Slow worms have been blamed for delaying vital upgrades to Britain’s nuclear deterrent. John Fingleton, who recently led the Government’s nuclear taskforce, has described how plans to build the next ...

Welcome to Barrow-in-Furness: the forgotten town behind the U.K.’s nuclear defense seeking resurrection. At any given moment, a Vanguard-class submarine is somewhere in the world’s oceans, carrying up ...

BAE Systems Plc said that all workers at its Barrow-in-Furness site had been accounted for after a fire broke out at the facility that builds nuclear submarines. The company was working with emergency ...

Two people were taken to hospital after a "significant fire" broke out at a nuclear submarine shipyard belonging to the U.K.'s largest defense manufacturer, according to local authorities. Police were ...

A large fire broke out at BAE Systems’ nuclear submarine shipyard in northwest England, local police said. Emergency services said two people had been taken to hospital due to suspected smoke ...

An investigation into a fire at a nuclear shipyard is under way. A "significant" blaze at the BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, where the UK's nuclear submarines are built, was reported early ...

Plans which would "support and safeguard" the future of the UK's submarine production have been given the go-ahead. Members of the strategic planning committee for Westmorland and Furness Council ...

As the U.K. government recommits to bulking up its military, BAE Systems, the 140th-largest company in Europe by revenue in 2023, is tasked with rearming the country at sea, on the ground, and in the ...