Plans to construct a new prison in North Wales have been withdrawn. The former Dynamex site in Caernarfon had been tipped for purchase in February by the then prisons minister David Hanson. Up to 1,000 jobs from the 800-capacity prison could have been provided by development on the 27-acre site, chosen from among four Welsh [...]

Network Rail will fund railway refurbishments in Scotland worth an estimated £1 billion, it has been revealed. The plans will appease green issue campaigners and commuters alike when the Glasgow to Edinburgh line is electrified and journey times could be slashed to up 35 minutes. The Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP) will also fund a [...]

A newly-appointed government adviser has warned that the UK could face blackouts by 2016, unless new energy sources are developed to replace ageing power stations. Professor David MacKay said that public opposition to developments such as nuclear power plants, windfarms and tidal barrages was partly to blame for the prospect of electricity shortages. The Cambridge [...]

More than £27 million will be lent by the Co-operative Bank to help build schools in the Midlands. The Birmingham Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme will borrow £27.5 million of a £54 million debt facility from the Manchester-based lender’s PFI and Project Finance team. Phase one of the BSF project will launch the [...]

Plans for a new emergency care hospital off the A19 have been tentatively backed by NHS North of Tyne. The board said it would consider approving the development once a number of matters which still need looking at are resolved. It also gave the go-ahead for plans to upgrade North Tyneside and Wansbeck general hospitals [...]