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News for November & December 2005

 

Covering the period 1st November to 31st December 2005

 

Comment

·      Looking Forward

·      Safety doesn't "just" happen

Safety Tip

·        Cold Weather

News

·        A landmark achievement for the Horse Industry as its first ever Strategy is launched 

·        BHIC players get ready for action

·        Industry unites to tackle insurance

·        ‘Safety Matters Fun Day’ in Bedfordshire

·        Concussion rules stretch to Point-to-Point riders

·       Weather Update

Appointments

·        Robin Cook's successor named

·        Suggett appointed to BEF board

Training Initiatives

·        New qualifications to help reduce accidents and ill health on farms

People Welfare

·        Criminal Records Bureau checks compulsory for new British Horse Society Registered Instructors

·        Racing world tackles suicides

Horse Welfare

·        Welfare guidelines updated

·        Sugar beet welfare crime

·        Thieves target rugs as cold weather bites

Fire

·        Arson by fireworks kills colt

·        Arson attack on hunt kennels

Accidents

·        Kelly-Ann rides again

·        Woman dies in collision with horse

·        Carriage horses cause traffic chaos

·        Accidental death verdict on rider

HSE News

·        Update on the review of the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981

·        HSE publishes up to date guidance on safe operation of vehicles in the workplace

·        Responding to the Better Regulation Challenge

Legislation Update

·        Compensation Bill

Legal Cases

·        Paralysed trainer wins £1.5m compensation

·        Civil case hits polo insurance cover

·        Crash driver offered course

·        New Forest stallions: a public threat?

Looking Forward - Diary Dates

·        Safety with Horses

·        BETA International 2006

·        The National Equine Forum

Ongoing......

·        BETA's Body Protector Survey Continues......

and finally....

·        Clamping down on illegal roadside adverts

 

Read the full details of all these items and more in the November & December 2005 archive >>> 

 

 

Comment

·      Safety is no accident.......

Safety Tip

·      Remember, Remember the 5th of November – and beyond…

News

·      BHS Safety Symposium discusses MoD low-level flying issue

·      New Horse Safety training programme

·      Water company brands hosepipes ‘hazardous’

·      The BHS achieves Umbrella Body status with the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB)

·      Have your say on equestrian facilities

·      Dismay at Jockey Club's safety decision

·      Buyers warned to beware of second-hand hats on eBay

·      The British Horse Society launches Government Affairs Register

·      Are we in for a severely cold Winter this year?

Appointments

·      ABRS……..A New Chairman in West Sussex

·      New Director of Access, Safety and Welfare at the BHS

·      Graham Cory to head up BHIC

Road Safety

·      Councils act on slippery Stone Mastic Ashphalt (SMA) roads

People Welfare

·      Safety first: financial protection for grooms

Horse Welfare

·      Animal Welfare Bill

·      Ragwort will kill 1,000 horses this year

·      The British Horse Society reiterates the importance of educating first time horse owners

·      Public urged to take part in the Health and Welfare Strategy for the Horse, Pony and Donkey

·      DEFRA details emergency plans

Fire

·      Top stallions escape stud blaze

Accidents

·      Tragic accident at Gatcombe Park event

·      Young event rider in critical condition

·      Jockey Club to hold enquiry after horrific fall

·      Show horse dies in road smash

·      Horse electrocuted on rail track 

·      Stud left with £2000 vet bill from firework panic

·      Runaway horse is killed by lorry 

·      Biker injured in crash with horse 

·      Shire causes havoc at Devon show

Legislation Update & HSE News

·      HSE Campaign - Watch Your Step

Legal Cases

·      High Court damages claim escalates to £1m

Looking Forward - Diary Dates

·      Your Horse Live

·      Safety Matters - Safety Fun Day

·      "The Frangible Pin - 2006 and beyond"

·      National Equine Forum expands for 2006

Ongoing......

 

·      BETA's Body Protector Survey Continues......

and finally....

·      Park and Ride…The Equine Way

·      Dobbin is a rescue thoroughbred 

 

Read the full details of all these items and more in the August, September & October 2005 archive >>> 

  

News for May, June & July 2005

 

Comment

·        Working together to save the Industry

Safety Tips for Summer.....

·        Your Riding Hat needs you......

·        Planning a journey by road for you and your Horse?

·        Give me sunshine......

News

·        Improvement in Liability Insurance Markets

·        Another riding school bites the dust

·        Riding schools turn away budget hats

·        Inventor develops 'unsafe' hat warning system 

·        New high performance hat standard approved

·        No Charges for muck heaps, says Defra

·        Racing week: Spotlight on jockeys' health

·        Racing week: Thumbs-up for safer goggles

·        Anti-clockwise for safety?

·        Further news of Chris Kinane

·        Road rage driver targets riders

·        Strategy for the Horse Industry in England and Wales - progress update

Health and Safety Executive

·        Sensible Health and Safety

·        Better Backs

Road Safety

·        BHS plans hi-tech rights of way database

·        Hickstead hosts road safety day

·        Bridleways

Horse Welfare

·        New Animal Health and Welfare Advisory Group Appointed

·        Animal welfare to take centre stage in Parliament

·        Blackpool donkeys to be protected by employment rights.

Fire

·        'Disgraceful' fire youth gets two years

Accidents

·        Talented young jockey killed

·        Cheshire woman dies in training fall

·        Somerset coroner rules 'freak accident'

·        Trainer died after horse slipped, inquest hears

·        Rider's death 'accidental'

·        King's Troop horse dies in display collision

·        Horse put down after collision with car

·        Lifeboat rescues foal from cliff face

·        Runaway horses take motorway slip

Legislation Update

·        The proposed new Compensation Bill was announced in the Queen's Speech.

Legal Cases

·        Rider wins damages from bus company

Looking Forward - Diary Dates

·        The BHS Safety Conference

·        Your Horse Live

·        The British Equine Event - 5 & 6 November 2005 - Stoneleigh Park.

Ongoing......

·        BETA's Body Protector Survey Continues......

·        Low Flying Aircraft...

and finally....

·        Recipe for riding school success

·        Reflective Donkeys

 

Read the full details of all these items and more in the May, June & July 2005 archive >>> 

  

• The Promotion of Volunteering Bill fails to become law
• Tackling rising insurance costs for riding schools
• Stable fire claims four horses
• BETA, equestrian retailers and other equestrian businesses look at ways to encourage more people to take up riding.
• BETA's Body Protector Survey Continues......
• Fireworks - RSPCA campaign update

• Learning to Ride guidance added to the For Everyone section
• Risk Assessment section updated
• Reference document "The health and safety system in Great Britain" added to Waxed Jackets corner

 

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