Car production has restarted at the former MG Rover plant in Longbridge, Birmingham. Shanghai Automotive (SAIC) said it had sold 70% of the orders for its new model, the MG TF LE500. However, it has ...

Urban explorer photographs underground factory tunnels beneath Birmingham's Longbridge plant 'Shadow Scheme' developed in pre-Second World War years to compete with German arms production In peak ...

Factory workers (right) construct an Austin A40 car in 1948, destined for export to America Ten years ago mass car production at Longbridge plant in Birmingham came to an end. Before that though ...

HUNDREDS of former MG Rover workers and enthusiasts joined Nanjing representatives in Longbridge in an emotional celebration of the 100th birthday of the collapsed car maker. The event on Saturday ...

The four-year-old had been walking with a woman when they were approached by the man in Longbridge ... Insp Matt Shaw from Birmingham Police said: "We understand how distressing the incident ...

Here is a history of the Longbridge car plant in Birmingham. :: November 4, 1905: Berkshire-born engineer Herbert Austin discovers a small derelict printing works at Longbridge, seven miles out of ...

Longbridge has been the centre of car making since Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, set up his motor works in an old print works there. At that time in 1905, the now outer-suburb of Birmingham ...

The first new MG for 16 years has rolled off the production line in Longbridge ... The MG6 is the first large-scale production at the Birmingham plant since the demise of Rover in 2005 with ...

Ten years ago mass car production at Longbridge plant in Birmingham came to an end. Before that though the factory, which Herbert Austin set up in 1906, survived World Wars One and Two.

The first new MG for 16 years has rolled off the production line in Longbridge ... The MG6 is the first large-scale production at the Birmingham plant since the demise of Rover in 2005 with ...