A company based in Burton has been fined £12,000 after an employee had to have his leg amputated following a work-related accident.

An employee of a council who suffered a serious accident at work and sustained fractures to his leg has been successful in his personal injury compensation claim.

The injured worker, who remains unnamed, was employed as a supervisor in the Grounds Maintenance Department at a local authority and was carrying out his daily duties at a council owned allotment when the accident at work occurred.

A former teacher who says her career was ruined when one of her pupils poisoned her drink with blackboard cleaner has launched a £700,000 compensation claim.

52-year-old Shaaira Alexis of Bermondsey, South-East London, drank the fluid after a female pupil sneaked into her classroom at Brampton Manor School in Newham, East London, and poured it into her drinking bottle.

A work man who sustained serious injuries when he was involved in an accident at work has been awarded personal injury compensation last month.

Mr Lee Sharples, who is 31 years of age, was employed by a Salford based firm known as Rosser and Russell. The company provide numerous services such as design and installation.