SHUFFLING along a scruffy pavement lined by dilapidated buildings, a lone dealer emerges from a drug den where addicts shoot up after cooking heroin flogged by kids in £10 bags. Meanwhile, less ...

BAE Systems has pledged to stand by Furness College despite its 'Inadequate' Ofsted rating towards the end of last year.

Amid heightened global tensions, annual sales, profits and dividends all rose at defence group, BAE Systems, although it saw ...

A global ramp-up in military spending amid wars in Ukraine and Gaza helped BAE Systems make a record profit of just over £3 ...

The former head of the civil service will lead a regeneration board tasked with the £200m transformation of a town. Simon Case, the former Cabinet Secretary, has been appointed as the chair of the ...

Barrow-in-Furness has been named the cheapest area to live in the UK. An analysis of national data comparing average house prices, average earnings, food and energy bills and commuting costs for ...

A view of BAE Systems’ Barrow-in-Furness shipyard in Cumbria (Dave Nelson/PA) It also makes cybersecurity products and advanced electronics, including for countries’ space agencies ...

Defence and aerospace giant BAE Systems delivered a strong financial performance across all sectors in 2024, leading to a ...

Meanwhile, less than 100 yards away, workers are building Britain's next generation 167ft Royal Navy nuclear Trident submarines at BAE Systems' £31bn shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness. Eight people ...