Martin Jones BBC West Investigations Alon Aviram BBC News, Bristol Press Association A storage silo containing treated biosolids exploded at the plant in Avonmouth in 2020 It has been more than four years since an explosion at a water treatment plant killed four workers, including a 16-year-old apprentice. No official explanation has yet been published....
Kevin Shoesmith/BBC Kelly Christmas and Sean Robinson fear the closure of the blast furnaces would have dire consequences for Scunthorpe British Steel is launching a consultation that could result in the closure of Scunthorpe’s two blast furnaces, putting up to 2,700 jobs out of a total of 3,500 at risk. BBC News sought reaction from...
The White House reacted furiously on Wednesday after The Atlantic magazine published messages between national security officials in a Signal group chat in their entirety. Jeffrey Goldberg, the journalist who was inadvertently included in the chat among senior cabinet leaders, shared texts in which US defence secretary Pete Hegseth provided sensitive information such as detailed...
“The only purpose is to show a demonstration of power to us,” said outgoing Prime Minister Múte Egede. Greenland politicians have denounced plans for White House officials to travel to the island this week amid President Donald Trump’s demands to annex Greenland into the U.S. Second Lady Usha Vance is reportedly coming to the island...
Willey bowled Northants to their first T20 title in 2013 with a hat-trick in the final and the Steelbacks lifted the trophy again in 2016. And he believes the arrival of Australian Darren Lehmann as head coach will help them challenge again after reaching the quarter-finals last year. Willey previously played under Lehmann in The...
Leicestershire have named batter Louis Kimber as captain of their T20 Blast side. The 28-year-old replaces Peter Handscomb in the role, with the Australian promoted to skipper of Leicestershire’s County Championship and One-Day Cup sides. Kimber has made 100 appearances for Leicestershire across all formats and has scored 2,770 runs for the club – which...
England all-rounder Sam Curran has been named Surrey’s captain for the 2025 T20 Vitality Blast. Curran, who is succeeding Chris Jordan in the role after three years, was named player of the tournament when England won the T20 World Cup in 2022. Last month, he was named most valuable player at the International League T20...
“The first Cold War delivered half a century of lies about NATO, the US-led ‘arms race’, the non-existent ‘Soviet threat’ and US military bases in Britain – the new Cold War will be similar, but with deeper cuts to public services and social security programmes”, Carol Stavris told the Communist Party’s Political Committee on...