Virgin Atlantic will go head-to-head with rival British Airways on routes between London and Manchester next year after unveiling plans to make its first foray into the British short-haul market.

THE British government plans to shut part of the nuclear plant in Sellafield, northern England, as soon as possible, and on commercial grounds, following Japan’s nuclear disaster.

EUROPE was blasted by more snow yesterday as Britain endured its coldest night of the winter and fears for energy supplies intensified.

VOTING was under way yesterday in a key by-election in northwest England which is expected to deal a fresh blow to Britain’s embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

THE father of a Jordanian doctor reportedly arrested by police investigating three failed bombings said yesterday his son was devoted to becoming a surgeon and incapable of carrying out such attacks.

Union leaders say they are ready to call for strikes at Vauxhall after they failed to secure a reprieve for a factory threatened with closure.

Union leaders say they are ready to call for strikes at Vauxhall after they failed to secure a reprieve for a factory threatened with closure.