BBC News: Cwmcarn High School reopens 14 months after asbestos found

A South Wales school which closed 14 months ago after asbestos was discovered is reopening.

Staff and pupils will attend a celebratory assembly to mark their return to Cwmcarn High School in Caerphilly county.


They were due to return in September but the death of a contractor delayed the move.

The school was closed in October 2012 over concerns its 900 pupils could be at risk after asbestos was revealed in a structural report.

Parents and pupils protested against the closure and there were rows with CCBC over what work needed to be carried our and how it would be paid for.

Contractors were eventually brought in to remove the asbestos in June.

In July, James Paul, 26, was working in a suspended ceiling space when he died. It is thought he may have been electrocuted.

The Health and Safety Executive is investigating his death.
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