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Cost of revamping aging traffic lights to top £1m
The cost of replacing ageing traffic lights at five major junctions in Lancashire will top £1m. Details of the budgets were revealed after highways bosses…
Crews work to free trapped workers in Xinjiang
Reuters Rescue teams have been trying to pump water out of the flooded mine shaft Rescue teams have been trying to reach 21 people trapped…
Locomotive named after worker for 50 years of service
Dan Wareing BBC News, Merseyside Alstom Ken Davies said it was “a total honour” to have the engine named after him A locomotive has been…
Happy Valley star James Norton takes on Scarborough theatre patron role
BBC James Norton said the theatre was a “beacon of excellence” in North Yorkshire Actor James Norton has become the new patron of Scarborough’s Stephen…
The airship that could usher in a new age
LTA Research (Credit: LTA Research) Pathfinder 1, bankrolled by a Google billionaire, is an attempt to revive the airship. A century after terrifying disasters, is…
Apple iPhone XS unveiled alongside fall-detecting Watch
Leo Kelion Technology desk editor WATCH: Hands on with new iPhone XS and XS Max Apple has updated its iPhone X handset with three more…
Shroud of Turin replica goes on display in Grantham
Brother John Michael A replica of the Shroud of Turin is on display at St Wulfram’s in Grantham A replica of the Shroud of Turin…
Children consuming online time ‘like junk food’
PA Parents must intervene to stop their children overusing social media and consuming time online “like junk food”, the children’s commissioner has said. She said…
NI civil service cleaning staff face cuts, union warns
BBC Nipsa’s Ryan Wilson said less staff will be asked to do more Cleaning staff at civil service sites are facing reduced hours or redundancies…
Smoke alarms fail in a third of house fires
Getty Images Industry figures suggest that one in 10 households do not have a working smoke alarm, while 22% never test theirs Lifesaving battery-powered smoke…