Transport and Logistics Network
It was a familiar sight, but that didn’t stop it being a crushingly depressing one.
As we strolled gingerly towards the platform, the pain of two days of stag party excess weighing heavily on our creaking mid-thirties shoulders, our hazy eyes landed on…
20mph speed limit sign. Photo Dominic Lipinski PA Images
Chris Carter
On paper, it seems like a policy masterstroke. Investing £1.5bn of public money into creaking and defunct Welsh rail infrastructure to achieve the dual goal of greater economic gro…
Maanya Sachdeva and Maryam Zakir-Hussain
5 August 2023 at 3:56 pm
The Met Office[1] has upgraded weather warnings[2] to amber as eight people have been evacuated from their flooded Dublin homes.
The first named storm of the year, Storm Antoni[3] move…
People have been evacuated from homes as a huge low pressure – a named storm in the UK by the Met Office[1] – has sent monster 65mph winds[2] battering Britain.
More than 64mm of rain has fallen today in parts of Yorkshire today as Storm Antoni[3] has…
Britain is full of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, and they deserve to be celebrated.
So if you know someone who is selfless, brave, inspiring or courageous, there is still time to nominate them for a Pride of Britain[1] award. Here are jus…
Storm Antoni sparks flooding chaos: Homes are evacuated and cars are deluged as torrential rain and 78mph gusts of wind batter the isles after Met Office’s ‘danger to life’ warningBy Iwan Stone[1] and Dan Woodland[2] and Katherine Lawton[3] and Eleanor…
A Russian deserter[1] on Wednesday threatened to blow himself up with a hand grenade in a desperate bid to get his charges dropped, before being talked down by a regional governor.Traffic came to a standstill on a motorway in the central Russian c…
The Rugby World Cup 2023 is almost here and we’ve got your ultimate guide[1] to the tournament. Owen Farrell leads England into battle as they seek to wow the world and reach at least the finals once more. But there is stellar opposition.
Who will emer…
Summer, what summer? Thunderstorms batter Britain as 60mph gales and torrential rain cause travel chaos with streets hit by flash flooding and yellow weather warnings issued across the countryWeather warnings are in place across the Midlands and Wales …
A temporary footbridge is being built in Kibworth after residents had their safety concerns heard about the long closure[1] of a bridge used by hundreds to get to school and access shops. School Bridge is set to be demolished in Autumn and then rebuilt…