A shipyard is to shut despite its owner being offered a £60m contract by the MoD. Staff at Appledore Shipyard in Devon have been told by owner Babcock that it will close by the end of March 2019.

The market is "best placed" to deal with financial difficulties faced by Harland & Wolff, the Prime Minister has said. The ...

But core operations, namely its functioning shipyards in Belfast, Appledore (Devon ... will see the iconic Belfast shipyard build three 40,000-tonne vessels which will supply the Royal Navy ...