The front page of The Times this morning, 14-04-2025, leads with the latest from the British Steel plant after the government enacted special powers to take over the plant amid speculation that the Chinese owners were trying to sabotage British Steel to make Britain rely on cheap Chinese steel instead. There is a report on the Birmingham bin strikes as the army is called in to help, legal experts are backing more trials without juries in a bid to cut the backlog and an image of the women – including Katy Perry – who are set to go to space.

Call to stop China from sabotaging UK industry

Call to stop China from sabotaging UK industry: British Steel crisis should be the “canary in the coalmine” that forces ministers to remove Chinese companies from critical infrastructure, they have been told.
Army to tackle bin strike … from the office: Thousands of tonnes of rubbish has piled up while workers from the Unite union campaign against plans to cut a post from the city’s refuse and recycling service.
Legal experts back more trials without juries to cut backlog: Five former lord chancellors and two former lord chief justices have backed a call for some cases to be fast-tracked to slash a crippling backlog.