Transport and Logistics Network
Drivers beware – changes to life on the roads are on the way or looming. And one of them could affect life on every street in England.
Motorists should note that there are a number of new laws and regulations coming into force this month – and some car…
Plans for 15 new homes have been rejected over fears they could get in the way of HS2. The Burton Road scheme on vacant land in Measham was rejected after attracting a series of objections, including from the HS2 bosses.
Applicant Barbara Cotton said t…
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan won a major political and personal victory last week, as the High Court ruled that the capital’s ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) can legally be expanded on August 29. Minutes after Justice Sir Jonathan Swift’s judgement was pu…
A 19-year-old was stabbed to death in a shocking weekend of violence across the North West.
People living on Merseyside and beyond were horrified to hear the news of Matthew Daulby'[1]s death following a disturbance in Ormskirk town centre[2] on Saturd…
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Dexys[1] – formerly known as Dexys Midnight Runners – have announced details of their first North American tour in 40 years.
The band, who returned this week with new album ‘The Feminine Divine’[2], will hit the road later this year.
After a UK tour th…
A man stabbed on a train near Hartford Station on Friday (July 30) is recovering in hospital. A suspect is also in custody after the incident that saw roads closed by police and the air ambulance scrambled.
The 50-year-old victim was travelling between…
As I walk down a busy road in Perry Barr[1] it’s like a different world. Where once was a grey and grim area, laden with graffiti and chaotic traffic jams, the landscape has received a lick of paint to brighten it up.
Thank goodness it did since just a…
Disruption to train services
National Rail says there are disruption to services in the area.
Avanti West Coast services between Edinburgh / Glasgow Central / Blackpool North / Liverpool Lime Street and London Euston are affected.
As are London Northwe…
An air ambulance[1] landed on a bridge over tracks after a “serious assault on a train” that saw a man stabbed.
Hartford Railway Station in Cheshire was the scene of the madness as the 15:33 from Liverpool to Birmingham came to an abrupt halt in the vi…