From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The 14 mile project was first proposed in 2009, and would connect Kent and Essex through a road and tunnel beneath the River Thames to reduce congestion. Campaigners have reacted angrily to the ...

It would connect the A2 and M2 in Kent to the A13 and M25 in Essex via a 2.6-mile tunnel under the Thames, which would be the UK’s longest road tunnel. National Highways previously said the plan ...

The review also criticised “the inconsistency of the [government’s] revised roads policy statement with emissions objectives” and the diversion of HS2 cash to road building. The LTC comes hard on the ...

The largest road tunnel in the UK has been given the green light - after a £9billion plan was finally approved by the government. The proposed Lower Thames Crossing, which is set to run ...

Conservationists have criticised plans for a new road tunnel under the Thames which they say will destroy “irreplaceable” ancient woodland and harm wildlife. National Highways says the Lower ...

More than a million trees will be planted as part of a new road tunnel scheme under the River Thames, Government roads agency National Highways has said. A community woodland and two public parks ...