5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (812+ words) HS2’S top speed could be slashed to slower than comparable trains in developing countries such as India, Morocco and Indonesia under the latest cost-cutting measures being considered. Ministers will today order HS2 bosses to look at slashing top speeds from the…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (448+ words) Seven new railway stations are set to be built in Wales in part of a £14billion UK government funding plan. Sir Keir Starmer has announced his commitment to transform the region's rail through 43 proposed schemes, supporting 12,000 jobs across Wales. The Welsh…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1798+ words) By ROSS CLARK and SOPHIE CARLIN, TRAINEE REPORTER The 120-mile-long construction site that is HS2 has become such a muddy wasteland that it shows up on satellite images far more prominently than any motorway. Nowhere is it more of a mess…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (592+ words) By MIKE SHEEN, BUSINESS EDITOR Chief executive of Severn Trent Liv Garfield is stepping down after a 22-year career with the water group. It comes as the firm embarks on its largest-ever infrastructure upgrade programme. UK households are being whacked…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (579+ words) Brits living in mobile coverage 'not–stops' have been given an unlikely helping hand – from Elon Musk. Virgin Media O2 has teamed up with Starlink – the satellite internet service developed by Musk's SpaceX – on a new product called O2 Satellite. Set to…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago   (464+ words) By HARVEY DORSET, REPORTER, THIS IS MONEY In April, a drunk driver crashed into the telegraph pole outside my house, which had mine and several neighbours' cables connected to it. This left us without landline phone or internet access, and…...

11+ mon, 4+ day ago   (464+ words) By JORDANA SEAL, NEWS REPORTER Passengers commuting on British trains experience slower Wi-Fi speeds than their Romanian counterparts, new figures have revealed. In fact, UK trains have the third slowest Wi-Fi speeds in comparison to 18 major European and Asian railway…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (320+ words) By MIKE SHEEN, BUSINESS EDITOR The senior creditors of Thames Water have proposed writing off £7.5billion worth of the embattled utility group's debt pile in efforts to prevent its collapse. Britain's biggest water company, which has 16 million customers, is sitting on…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1173+ words) A new online calculator has revealed how much energy bills will rise for millions of UK families from today after the Ofgem price cap rose by more than expected. The average energy bill for a dual-fuel home paying by direct…...