Transport and Logistics Network
A man was attacked and a suitcase containing jewellery was stolen in the city. Police have issued an image of a man they want to trace.
West Midlands Police[1] said the victim was assaulted in Hockley Street, Jewellery Quarter[2], just before 1pm, on T…
Harefield’s Moorhall Road has reopened after HS2 engineers completed a key 40-metre span that will form part of the high-speed rail project’s record-breaking Colne Valley Viaduct.
Timed for the school summer holidays to reduce disruption for the commun…
Work involved excavating 14,000 tonnes of earth, building a 140 metre retaining wall and moving a 2,600 tonne bridge deck 130 metres into place under the South Staffordshire freight railway.
The work was carried out during a 10 week blockade. It was co…
Scores of residents were evacuated after a ‘hazardous materials incident’ at Birmingham flats on a main road. Emergency services had dashed to a suspected gas leak in Sheldon yesterday.
Up to 20 firefighters responded and attended Solihull[1] Heights, …
No engineering works on this line! Grandfather, 83, rides around working miniature railway in his back garden complete with eight mini engines – after spending 30 years building itDerek Burwell has been building the miniature railway in his garden sinc…
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said 20,000 of its members will walk out next Saturday (August 26) at 14 train operators in the long running row over pay and conditions.
The union said it had been left with “little choice” but to take furt…
People travelling by train in York over the bank holiday weekend next week are to face disruption due to planned strikes by RMT union members (Image: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire and Newsquest)People travelling by train in York over the bank holiday weekend …
HS2[1] has finished building a bridge at Streethay near Lichfield[2] in Staffordshire[3].
The bridge was built by HS2[4]’s West Midlands[5] civils contractor, Balfour Beatty VINCI, and designed by Mott MacDonald as part of a Design Joint Venture with S…
A dopey moped rider undertook a police car in a bus lane after claiming they were driving too slow. Emran Meah sped off from officers on the Pershore Road in south Birmingham and ended up nearly colliding into a pedestrian after mounting the kerb.
When…
A teenage boy has tragically died after falling from a bridge on the M6 motorway. The youngster is believed to have been hit by a car after the fall.
Police have appealed for dashcam footage from drivers that may have unknowingly caught a glimpse of th…