The site would be the size of 55 football pitches and ruin marshland, critics suggest.

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A solar farm the size of 55 football pitches is set to get the green light – despite residents' pleas to "leave our Marsh ...

A beleaguered swimming pool may be in line for a £6 million overhaul under a council’s plan to boost leisure facilities. Hythe Swimming Pool was described as being “on its last legs” by Folkestone & ...

The new head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service MI6 has warned the nation in her first public speech that the UK is “now operating in a space between peace and war” and “the front line is ...

The UK is "rapidly developing" plans to prepare the whole country for the possible outbreak of war, the armed forces minister has said. Underlining the role civilians would have to play in a major ...

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Figure of 204,000 in 12 months to June 2025 is lowest since 2021, statistics body says Net migration to the UK has fallen by more than two-thirds to 204,000 in a single year, the lowest annual figure ...

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The UK lacks a plan to defend itself and overseas territories from a military attack, a report by MPs has found. In a highly critical assessment, external, the defence committee said the UK is ...

There were 257,000 British nationals who left the country in the year ending December 2024, compared with the previous estimate of just 77,000. The numbers were revised on Tuesday after the Office for ...