Asbestos find spoils festive fun.A DEADLY find in a popular Black Country park has forced council bosses to call off a family Christmas event. Health and safety fears were sparked after asbestos asbestos, mineral asbestos, common name for any of a variety of silicate minerals within the amphibole and serpentine groups that are fibrous in structure and more or less resistant to acid and fire. was found in a Doe DOE - Distributed Object Environment: a distributed object-oriented application framework from SunSoft. Bank Park building which had been set to accommodate Santa's Grotto as part of the festive fes·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or appropriate for a feast or festival. 2. Merry; joyous: a festive party. celebrations. Contractors working for Walsall Council made the discovery in the Phasey park garage, which also houses a boiler, during part of a programme to identify remnants of the cancer-causing material in Greenspace Services buildings. As a result, council bosses have cancelled the Christmas in the Park event, that had been scheduled for the weekend. Tim Challans, Walsall Council assistant director of leisure, said: "We regret having to cancel what is traditionally a very popular event in the community but people's health and safety cannot be compromised." A council spokesman added: "There are many other seasonal events going on around the borough, details of which can be found on our website, www. whatsonwalsall.co.uk" |
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