All news on the topic: Infrastructure

Councillors have backed initial plans to connect some of Shetland’s islands with undersea tunnels, which could be in place within eight years.

The head of a major airline alliance that includes Lufthansa and United has likened Heathrow’s third runway plans to an unaffordable luxury car as he urged the airport to cut back some parts of the “eye-watering” project.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander approved the £2.2 billion scheme in September, which would have seen the West Sussex airport move its emergency runway 12 metres north to accommodate around 100,000 more flights a year.

Britain’s biggest union must prioritize fighting Reform UK, Unison’s conference heard today after its general secretary urged the government to drastically change course.

A Russian online sabotage network was behind a series of arson attacks on Sir Keir Starmer’s family home and other targets linked to the UK prime minister, an FT investigation has found.

According to sources, Pyotr Biryukov, Moscow’s long-serving deputy mayor, may not have his contract renewed when it expires this July.

Trying to settle on a Memorandum of Understanding to end the US-Iran war has first been complicated by the Hezbollah threat to Israel.

Internal documents obtained by the BBC indicate that British multinational Shell continued operating a major oil pipeline in Nigeria for years despite awareness that it was causing extensive pollution.

The United Kingdom has imposed a new package of sanctions targeting cryptocurrency exchanges, financial companies, and individuals accused of assisting Russia in evading Western restrictions and facilitating the movement of money for its war economy.

Russia is “relentlessly” targeting critical infrastructure, democratic processes, supply chains, and public trust in the UK and Europe, the head of GCHQ will warn.

An independent cybersecurity review obtained by Important Stories found that Telegram exposes persistent device identifiers that could allow passive tracking of users across networks and locations.

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is in talks with the European Commission to grant EU authorities access to a model capable of identifying software vulnerabilities.

Gautam Adani, founder and chairman of the Adani Group, is now the richest person in Asia. The billionaire has overtaken Mukesh Ambani, the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries.

South East Water’s chief executive has admitted he “got it wrong” in his handling of recent water outages as he made a contrite appearance before MPs.

Leonard Green and Partners is close to finalizing a deal to purchase a $3 billion construction project consultancy firm from New Mountain Capital.

Corpay is partnering with Voltempo in building UK’s largest charging network for electric lorries

Nigel Farage today fired Reform’s housing spokesman after just a month amid a row over his complaint that regulations brought in after the deadly Grenfell Tower fire were too tough and ’everyone dies in the end’.

Balluku and two subordinates are accused of directing multimillion-euro tenders to predetermined winners.

Britain risks dangerously underestimating both the scale and the immediacy of the Russian threat in Europe, a delegation of leading UK Russia experts has warned, as Poland and the European Union accelerate preparations for a more volatile security era.

Business Secretary Peter Kyle has pledged his support for British industries with an announcement of £420 million energy savings but declined to comment on whether they would face tax rises in the upcoming Budget.

Part of a road in Bangkok has collapsed, creating a large sinkhole that disrupted traffic, damaged infrastructure, and prompted evacuations in the surrounding area.

Britain is already under daily cyberattack, and the next casualty may not be a hacked network or paralysed business but ordinary people, a leading security expert has warned.

The infrastructure arm of ICG, which is listed in London, will announce the acquisition of three regional UK airports from Rigby Group later this month.

Heathrow Airport has unveiled details of its project to expand and modernize the airport at a cost of £49 billion.