Engineers

The awards honour individuals and organisations that are advancing skills excellence and shaping the future of the industry

Ad Feature Nominations open for Enginuity Skills Award 2027

Prof. Jianhua Hao (right) and the research team fabricated ultra-thin heterostructure of 2D bismuth and indium selenide layers using pulsed laser deposition

Ad Feature Hong Kong university engineers breakthrough in microelectronics

The five-year agreement expands across Babcock's engineering services framework

Ad Feature Quest Global signs five-year framework agreement with Babcock

Iconic BAE aircraft made in Lancashire which shaped modern fighter jets turns 40

Iconic BAE aircraft designed and built in Lancashire turns 40

The raw material is used in semiconductor chip etching and cleaning processes

Ad Feature Befar makes breakthrough in high-purity hydrogen fluoride production

Apprentices at Leyland Trucks, where training young engineers and manufacturing specialists has long been central to the company’s success. More than 200 apprentices have been trained over the past decade, continuing a tradition that has seen generations of local families build their careers at the firm

Leyland Trucks celebrates 130 years in 28 pictures

130 years of Leyland Trucks

"We've never stopped moving" celebrating 130 years of Leyland Trucks

Corporal Leanne Carr receives her United Nations Medal from the Princess Royal during a visit to 13 Air Assault Support Regiment Royal Logistic Corps in Colchester

Soldier from Morecambe receives UN medal

Reka is an AI research lab headquartered in San Francisco.

Ad Feature Reka and Moonvalley to advance infrastructure for physical AI

Two of these Chinook helicopters were heard across the county | PICTURE: Pixabay

Your chance to step inside an RAF Chinook & explore a new career

Power cut.

Dozens of homes without power due to 'unexpected incident'

A low angle shot of Sagrada Familia of Gaudi in Barcelona, Spain

Stone from Lancs quarry helps shape iconic Barcelona landmark

Engineers are continuing work to stabilise a building in Lancaster city centre after part of a wall collapsed

Council issues update after car crushed by partial wall collapse

Mid air in the Warton-made Typhoon

Watch what it’s really like in a jet supporting 6,000 Lancashire jobs

Aviktas on its first test run

Watch what it's really like to ride Pleasure Beach Resort's new ride

Blackpool Pleasure Beach Resort's new £8.72m mega ride Aviktas has swung for the very first time

Pleasure Beach Resort's £8.72m Aviktas ride swings for first time
The countdown to spring just got even more exciting at Blackpool Pleasure Beach Resort as its £8.72m mega ride Aviktas has swung for the very first time.
Sean Gleaves

An artist's impression of how the Aviktas ride will look

Watch as £8.72m mega ride spins for the first time at Pleasure Beach

Industry Minister Chris McDonald is tackled by Steph McGovern over apprenticeship fears.

Ad Feature Industry Minister Chris McDonald champions apprenticeship reforms

Steph McGovern and Enginuity CEO Ann Watson meet the first recipients of Steph's new scholarship for female engineers.

Ad Feature Steph McGovern launches scholarship to support women in engineering

Homes across Blackpool and Lytham were left without water or facing low pressure on Christmas Eve

Burst pipe leaves homes without water on Christmas Eve

Lee Kennedy has worked at the plant for 33 years, and now works alongside his daughter Eve.

London Underground named as one of Britain’s best engineering feats

Pendle and Clitheroe MP Jonathan Hinder visited site to learn more about the scheme and the benefits it will bring.

Huge £4m project underway to enhance reliability of power network

The rise of Aviktas - Blackpool Pleasure Beach Resort’s record-breaking £8.72m mega ride - has taken another dramatic leap forward

Pleasure Beach Resort's new £8.7m ride hits major build milestone

By preparing early, "you'll beat the winter rush."

Ad Feature Why you should prepare your home for winter ahead of the seasonal rush

Full Fibre is coming to Ribbleton.

Openreach bringing Full Fibre broadband to Ribbleton

Homes were left without electricity following a power cut in South Ribble

Power cut leaves 500 homes without electricity

Emergency gas leak turned out to be world's smelliest durian fruit
A 'gas leak' that sparked an emergency in a town centre turned out to have been caused by the world's smelliest fruit.
Jack Marshall

The public rollout will be tightly managed

Ad Feature Olilo launches multi-gig broadband across the UK - for techies

A quarter of Brits have been called out in the past for making an overconfident statement before

1 in 20 adults believe they could build a house using online tutorials

ENWL work in Chorley

£500k project underway to restore power more quickly to your home

Rail passengers and motorists faced major disruption this morning after vandals cut through key railway cables in Poulton-le-Fylde

Train disruption after vandals sever power and signalling cables

Garstang Students at the festival

Garstang students dive into cutting-edge tech at TeenTech Festival!

Southport Pier as the sun goes down

Historic Southport Pier set to reopen as town gets its 'groove back'

Blackpool granddad aims to break water speed record in homemade vessel

The Hungarian Horntail dragon made its way through London

Giant Harry Potter Dragon stuns Londoners as it roars through streets

Launch Pad

This is when the newest ride opens at Pleasure Beach Resort

I was dreading replacing my old back boiler but BOXT made it quick and easy

I had my old back boiler replaced by BOXT - here's how it went

Rail services north of Preston have been suspended today following a landslip on the West Coast Main Line

Breaking All trains north of Preston cancelled due to landslip

Blackpool Pleasure Beach

I went behind the scenes at the Pleasure Beach - it was unbelievable

It's located where the sun rises first in the UK, Ness Point, Lowestoft

Iconic Kellogg's cockerel becomes UK's largest-ever weathervane

Pictures reveal how work has progressed on Preston's new £6.6m Tram Bridge

Pictures reveal how work has progressed on city's £6.6m Tram Bridge

A carbon monoxide alarm

Safety warning after rise in carbon monoxide emergency calls in Preston

The tower at Forton Services going up

25 fascinating pictures from the 1960s when the M6 was being built

Leyland Truck staff with the 125,000th heavy-duty vehicle and a representative from the Copart’s Group.

Iconic Lancashire firm Leyland Trucks & we've just reached a milestone

Design team outside Chorley Town Hall

Chorley town centre's £20m transformation takes a step forward

HMS Agamemnon, a new Royal Navy submarine, being launched from the BAE Systems dockyard in Barrow.

Striking new Royal Navy submarine sails for the first time

Hundreds of homes in Leyland will be left without electricity on Sunday as maintenance works are carried out by Electricity North West.

Hundreds of homes in Leyland to be left without electricity

The cross-river connection has been broken for the first time in decades

Why Preston's Old Tram Bridge came down so easily

2024 Blackpool Illuminations unveiled

I went to illuminations event & I'm in awe of those who make it happen

Number one hotel Blackpool

I run town's top luxury hotel & I always give visitors a little extra

The signage at Garstang Road in Preston.

Month long delays for Preston as Electricity North West to start work

BAE Systems features on series described as ‘Top Gear meets Top Gun’

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer at C&W Berry in Leyland (Credit: Neil Cross)

Starmer pledges to 'reverse decline of manufacturing' during visit

ELE Advanced Technologies which is based in Nelson, Lancashire.

ELE Advanced Technologies increases workers’ wages following strike

Damage to the lorry

Lorry driver "lucky to be alive" after hitting 33,000-volt power lines

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