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Great British Steel 'fiasco': Labour signals end of virgin steel
6+ hour, 31+ min ago (1699+ words) By RICHARD MARSDEN, GENERAL REPORTER and TOM BEDFORD, REPORTER and MARK NICOL, DEFENCE EDITOR The government last night signalled the end of virgin steel making in Britain to meet net zero commitments " despite war raging in the Gulf and the…...
Flagship green project in Redcar opts for Chinese steel
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (416+ words) By RICHARD MARSDEN, GENERAL REPORTER Chinese steel will be used for a taxpayer-funded "4billion green power plant on the site of the former Redcar steelworks " sparking accusations of a 'betrayal' of British workers. A deal for 7,000 tons of construction steel has…...
Officials consider shutting down UK's last two steel blast furnaces
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (851+ words) By RICHARD MARSDEN, GENERAL REPORTER Britain's last blast furnaces could be turned off under plans considered only eight months after they were saved by unprecedented state intervention, leaving the UK unable to produce virgin steel. Taxpayers" money has been used…...
For sale: A 260ft chimney once scaled by Fred Dibnah as part of a bet
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (448+ words) By LETTICE BROMOVSKY, NEWS REPORTER A towering 280ft Victorian chimney in Bolton could soon be transformed into one of Britain's most unusual family homes " complete with a rooftop garden, glass lift and sweeping views across the Pennines. The Grade II-listed Barrow…...
Britain's third-largest steel producer put under government control
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (738+ words) By RICHARD MARSDEN, GENERAL REPORTER Britain's third-largest steelmaker was today put under government control after a judge branded its owners "hopelessly insolvent. A High Court judge granted a winding-up order against Speciality Steel UK, owned by Indian-born metals tycoon Sanjeev…...
UK still hoping to slash Trump's 10% tariffs on goods, says Mandelson
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (1064+ words) 12:43 EDT 27 May 2025, updated 15:06 EDT 27 May 2025 By GREG HEFFER, POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT FOR MAILONLINE Britain is hoping to negotiate down Donald Trump's 10 per cent 'baseline' tariffs on UK good sold to America, Lord Mandelson said today. The Labour peer, who is the…...
Relief for UK steel industry as Trump delays 50% tariffs
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (409+ words) 04:43 EDT 08 Jul 2025, updated 04:48 EDT 08 Jul 2025 By JAMES TAPSFIELD, POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE The UK steel industry was handed some relief today as Donald Trump delayed hiking tariffs again. The US president has extended the deadline for increasing levies on global…...
Hopes 'fading' for US steel deal with two days until Trump's deadline
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (466+ words) 05:04 EDT 07 Jul 2025, updated 05:04 EDT 07 Jul 2025 By JAMES TAPSFIELD, POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE Hopes are fading that the UK can finalise a US steel deal before Donald Trump's deadline of Wednesday. Keir Starmer paraded his Transatlantic trade pact in May, suggesting…...
What becomes of builder who sends labourer for tins of tartan paint?
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (641+ words) 17:47 EDT 05 Jul 2025, updated 17:51 EDT 05 Jul 2025 By QUENTIN LETTS FOR THE DAILY MAIL Angela Rayner's monitors of workplace chit-chat have already been dubbed "banter police' or "banter tsars', but a different Russian word would be more accurate." After the Bolshevik revolution…...
Full nationalisation of British Steel 'likely' says Business Secretary
11+ mon, 5+ day ago (917+ words) 04:22 EDT 13 Apr 2025, updated 08:07 EDT 13 Apr 2025 By JAMES TAPSFIELD, POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE Full nationalisation of British Steel is now the 'most likely option', the Business Secretary said today. Jonathan Reynolds admitted that while his 'preference' is to find a commercial…...