The massive power outage that wreaked havoc in Europe is being blamed on a pair of likely solar plant breakdowns in southwest Spain, a report said. By 7 a.m. local time Tuesday, more than 99% of ...

A group of car enthusiasts from the Black Country joined around 4,000 others at an event in Birmingham to mark 20 years since the closure of the Rover plant at Longbridge. Nine vehicles set off ...

Construction has officially begun on a major new housing development in Longbridge, South West Birmingham – 20 years after the closure of the MG Rover car plant on the same site. The project ...

The crowds cheered as John Towers rolled up in his green Rover 75 at the main entrance to Birmingham's Longbridge car plant. The cameras clicked as a flute of champagne was thrust into his hand.

On April 1, 2000, over 50,000 workers, families, and supporters marched in Birmingham, UK to protest a massive onslaught on jobs and living conditions. BMW, the German-owned transnational ...

Most of the plant has been flattened now, turned into retail and warehouse parks and housing. In a supreme irony, Tesla's new Delivery Centre now stands on the very ground of that old Longbridge ...

Plans for a major new development in Longbridge, on the site of the former MG Works, have been lodged. House-building company Vistry Group has said it has partnered with Bromford to deliver ...

It was a devastating blow for the 6,000 strong Longbridge workforce, some of whom had worked at the plant for most of their working lives. A government loan kept them in work for another week, while ...

It was the mournful day that Longbridge car plant fell into stunned silence. The assembly lines halted on the Birmingham-Worcestershire border as workers wandered out of the factory gates in ...

The Longbride site in Birmingham was once an unused 75 acre car plant, but St. Modwen has developed the brownfield land into a community. The total of full-time jobs created at Longbridge is now ...

Nicknamed “Red Robbo” in the press of the time, Robinson was involved in some 500 walkouts at the British Leyland plant in Longbridge, Birmingham, the result of frequent disagreements between ...