Boris Johnson’s ten-point ‘green industrial revolution’ will take decades to deliver, cost £48billion in wind farms alone and every home will need double glazing to make hydrogen heating work, it was suggested today. The Prime Minister launched a £12billion plan for the environment on Wednesday, saying it could create 250,000 jobs and significantly slash the country’s carbon … Read more
Police launch murder probe after two men are shot dead in black Range Rover Vogue on West Midlands industrial estate – in chilling echo of 1995 ‘Essex Boys’ killings Police were called to estate in Dudley, West Midlands, around 3.30pm yesterday Gunman fled on foot, say witnesses, and investigators have been on the scene The … Read more
Boris Johnson’s government is all over the place on industrial policy. The capacity for indecision, obfuscation and zig-zags seen in the pandemic is just as pronounced when it comes to energy and technology. The retreat of Hitachi from a new nuclear plant at Wylfa in Anglesey, and continuing prevarication over EDF’s plans for a super-reactor … Read more
Massive explosion ‘launches gas bottles hundreds of feet in the air’ as ten fire engines battle huge blaze with giant ‘mushroom cloud’ at industrial building near holiday park A ‘mushroom cloud’ soared into the skies this morning near Rochester, Kent Forces veteran living nearby compared it to explosions he saw with the Army No casualties … Read more
A Roman industrial complex has been uncovered by archaeologists and it provides a detailed picture of what life was like in Rural Britain under Roman occupation. Archaeologists in the Borough of Corby, Northamptonshire, made the unique discovery during an excavation at the Priors Hall Park housing development. Two tile kilns, a large lime kiln for the … Read more
A Roman industrial complex has been uncovered by archaeologists and it provides a detailed picture of what life was like in Rural Britain under Roman occupation. Archaeologists in the Borough of Corby, Northamptonshire, made the unique discovery during an excavation at the Priors Hall Park housing development. Two tile kilns, a large lime kiln for the … Read more
Ground vibrations caused by traffic and industrial work halved globally during the coronavirus lockdown, a new study shows. Social distancing, fewer cars on roads and drops in tourism and travel resulted in the ‘longest and most pronounced quiet period’ of seismic noise in recorded history. Seismic noise refers to vibrations in the ground, caused by traffic … Read more
A group of 11 adults, believed to be kept as slaves, were found at an industrial site during a massive raid involving more than 100 police officers. Officers battered their way onto the site in an armoured truck, through what they described as ‘numerous safety measures’. Once inside the gated, semi-industrial compound in Crews Hill, … Read more
The world has left an awful lot behind – as these haunting images of decaying industry from all four corners of the globe reveal. They feature in new book Abandoned Industrial Places, by David Ross, which contains more than 200 photos of empty factories, laboratories, mills and mines. And while spooky, they are also irresistibly … Read more
Twenty fire engines and 125 firefighters tackle huge fire on an industrial estate in east London Officers were called to a single storey warehouse on Alfreds Way on Friday Fire crews from Barking, East Ham, Dagenham, Plaistow, Ilford at the scene Twenty fire engines and around 125 firefighters are tacking the fire this evening By … Read more