Transport and Logistics Network
A major decision that would give HS2 the green light to build a giant viaduct through a leafy area of Solihull[1] is coming this week. The Balsall Common viaduct has been the subject of much scrutiny in the borough over the last 12 months, with permiss…
For the second year running, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), HS2’s construction partner for the West Midlands, is giving budding civil engineers, quantity surveyors and design engineers the chance to put theory into practice and play a part in building HS2…
A Kettering[1] crash on the A14 saw a car hit the back of a “Volvo goods vehicle”. The collision occurred at around 9pm Sunday (July 9) and happened between junctions 9 and 10 on the westbound carriageway of the A14.
Northamptonshire Police[2] said a g…
A creep who performed a sex act in front of a teenage boy has been jailed. Dean Kaboleh, 20, of Lansdowne Road, Handsworth, masturbated in front of his victim on board a train at Birmingham New Street Station[1] – and then tried to blame his “twin brot…
Leading UK palletised freight distribution network Palletline is refreshing its forklift fleet with energy efficient models following an exciting deal with Linde Material Handling.
The new forklifts offer improved energy efficiency and will generate a…
The depth of feeling after a boy, 12, was killed on a Birmingham[1] road, likened to a motorway, was clear. BirminghamLive attended the A45[2] Coventry Road in Hay Mills a month and a day after Azaan Khan was struck while crossing on his bike after vis…
The Blaenavon Heritage Railway has announced that London and North Western Railway ‘Coal Tank’ No.1054 will be visiting the line for its Annual Steam Gala from Friday 8th to Sunday 10th September.
The locomotive previously visited the line for its stea…
Birmingham Magistrates Court
Dean Kaboleh, 20, at first told police it was a case of mistaken identity and that it was his twin brother who was responsible for the incident on the cross-city service between Birmingham New Street station and Gravelly …
Palletline is refreshing its forklift fleet with energy efficient models, including 10 that are all-electric, and they are expected to save more than £100,000 over five years. A total of 78 new forklifts will operate across hubs in London, Birmi…
Four boys who fell through an icy lake in Solihull died after drowning in a “terrible accident”, a coroner has concluded.
Jack Johnson, 10, Thomas Stewart, 11, and his cousins, Finlay Butler, eight, and Samuel Butler, six, all died after falling into B…