Two lengths of railway track from the very earliest days of the railways have been restored at Paddington station[1], although you might need a few tips to be able to find them.
There are two lengths of railway — one dates from around the 1850s and t…
A Yorkshire dad-of-four was left with two broken legs after a lorry reversed into a brick wall and he was caught under the rubble.
Peter Hall, 31, says he’s been left unable to work since the incident in January, which took place at Hawthorn Timber on …
Cambridge will be gaining its third train station with Cambridge South set to open in 2025. However, another place in Cambridgeshire has seen its number of stations dwindle from three to none, with the last one closing in 1968.
Wisbech[1] used to have …
A dad-of-four from Hull was left with two broken legs after a lorry reversed into a brick wall, destroying it and crushing him under the rubble.
The incident, which happened at Hawthorn Timber on Haller Street in January, has left Peter Hall unable to …
A former theatre in Essex could become a block of flats, according to a planning application submitted to the local council. The former Empire Theatre in Southend was demolished in 2017, and earlier this year, an application was submitted to turn the b…
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Dad reveals how masked gang took his daughters hostage and ransacked his house
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A terrified dad has told how four masked men took his young daughters hostage with knives and threatened to “kill” his son before ransacking his home. Mohammed Ali,…
SWNSDad reveals how masked gang took his daughters hostage and ransacked his house[1]A terrified dad has told how four masked men took his young daughters hostage with knives and threatened to “kill” his son before ransacking his home. Mohammed Ali, 39…
SWNSDad reveals how masked gang took his daughters hostage and ransacked his house[1]A terrified dad has told how four masked men took his young daughters hostage with knives and threatened to “kill” his son before ransacking his home. Mohammed Ali, 39…
Michael Portsmouth[1] was at an antiques fair held in a village hall in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, when he found a copy of ‘One Hundred Years of Roads and Rail around the Solent’ by David Fareday Glenn. A keen history enthusaist, Michael bought the …
Mr Sales & Lettings, which will be converted into a Fat Twins burger bar. Credit: James Aldridge, Local Democracy Reporting ServiceCHANGING the floors above a would-be burger joint in Reading into flats has been confirmed in the latest planning news th…
Tom Neale said one teenager sprayed the ‘artwork’ under the Bilford Road bridge in Worcester on the canal while his wife immediately reported the incident to police.
The Canal and River Trust – a charity – says every ‘disappointing’ attack like this co…
One of sad things about railways in this country is that so many of them have completely disappeared. Miles and miles of lovely little branch lines that would have carried you to all sorts of destinations in the middle of nowhere were torn up and rippe…
Builders merchant Fielden Factors has taken delivery of six DAF vehicles from MV Commercial – including one with a bespoke front-mounted HIAB crane – as part of its fleet renewal programme. The order includes three DAF LF 290 18 tonne 4×2 brick …
From registering FIRs over the theft of Rs 40 to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi and Indira Gandhi, Tughlak Road police station in Lutyens’ Delhi has been a close witness to post-independence history since it was set up in 1941.
Located across Lok …