8 h. ago 'I missed my son's 12th birthday to save Britain's steel industry'

The Manchester Evening News speaks to the man at the centre of the race to save British Steel and deal with Trump's tariffs and a global trade war

Politics

44 h. ago Reform UK’s Richard Tice defends Andrea Jenkyns comment that migrants ‘should be put in tents’

Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice has defended new mayor of Greater Lincolnshire Andrea Jenkyns’ calls for migrants to be “put in tents”.

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46 h. ago Tackling climate change vital, says Swinney in warning over ‘dangerous rhetoric’

The Scottish First Minister urged politicians from all parties to ‘recommit’ to action to tackle rising global temperatures.

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62 h. ago John Swinney urges all parties to ‘recommit’ to action on climate change

The Scottish First Minister condemned ‘anti-science climate denial’ as he said the climate crisis is ‘one of the greatest global issues of our time’.

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69 h. ago UK government has so far set aside £94mn to cover British Steel rescue

Critics warn costs could spiral into billions

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3 d. ago Almost £100 million spent on British Steel nationalisation so far, minister says

Jonathan Reynolds said the £94 million spent on the Scunthorpe site is ‘considerably less’ than allowing its collapse.

Economics

3 d. ago Ed Balls and Richard Tice clash as Reform MP fails to answer question 12 times

Former shadow chancellor Ed Balls and Reform UK MP Richard Tice clashed on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday (30 April), after the latter failed repeatedly to give a cost estimate for nationalising British Steel.

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3 d. ago Britain’s electricity system is ‘highly resilient’, says minister

Michael Shanks said the UK was not affected by the power cuts in Spain and Portugal but the Government continues to prepare for ‘all eventualities’.

Politics

4 d. ago UK took control of British Steel before assessing costs to taxpayers, letters show

‘Ministerial direction’ raises questions over the price of saving country’s last two blast furnaces

Economics

4 d. ago UK took control of British Steel before assessing cost to taxpayers, letters show

‘Ministerial direction’ raises questions over the price of saving country’s last two blast furnaces

Economics

6 d. ago Support for UK industry ‘cannot stop at the border’ – Swinney

Mr Swinney will address the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) Annual Congress on Monday.

Politics

7 d. ago ‘Sigh of relief’ as British Steel shipments bring lifeline to industry on the brink

It comes after ministers used emergency powers to take control of British Steel after what was thought to be a Chinese plot to sabotage the plant

Politics

7 d. ago Fuel for blast furnaces and iron ore supplies arrive at British Steel

55,000 tonnes of blast furnace coke have arrived in the UK to fuel the furnaces, and shipments of iron ore are soon to arrive.

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7 d. ago British Steel update as shipment of vital materials arrives to keep plant going

Ministers have been battling to keep the furnaces burning at British Steel's Scunthorpe site

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7 d. ago Gallagher brothers perform together for first time in 16 years in closed London pub

Noel and Liam believed to have filmed promo video at Mildmay club in Newington Green ahead summer’s sold-out Oasis tourLiam and Noel Gallagher have performed together for the first time in 16 years in a closed pub in north London, according to reports.The brothers were pictured arriving at the Mildmay club in Newington Green, north London, on Thursday where they are believed to have filmed a promotional video for this summer’s sold-out Oasis reunion tour. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Reform UK on course to win in two mayoral contests – UK politics live

Polling predicts victory for party in Greater Lincolnshire and Hull/East Yorkshire with the Greens possibly taking West of EnglandThere are six mayoral elections next week. Two of them are for single-authority mayors (Doncaster and North Tyneside), but the others are for combined-authority mayors (or regional mayors – like metro mayors, but not just covering city regions). Today YouGov has released polling covering all four of these contests and it suggests Reform UK is on course to win two of them easily. And the Green party is narrowly ahead in a third, the poll suggests.Here are the polling figures.In theory the Tories should be winning in Lincolnshire as they hold most of the parliamentary seats in the area and have dominated local politics forever. But it’s also the most Reform-friendly part of the country. It contains Richard Tice’s constituency and numerous seats in which they came second. Plus their candidate is a former Tory MP – Andrea Jenkyns, famous for her Boris Johnson...

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1 week ago Wishaw residents warned over upcoming road closure due to last for number of weeks

North Lanarkshire Council have confirmed Magnolia Street will be closed from Monday, May 5, to Friday, May 23.

Events

1 week ago Relief for workers at UK's last blast furnaces as 2,700 redundancies shelved following government's takeover of Scunthorpe steelworks

British Steel has confirmed it will end the consultation on 2,700 redundancies announced by Chinese owners Jingye at the end of March following the government's move to take control.

Politics

1 week ago British Steel halts plans for thousands of job losses after government intervention

Chinese firm Jingye proposed to close Scunthorpe's two blast furnaces last month

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1 week ago British Steel halts redundancy plans after Government rescue

In March, British Steel’s Chinese owners announced plans to shut down its Scunthorpe furnaces and cut jobs.

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