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Plans to develop a derelict site that was once home to the world’s largest asbestos firm are expected to be lodged before the end of 2024.
Date Published 14/12/2021
A site that was once home to the world’s largest asbestos manufacturer has been bought by Castleford-based ESG Trading Ltd.
Date Published 09/11/2021
An educational and research body dedicated to archiving documents related to asbestos, environmental and occupational disease named The Spodden Valley Trust has been launched at...
Date Published 04/02/2020
Local residents are concerned that suspected asbestos near the former Turner Brothers Asbestos factory could become airborne after this summer’s wet weather.
Date Published 03/10/2019
Rochdale MP Tony Lloyd has expressed his concerns about the former Turner Brothers Asbestos site in a letter to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Amber Rudd MP.
Date Published 14/08/2019
Rochdale Online can exclusively reveal that a section of River Spodden banking, once owned by Turner Brothers Asbestos (TBA), has recently collapsed into the watercourse -...
Date Published 17/04/2019
Concerns of trespassing on the former Turner Brothers Asbestos factory site was just one of several issues raised at the latest area forum meeting.
Date Published 08/06/2018
The Save Spodden Valley campaign group is calling attention to an important scientific study that has just been released linking environmental exposure to asbestos with an...
Date Published 11/10/2017
Save Spodden Valley have responded to the special Spotland and Falinge Area Forum meeting discussing the air survey results of the former Turner Brothers Asbestos site (TBA).
Date Published 09/10/2017
The council-commissioned air survey of the former Turner Brothers Asbestos site in Spodden Valley cost £26,000 of public money, a special Spotland and Falinge Area Forum on Monday...
Date Published 03/10/2017
In response to the recent publication of air monitoring results for the former Turner Brothers Asbestos (TBA) site, Rochdale Online has interviewed Jason Addy, of the Save Spodden...
Date Published 27/09/2017
The long-awaited results of Rochdale Borough Council’s airborne asbestos survey at the former Turner Brothers Asbestos site have been released by Bureau Veritas - just one...
Date Published 26/09/2017
A meeting regarding the results of Rochdale Borough Council’s air monitoring test at the former Turner Brothers Asbestos (TBA) site will take place at the Spotland and Falinge...
Date Published 25/09/2017
Local residents have expressed concern over painted markings on a blocked road leading to the former asbestos factory site in the Spodden Valley, however the Council has explained...
Date Published 25/07/2017
Spectacular drone footage captured by local resident Carl Faulkner has revealed just how dilapidated the former Turner Brothers Asbestos (TBA) site has become since its demise in...
Date Published 21/07/2017
Anger and frustration were expressed by residents at the latest Spotland and Falinge Forum meeting on 13 July as many questions about the former Turner Brothers Asbestos site...
Date Published 20/07/2017
Local and international asbestos issues have been discussed at a conference organised by the Greater Manchester Asbestos Victim Support (GMAVSG).
Date Published 06/07/2017
An old water pipe has been isolated at the former Turner Brothers Asbestos factory in Spodden Valley after a leak was reported on Wednesday (3 May).
Date Published 06/05/2017
Hammering and banging noises have been recorded at the former Turner Brothers Asbestos (TBA) site in Spodden Valley.
Date Published 29/03/2017
The investigation at the former Turner Brothers Asbestos (TBA) site in Spodden Valley is now complete, four months after the surveying began in November.
Date Published 06/03/2017
Concern is once again being voiced regarding the 'secrecy' of tests being conducted at the controversial former Turner Brothers Asbestos site (TBA) in Spodden Valley.
Date Published 24/02/2017
A well known Rochdale campaigner entered into the spirit of the New Year Honour’s list by being awarding a special tribute of his own – by his wife.
Date Published 12/01/2017
Derek Addy, a well-known and popular local man, has died after a short illness, aged 84. Born on Rooley Moor Road in 1932, he had eight decades of working, business and...
Date Published 08/12/2016
Following the open meeting on 22 September in relation to the former Turner Brothers Asbestos site, Rochdale Online put further questions to Rochdale Borough Council - 'answers'...
Date Published 05/10/2016
An investigation is due to be undertaken to assess the ground quality at the former Turner Brothers Asbestos site. It is understood various addresses on Rooley Moor Road have...
Date Published 09/09/2016
Residents have expressed outrage after discovering that the former Turner Brothers Asbestos (TBA) site is being used as a dumping ground for industrial waste – without permission...
Date Published 08/07/2016
Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk and council leader Richard Farnell have won a Government commitment to help clear up the toxic legacy of the former Turner Brothers Asbestos works.
Date Published 04/03/2016
Bosses at the Turner & Newall asbestos factory in Spodden Valley, Rochdale, spied on journalists and environmental campaigners who exposed the killer dust’s dangers and launched a...
Date Published 07/01/2016
For over 12 years, the Save Spodden Valley campaign (SSV) has been working to secure a safe future for the former Turner Brothers Asbestos (TBA) site,once the site of the world's...
Date Published 01/01/2016
An email exchange could cast doubt on the nature of Rochdale Council's “reassurance” testing of air around the former Turner Brothers Asbestos site in the Spodden Valley.
Date Published 28/09/2015
