Thousands of British Steel jobs at the Scunthorpe plant are under threat as two key furnaces are to be closed earlier than anticipated. Unite believes that up to 2,500 workers could be redundant before Christmas. The firm is working out a deal with the government for £600 million to help it switch over to cleaner …
From the Bank Holiday weekend, through the M5, some of the UK's most congestion-prone motorways will be flowing. The mass exodus has no other predictable outcome, with millions of people hitting the road and experiencing enormous delays. Keep reading to learn when to avoid motorways for the sake of less time spent—hopefully—without stress. The M5 …
Bristol is a battleground between building desperately needed homes and green space, including the beloved Bristol Zoo Gardens. Under new Green Party leadership, this may well pit the city's housing crisis against environmental ambitions, making Bristol one of the UK's most important battlegrounds for development. The Battle for Bristol: Housing or Green Spaces? Bristol is …
Visa inches closer to the deal for the buyout of a Cambridge-based company, Featurespace, recognized by its fraud detection technology. Backed by late tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, the deal will value at £700 million. This shows just how a great deal of his impact has been on British startups, even if the deal goes through. …
Ilkay Gündogan, Manchester City's German maestro who etched his name into Manchester City's history books, has made a triumphant return to the Etihad Stadium. News that sent ripples of excitement through the City faithful, longing for the midfielder's signature for so long. Gündogan's decision to come back to City was right after his successful stint …
One of the most prolific strikers to have emerged from Belgium, Romelu Lukaku, is on the threshold of a new chapter in his glistening career. Napoli, the Italian giants, are closing the deal on the Chelsea player in what could turn out to be a massive deal for both player and club alike. According to …
Brian May is synonymous with rock royalty, being a guitarist for Queen. However, over the years, he has taken up another mantle: animal activist, specifically concerning the fate of badgers in the United Kingdom. His latest project is a documentary, Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me, which charts his four-year experiment into whether …
Former Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United ace Jermaine Jenas is rather recognizable to most British sports broadcasts. Now, he has spoken out about the controversy that cost him his job at the BBC. The former midfielder admitted to feeling really ashamed over the situation. Jenas was axed from his jobs on The One Show and …
Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has opened a new pub called The Farmer's Dog in Asthall, near Burford, Oxfordshire. The opening day at the pub saw hundreds of people who were patient enough to spend hours in the queue for their chance to be the first customers through the door for a taste of …
Carol Vorderman has launched a scathing attack on the decline of the TV industry—blaming it on alienating working-class viewers who get their representation on social media instead. During her alternative MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV festival, former Countdown host Vorderman delivered a withering assessment of the current state of television, citing how people have …
Justin and Hailey Bieber [have a great announcement in store for the world, for they are proud parents of a bouncing baby boy. The couple, who tied the knot in 2018]], have recently shared the birth of their first child, a baby boy who has been named Jack Blues Bieber. Thirty-year-old Justin made the happy …
A turbine blade in the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm failed on the 23rd of August, the second incident of such to occur with this particular turbine model after having occurred in the US. Examination of safety measures was carried out. No injury hailed but this was associated with errors of manufacturing. In another …
South London gears up for nine days of travel chaos, with massive rail track upgrades taking full swing. Journeying through a number of stations, such as West Norwood and Beckenham Junction, will seriously go off-kilter during the August 24–September 1 period. Much advance planning and alternate transport arrangements will necessarily be required of passengers. There's …
A recent report had it that many teenagers are turning millionaires before their teenage years, thanks to smart investment by their parents through Junior ISAs. It is within the capacity of JISAs to hold as much as £761,000, and the money should give these teens quite a boost when they finally turn 18. The article …
