Sportscar maker Lotus has declared it has “no plans” to close any factory after it emerged the company was considering setting up a new plant in the US. The BBC understands the iconic manufacturer had been considering ending production at its headquarters in Hethel, Norfolk, which would put 1,300 jobs at risk. In a statement...
Cameron Weldon BBC News, South West BBC Tom Coverley worked at the factory in Plymouth between 1975 and 1987 A man from Devon has returned to the chewing gum factory where he used to work as part of his celebrating his 100th birthday. Tom Coverley, from Plymstock, worked at the Wrigley factory on the outskirts...
Twelve years have now passed since the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in history. On April 24, 2013, the eight-story Rana Plaza building in Savar collapsed, claiming the lives of 1,134 people and injuring over 2,500 others. The collapse was a product of denied labor rights for heavily exploited...
Dozens of firefighters are tackling a major blaze at a factory in Birmingham that has led to a power cut affecting nearly 400 homes. Fifteen fire engines with about 75 crew members were sent to the single-storey industrial premises on Warwick Road, Sparkhill, at about 07:15 BST. West Midlands Fire Service said the blaze was...
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Workers at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants say the Abbott Laboratories facility is engaging in unsanitary practices similar to those that led...