RAF FAIRFORD, England (Reuters) -Britain on Friday announced a 2.35 billion pound ($2.78 billion) upgrade, including a new radar and enhanced electronic warfare capability, for the Eurofighter Typhoon combat jet.
Train drivers at eight rail companies will strike on 30 July in a dispute over pay, their union Aslef has said.
Transport for London (TfL) has been handed another desperate two-week funding extension from ministers, as Mayor Sadiq Khan battles to secure long-term funding for the transport network. The last short-term bailout came just three weeks ago, after ministers refused to grant the transport network a three-year funding deal for upgrades.
The default speed limit will be lowered to 20 miles per hour on residential roads in Wales in an effort to reduce traffic accidents and get residents to swap their cars for bikes or public transport.
Hydrogen-powered engines for passenger jets are to be mass produced at a factory in Britain under plans developed by an Anglo-US start-up.
The new commissioner of the Metropolitan Police has been named as Sir Mark Rowley.
Britain’s first asylum camp – dubbed Guantanamo on Ouse – will get their own GPs and dentists under NHS plans.
British holidaymakers travelling to Spain need to check their vaccination status as more Covid entry rules are eased by the European nation. If you are aged 12 to 17 and have not received the booster, but have received two doses of a two-dose vaccine or one dose of a single-dose vaccine approved for use by Spain, you […]
A fresh alert has been issued to train passengers amid fears that many are reluctant to abandon leisure trips planned for Saturday despite another rail strike taking place.
Heathrow airport faces disruption from strikes this summer, as hundreds of check-in and ground staff voted in favour of walkouts during the peak holiday period in a dispute with British Airways over pay.
