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Rishi Sunak faces the threat of a damaging Tory rebellion due to fears his plans to scrap the northern leg of HS2[1] to Manchester will scupper any hopes of delivering a full east to west rail line across the North.
The Prime Minister is expected to an…
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is planning to scrap the Northern leg of HS2, which would have connected Birmingham with Manchester, reports suggest.
Sky News announced the rumour minutes before Chancellor Jeremy Hunt took to the stage at the Conservative P…
Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discountsGet Simon Calder’s Travel emailVandalism on the railway can result in a life sentence and unlimited fine for the perpetrator. But the act of national vandalism that…
The Planning Inspectorate has declared that a plan for a National Rail Freight[1] Interchange scheme to be established at Hinckley[2] in Leicestershire should be scrutinised through a series of meetings and hearings.
The Inspectorate has confirmed that…
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Welsh Conservative Senedd group leader Andrew RT Davies has been ridiculed by the Westminster leader of Plaid Cymru after saying the issue of Wales losing £5bn rail funding was “above [his] pay grade”.
Mr Davies made t…
Jeremy Hunt has admitted he flew to Conservative conference in Manchester – as ministers prepare to ditch the planned high-speed rail[1] link to the city.
The Chancellor hopped on a BA flight from London to Manchester, which usually takes around an hou…
Failure to complete HS2 will be a betrayal of the Tories’ promises to level up the country, voters have warned as Rishi Sunak[1] prepares to mutilate the project.
The PM is preparing to use his first party conference as leader to ditch the leg of the h…
West Midlands Police are growing concerned for the welfare of a missing teenager from Birmingham. Officers said Sophia disappeared from Kings Norton[1].
The force said anyone who sees her should dial 999. It said the schoolgirl could be in Acocks Green…
Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discountsGet Simon Calder’s Travel emailThe train drivers’ union, Aslef, has announced the next round of industrial action[1] in its long and bitter dispute with 14 English …
A 17-year-old boy has been killed in a tragic pile-up between a Range Rover and a group of motorbikes. The teenage motorbiker died at the scene in Shropshire[1] just after midnight today, Sunday October 1.
West Mercia Police[2] said a second motorbiker…