Industry

Traders in Londonderry have welcomed the reopening of one of the city's busiest streets after it was closed for eight months. Foyle Street closed in August 2024 to allow for a £4.2m major upgrade to the water and sewerage infrastructure. …

Plans have been submitted for two barges that could be used for bombing practice at a Ministry of Defence site in Lincolnshire. The boats would be based at Holbeach Air Weapons Range, near Gedney Drove End. The RAF and planes …

The event promised "a taste of Holland" – a country famous for its vast tulip fields – and also features Dutch street food and live entertainment. While the garden is open, so-called tulip guardians will maintain the fields while encouraging …

A Kent partnership which aims to tackle vapes being sold illegally and to people who are underage is being extended to a second town in the county. The Local Vape Action (LVA) pilot was launched in Tunbridge Wells in September …

A Kent nature reserve is playing a key role in efforts to revive southern England's dwindling curlew population. Thirty-nine chicks have successfully hatched and are being raised in captivity as part of a project to save one of Britain's most …

Birmingham City Council says 12,803 tonnes of uncollected waste have accumulated on the streets of the city this week, as an all-out strike by refuse workers continues. The council said only a small number of waste trucks had been deployed …

A teenage boy suffered a fractured jaw after he was assaulted at a park, police said. The teenager was assaulted from behind as he was walking through St Nicholas Park, Warwick, with a friend at about 17:00 BST on 12 …

Overseas people working in adult social care have said they are "afraid" about proposed changes aimed at making it harder for international workers to remain in the UK. Currently carers gain the right to live and work here indefinitely if …

Former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila is back in the country for the first time in two years, having arrived in the rebel-held eastern city of Goma, spokespeople for the rebels as well as a youth leader from …

A student said he was inspired by a charity's hospital volunteering scheme to change his intended career. Southampton University student Raahat Shah was studying pharmaceutical chemistry but accompanied his granddad to an eye hospital appointment and he became interested with …