1.   A MAJOR research programme, which could revolutionise vital welding work in the North Sea, has been launched in Aberdeen.

2.   Employees of Crane House Engineering, one of the contractors working on renovation, said fiber glass caught fire following welding work at the top of the tower.

3.   However, they had been seen doing welding work at one of them.

4.   Pettaway got by on welding work.

5.   A local man and three workers were arrested, accused of starting the fire by accident while carrying out outdoor welding work, police said.

6.   It said the shipyard had allowed welding work to be done in the steering gear room while the interconnecting valve of the hydraulic oil valve pumps was leaking.

7.   The Baltic News Service said plant workers spotted a small area smoldering on a floor after some welding work Wednesday afternoon.

8.   The explosion, an apparent industrial accident, occurred at midday on the empty Panormos tanker during welding work, shipyard dispatcher Pawel Woronkiewicz said.

9.   The fire apparently was ignited when molten metal from welding work being done outside the airport dripped onto plastic-covered electrical cables.

10.   The fire apparently was ignited when molten metal from welding work outside the terminal dripped onto the plastic-covered electrical cables.