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17/01/2011
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Deadline Looms For Tax Returns
As the 31 January deadline fast approaches, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) are calling upon those who haven't yet sent in their tax return. Any outstanding 2009/10 returns must be filed online by 31 January 2011. Failing to submit on time could result in a £100 late-filing penalty. Register online for a User ID. An Activation Code will then be posted out within seven working days. When the Self Assessment service is activated, filing online can begin. For those who have filed online before, have the User ID and password available - it can take seven working days to receive replacements. 31 January 2011 is also the deadline for paying any tax owed for the 2009/10 tax year.
Police Arrest Male Over 'Petrol Bomb' Incident
Police have arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with the throwing of a flaming object in Parliament Square during the student protest of 9 December 2010. The number of arrests now comes to 59. The boy is being questioned in a south London police station. Enquiries continue.
Quarry Fined After Stone Crushes Worker's Leg
A Moreton-in-Marsh quarry owner has been prosecuted after blocks of stone fell onto a worker, breaking his leg. Ian Stanley Bond, owner of Stanley's Quarry, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after Nicholas Enston, 47, from Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire, was injured while removing scants, pieces of stone pre-cut into a block, at the quarry, on 22 July 2009. Mr Enston was manually removing each piece, using a forklift truck to transport them. However, the stones were not properly stabilised and as he was working on the block, a number of scants broke free and fell onto his lower body, breaking his left leg in two places. Gloucester Magistrates' Court heard how Mr Enston was working alone and was unable to call for help. He had to use a nearby hammer to move a lever on the forklift truck and use the forks to lift the scants off his body. He then managed to lift himself up to the cab of the truck and sound the horn. The HSE investigation found the stones had not been secured properly and that Mr Enston should not have been working alone when carrying out this type of work. His line manager had not received any appropriate health and safety training and had failed to carry out a risk assessment or put a system in place for working safely with scants, including a system for securing them properly. Ian Stanley Bond, owner of Stanley's Quarry, of Moreton-in-Marsh, admitted breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act. He was ordered to pay a fine of £5,000 plus £8,790 in costs.
(BMcN)
As the 31 January deadline fast approaches, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) are calling upon those who haven't yet sent in their tax return. Any outstanding 2009/10 returns must be filed online by 31 January 2011. Failing to submit on time could result in a £100 late-filing penalty. Register online for a User ID. An Activation Code will then be posted out within seven working days. When the Self Assessment service is activated, filing online can begin. For those who have filed online before, have the User ID and password available - it can take seven working days to receive replacements. 31 January 2011 is also the deadline for paying any tax owed for the 2009/10 tax year.
Police Arrest Male Over 'Petrol Bomb' Incident
Police have arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with the throwing of a flaming object in Parliament Square during the student protest of 9 December 2010. The number of arrests now comes to 59. The boy is being questioned in a south London police station. Enquiries continue.
Quarry Fined After Stone Crushes Worker's Leg
A Moreton-in-Marsh quarry owner has been prosecuted after blocks of stone fell onto a worker, breaking his leg. Ian Stanley Bond, owner of Stanley's Quarry, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after Nicholas Enston, 47, from Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire, was injured while removing scants, pieces of stone pre-cut into a block, at the quarry, on 22 July 2009. Mr Enston was manually removing each piece, using a forklift truck to transport them. However, the stones were not properly stabilised and as he was working on the block, a number of scants broke free and fell onto his lower body, breaking his left leg in two places. Gloucester Magistrates' Court heard how Mr Enston was working alone and was unable to call for help. He had to use a nearby hammer to move a lever on the forklift truck and use the forks to lift the scants off his body. He then managed to lift himself up to the cab of the truck and sound the horn. The HSE investigation found the stones had not been secured properly and that Mr Enston should not have been working alone when carrying out this type of work. His line manager had not received any appropriate health and safety training and had failed to carry out a risk assessment or put a system in place for working safely with scants, including a system for securing them properly. Ian Stanley Bond, owner of Stanley's Quarry, of Moreton-in-Marsh, admitted breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act. He was ordered to pay a fine of £5,000 plus £8,790 in costs.
(BMcN)
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