A gang responsible for stealing almost £1m worth of BT Openreach network cable have been jailed for combined total of 14 years. Billy Lee Junior, 24, Levi Lee, 22, Samuel Sheady-Jones, 23, and Ashley ...

Copper cable thieves have struck again in St Neots, UK, causing significant disruption to Openreach services in the Cambridgeshire town. It's the second time the vandals have targeted the town in the ...

An invisible DNA marker that links criminals to crime scenes is playing a key role in helping the UK’s leading broadband provider, Openreach, clamp down on cable thefts, claiming that the number of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This comes as the cost of copper continues to rise, hitting all-time highs in early 2026 and expected to rise even further given ...

Hot on the heels of hitting its first target of making full-fibre broadband available to 4.5 million premises across the UK, broadband provider Openreach has announced a strategic collaboration with ...

Underground Metal Theft Suspect Arrested After Climbing Up Through Manhole Three men have been jailed after stealing underground BT cabling and risking havoc in Birmingham city centre. Altafin Poenaru ...

The former British Telecom organization reportedly has received a sizable bid for part of the copper landline cable it is retiring. “The traditional landline has served us well for generations, but it ...