5 d. ago Councillors approve £11m project to purchase land in Ravenscraig and build new homes

North Lanarkshire Council will secure the site at Prospecthill Road which is currently owned by Ravenscraig Ltd but was previously targeted for inclusion in the council’s new build housing programme.

Economics

8 d. ago Joshua Jackson joins celebrity dating app Raya after being linked to Bridgerton star Simone Ashley

The Dawson's Creek star, 47, divorced his wife Jodie Turner-Smith , with whom he shares his five-year-old daughter Juno, two years ago.

Politics

3 w. ago Thousands march against plan to build massive bridge linking Sicily to Italy's mainland

Thousands of people have marched in Messina, Sicily, to protest a government plan to build a bridge connecting the Italian mainland with Sicily

Politics

4 w. ago Italian government gives final approval for bridge linking Sicily to mainland

€13.5bn allocated for 10-year project to build longest single-span bridge in the world across the Strait of MessinaThe Italian government has given the final approval for the construction of a multi-billion-euro bridge linking Sicily to the mainland, a project that has been a topic of debate since at least the late 1960s but has been held back by a litany of concerns, including the huge cost, seismic risks and mafia infiltration.Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing government has set aside €13.5bn to build what will be the longest single-span bridge in the world. A dream of Italy’s late former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and revived soon after Meloni’s government came to power in 2022, the 3.7km bridge and its surrounding facilities are expected to take 10 years to build. Continue reading...

Politics

4 w. ago Italy greenlights a $15.5 billion project to build bridge linking Sicily to the mainland

The project to build a long-delayed and debated bridge linking the Italian mainland with Sicily has cleared a major hurdle

Economics

4 w. ago Huge bridge project that will connect Sicily to mainland Italy to get final go

Bridge project faces criticism over earthquake risks and mafia infiltration

Politics