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View image in fullscreen[1]Tim Dowling: I’ve already used up all my optimism for the year. What now?The misery of the English winter has made me homesick for extreme US weather. I hate to miss a hurricaneI am sitting in my office shed, cut off from th…
On a map, Newcastle Airport looks like the natural choice.
In practice, it is Manchester – more than 100 miles away down the M6 – that increasingly emerges as the most cost‑effective gateway to the skies.
Newcastle still earns an honourable mention.
At…
A police incident has shut a busy motorway in the early hours.
The M60 in Greater Manchester is closed anti-clockwise between J1 Pyramid Roundabout Stockport and J25 Bredbury Interchange due to the incident.
Emergency services as well as Greater Manche…
The French inland port of Gron, located around 110 kilometers south-east of Paris, will later this year add rail to its river and road freight activities. Its operator, LogiYonne, is piloting a project which will see 6 million euros invested in connect…
Despite years of post-Brexit friction, EU–UK trade has not collapsed. According to a new trade survey by Make UK and DHL, 82% of UK manufacturers still export to the EU, confirming that Europe remains their most important market. But while trade volume…
Admission to the Night Hike is $15 for adults and $10 for children ages 4 to 12, with VIP access available for E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center members. Guests may also opt into the Fireside Owl Experience, a $5 add-on featuring a close encounter with a na…
Thames Freeport Health Bus
Thames Freeport Health Bus
Thames Freeport’s mobile health programme brings free diabetes and hypertension screening to communities across Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Thurrock.
This demonstrates how economic zon…
The AA has called for the return of the hard shoulder
17:20, 06 Feb 2026
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A smart motorway system(Image: PA)
Eight smart motorway projects in England – including one on the M6 – are forecast to provide weak value for money, according to o…
Smart motorways are losing the economy money and creating traffic jams with mixed safety benefit, according to new analysis.
The AA said several smart motorway schemes are either losing the nation cash or barely breaking even
The AA investigated 16 lo…
In a statement, the Department for Transport said that although it would not be rolling out any new smart motorways, they remained among our safest roads in terms of deaths and serious injuries, and were just as safe, or safer, than the roads they repl…