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DfT document appears to undermine ministers’ claims, saying jobs are likely to go and construction firms could be at riskAn internal Department for Transport briefing on the HS2 project has admitted delays to the high-speed railway will increase costs,…
Twenty-two-year-old from Barrow posted photos on Facebook falsely claiming she had been abusedA woman has been jailed for eight and a half years after being found guilty of lying about being raped and trafficked by an Asian grooming gang, and making fa…
Experiences told to sentencing hearing for Eleanor Williams on nine counts of perverting course of justice Three men who were falsely accused of rape by the same woman said they tried to kill themselves as a result of her lies and one was twice section…
Met Office issues three amber warnings with significant disruption to transport and power expectedStorm Larisa battered parts of the UK, with gales and blizzards causing widespread travel disruption and the closure of hundreds of schools.Motorists on t…
Up to 40cm of snow expected in Peak District and Pennines, with warning of ‘exceptionally cold night’ on FridaySnow and rain is expected to bring further travel disruption across large areas of Britain on Friday.Three amber warnings for blizzard condit…
Met Office says heavy snow may cause serious travel disruption as freeze forecast to continue across UK until at least FridayParts of the UK will be blanketed in white as heavy snow and blizzards are forecast for the Midlands and north England in a ret…
Yellow warnings for snow and ice for most of Scotland and north-east England on Monday and TuesdayNext week will bring the coldest day of the year so far across parts of the UK, with yellow warnings for snow and ice in place for most of Scotland and no…
Police chiefs say delays in charging suspects are leading to backlogs of cases and guilty walking freeCPS can’t cope and people aren’t getting justice. We, the police, want to fix thatThe police, rather than independent prosecution lawyers, should have…
Most polluting commercial vehicles will pay up to £50 daily under new schemeSheffield has become the latest city to implement a clean air zone, which it hopes will tackle an estimated 500 deaths a year ascribed to pollution.From Monday, the most pollut…
Firm’s owner says closure of coking ovens is down to global economic challenges and rising energy billsBritish Steel is closing the coking ovens at its Scunthorpe works with the loss of 260 jobs, as the UK steel industry struggles amid high energy pric…