38 h. ago King jokes with workers during visit to London’s super sewer

Charles visited the Thames Tideway Tunnel, a 10-year project designed to protect the Thames from sewage pollution.

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2 w. 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.

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2 w. ago JD Vance jokes Giorgia Meloni could have called him a ‘jerk’ and he wouldn’t know during Easter Rome visit

JD Vance joked Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni could have called him a “jerk” as he complimented the Italian language on his Easter visit to Rome.

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2 w. ago JD Vance jokes Giorgia Meloni could call him a ‘jerk’ and he wouldn’t know during Easter Rome visit

JD Vance joked Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni could have called him a “jerk” as he complimented the Italian language on his Easter visit to Rome.

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3 w. ago It's tragic that a once great industrial power has to scrabble around the world for coal, writes ROSS CLARK

The Scunthorpe steelworks are barely a few dozen miles from the rich coal deposits of South Yorkshire.

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3 w. ago Vital materials to save British Steel plant arrive after tense race against time

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said he was 'delighted' that iron ore pellets and coking coal had been secured to keep the Scunthorpe steelworks in operation

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3 w. ago British Steel update as vital materials to save thousands of jobs on way TODAY

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said crucial shipments of iron ore and coking coal are on their way to the Scunthorpe steelworks in a tense race against time

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3 w. ago ‘I need my RSJs’ Rayner jokes during visit to Scunthorpe steelworks

The Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary thanked British Steel staff for keeping the plant running during a turbulent time.

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3 w. ago Ministers race to attract more Chinese investment in UK despite Scunthorpe steelworks fiasco

Trade minister Douglas Alexander is currently in China seeking to drum up business deals

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3 w. ago Labour told to 'get on with it' as coal shipment needed to save Scunthorpe's furnaces still stuck on ship in dock 24 hours after Government took control of British Steel

Ministers were told to 'get on with it' after it emerged the 55,000-ton delivery from Japan, which arrived at a port in Lincolnshire on Thursday, had not yet been paid for (pictured, Scunthorpe Steelworks).

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3 w. ago More than a dozen businesses offer to help British Steel keep furnaces burning

If the blast furnaces at the Scunthorpe steelworks run out of raw materials, they can never be turned back on.

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3 w. ago Reynolds unable to say British Steel will get raw materials in time

The Business Secretary faces a scramble to get enough raw materials to the Scunthorpe steelworks to stop the blast furnaces being turned off.

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3 w. ago Parliament approves British Steel bill to take control of Scunthorpe steelworks

Ministers had taken the unusual step of recalling Parliament from its Easter recess to sit on Saturday after negotiations with British Steel's Chinese owners, Jingye, appeared to break down.

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3 w. ago Parliament approves emergency powers to take control of Scunthorpe steelworks

Emergency legislation giving the Government the power to instruct British Steel to keep the plant open passed both the Commons and Lords in one day.

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3 w. ago MPs approve Government bid to take control of Scunthorpe steelworks

The emergency legislation passed the Commons unopposed.

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3 w. ago British Steel latest: MPs back move to take control of Scunthorpe plant in emergency debate

Sir Keir Starmer’s emergency bill to save Scunthorpe steelworks plant from closure approved by Commons

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3 w. ago MPs and Lords head to parliament as PM aims to pass emergency law today to save British Steel – live

MPs to debate emergency law that will give the business secretary the power to direct the companyBlast furnaces have been making steel in Britain for 300 years, ever since they helped start the Industrial Revolution. This weekend, parliament will sit for the first Saturday in decades as it tries to keep the last two furnaces running for a bit longer.Keir Starmer has recalled MPs to discuss emergency powers to direct steel companies, including British Steel’s Scunthorpe steelworks, to “preserve capability and ensure public safety”. The move would be short of nationalisation, but it would give the government more influence on the steel industry than at any point since Margaret Thatcher. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Parliament recalled to save British Steel plant but 'why not for Port Talbot'

Plaid Cymru's Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts has questioned why the government did not intervene to protect Port Talbot steelworks in the same way it is acting over Scunthorpe.

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3 w. ago 'When it was Wales, they mocked. Now it’s England, they act'

Plaid Cymru's Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts has questioned why the government did not intervene to protect Port Talbot steelworks in the same way it is acting over Scunthorpe

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4 w. ago Charles jokes about living ‘long enough’ to see sapling grow during Italy visit

The King was in a jovial mood as he planted the young tree in the gardens of Villa Wolkonsky, the UK ambassador’s residence in Rome.

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