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Miliband starts fight with SNP over deploying new nuclear in Scotland

Energy secretary Ed Miliband has asked Great British Energy – Nuclear to…

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Watch: UK first trial of autonomous excavator helping to build car park at Manchester Airport

Robotics firm Gravis and contractor Taylor Woodrow are conducting trials of an…

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MPs ‘deeply concerned’ about government’s proposed new nuclear siting policy

MPs have said they are “deeply concerned” that the government’s proposed new…

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Network Rail working to bring Plymouth freight yard back into use

Network Rail has taken back full control of the Tavistock Junction Yard…

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Inside the delivery of a £5.7M footbridge in Pembrokeshire designed using algorithms

National Highways taking runoff ‘seriously’, but new design playbook has ‘significant problems’

‘Complex’ considerations for Arsenal in pursuing stadium expansion plan

Hinkley Point C | Construction progress with civils on largest building to be completed this year

‘It’s working’: HS2 reset sees productivity uptick and targets civils completion in 4 years

Satellite imagery and AI to be used to optimise and lower cost of rail electrification

Behind the 16,000 page land assembly document required for Gatwick’s second runway DCO

Integrating AI into critical national infrastructure presents severe risks, experts warn

Critical infrastructure managers accused of ‘sleeping at the wheel’ after airports cyber attack

£168M Grantham Southern Relief Road opening delayed again as bridge woes drag on

‘Critical infrastructure’ or ‘disaster’? Reaction as Gatwick’s £2.2bn second runway approved

Nuclear developers discuss plans to build over 20 SMRs in UK by mid-2030s with private funds

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