, of First Reynolds Skip Hire, in Wigmore Lane, West Reading, experienced three arson attacks at his yard – two in November last year and one [...]
Dec
3
Two unclaimed rubbish skips marred the switch on of the Christmas Lights in Devizes, near Bristol, last weekend. The light switch on, and other planned celebrations in the town were hampered by the positioning of two unkempt skips in the town centre area near the canal. The skips, which are reported to have been standing [...]