Hundreds of jobs are set to be axed at Rolls-Royce factories in the UK under plans by the engineering giant for a worldwide cutback, workers have been told.

British aerospace firm Rolls-Royce has announced plans to shed nearly 400 jobs at one of its plants, a union has claimed.

An 82-year-old woman was among four people arrested in England over an elaborate underground cannabis factory made up of buried cargo containers, police revealed tonight.

British engines manufacturer Rolls-Royce announced today it had secured a £137m (€197m) contract to maintain gas turbines on naval ships.

Workers at a Rolls-Royce engineering plant have voted to strike in protest at plans to cut jobs and transfer some work to Canada, it was announced today.