The oil industry’s worst nightmare came true on July 6, 1988. The Piper Alpha oil platform suffered a catastrophic explosion, ...

“The event has faded from the nation’s memory,” reflects the introduction to a major new film, Unforgotten: The Bradford City ...

Falkirk Trades Union Council marked International Workers Memorial Day for the last time in Falkirk town centre on Saturday ...

Explosion in the North Sea: Episode Image Episode 10Explosion in the North Sea The oil rig Piper Alpha became the site of the world's greatest offshore disaster when a gas leak caused catastrophe, ...

The world's worst offshore disaster was on the Piper Alpha rig in 1988 when 167 men died. Oil production has slowed in the past decade but new discoveries are still being made in the North Sea.

Over the years he has been instructed in cases surrounding the Piper Alpha disaster, the 1999 Ladbroke Grove rail crash, the 2005 Buncefield explosion, and safety failures at the Elsenham railway ...

Award-winning film about the battle to protect one of Scotland’s most remarkable homes to screen at at 5pm on Saturday 3 May ...

Within three weeks of the fire, came the Heysel disaster, when 39 fans died in ... the Lockerbie plane bombing, the Piper Alpha oil rig explosion and the Hillsborough stadium crush, all with ...