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Hello and welcome to ORR’s October Newsletter.
As Director of Strategy, Policy and Reform, part of my role leads the team which works to support better customer service for rail passengers.
We require train operating companies and Network Rail to deli…
A man was jailed for a year after brandishing knives outside a nightclub. Mohammed Kashin waved two blades around – narrowly missing revellers – after an argument.
West Midlands Police[1] said he left the area before returning with two knives. The forc…
Up to 35 firefighters rushed to a blaze at a property where 100 cannabis plants were being grown in Birmingham. Emergency services were called to a home on Mansel Road, Small Heath[1], this morning.
Seven fire engines and three 4×4 brigade response veh…
The Prime Minister on Thursday praised Old Oak Common[1]’s connections to the rest of London and Heathrow as “very strong” amid speculation that he is set to shunt a longer HS2[2] into the sidings.
In a round of interviews with BBC local radio stations…
The M6 was closed after a man died this morning. Police and paramedics were called to the scene, betwen junctions three and two, just before 5am. They found a man who was confirmed dead at the scene.
The M6 was closed southbound between junctions 4A, f…
Drivers are facing delays of two hours and ten miles of congestion after a serious incident closed a section of the M6. The southbound carriageway between junctions 4A, for the M42, and two, for the M69, was shut at around 5am by Warwickshire Police.
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Chiltern Railways[1] has issued a warning to its customers regarding upcoming industrial action by Union ASLEF[2] which will affect the rail operators network from Friday the 29th of September to and including Friday the 6th of October.
Strike[3] days …
Rishi Sunak has denied that people feel betrayed by his wavering over the future of HS2.
The Prime Minister, giving a string of local radio interviews ahead of the Conservative Party conference, did nothing to quell fears he is preparing to either scra…
The civil engineering is impressive – how much more of it will the HS2 project generate? (Photo: Submitted)That the project should be the subject of the PM’s commentary has, of course, prompted some to speculate that there is a particular reason for re…
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