The reconstruction of a railway bridge in Birmingham has been crowned the West Midlands’ top civil engineering project for 2023.
The ‘Bridge 13’ scheme on the line between Stechford and Aston was crowned large project (over £10 million) and overall pro…
The Southern Connector road junction with Wanborough Road (Image: Newsquest)A NEWLY constructed major road that was due to have opened to the public for the first time earlier this month remains empty and unused weeks later.In a statement in early Augu…
On Thursday, September 21, 2023, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) held its annual West Midlands Awards Ceremony at the MacDonald Burlington Hotel in Birmingham.
Attended by ICE president Keith Howells, 13 awards were presented to the teams that…
New CCTV footage showed the lorry[1] that ex-soldier turned terror suspect Daniel Khalife escaped under, as it drove through London.
The third day of the national manhunt for the 21-year-old saw the first confirmed sighting of the ex-serviceman after …
Liverpool has said it will now run the job to finish its delayed Anfield Road stand itself after main contractor on the scheme Buckingham sank into administration earlier this week.
The club’s move to take control of the site had been widely expected w…
Liverpool FC takes back control of £80m Anfield Road project and has appointed a new contractor to finish the work following the collapse of the original builder. Tony McDonough reports
Liverpool FC’s £80m Anfield Road stand is almost complete
Work h…
SIR – The bankruptcy of the Labour-controlled Birmingham City Council (report, September 6)[1] is further proof that Labour always demands ever-more money to feed its bureaucracies. Other examples are Sadiq Khan’s administration in London and the …
Wightwick Manor will be among the venues open for Heritage Open Days
The Heritage Open Days features hundreds of activities around the theme of Creativity Unwrapped, sharing England’s colourful history of creativity and the festival will celebrate th…
Your Liverpool morning digest for Wednesday, September 6.
Jordan Henderson makes Mohamed Salah Saudi transfer claim
Jordan Henderson has backed Mohamed Salah to make a big impact if he joins the former Liverpool captain in Saudi Arabia.
The Egyptian wa…
A New Chapter in Anfield’s Expansion Saga
In a significant development, Liverpool FC has assumed control of the Anfield Road Stand construction site. This move comes in the wake of Buckingham Group’s unfortunate descent into administration. The Buckin…
Buckingham Group Contracting, the construction firm charged with building Liverpool FC’s new Anfield Road stand extension, has entered administration, leading to the loss of almost 500 jobs.
Liverpool had been anticipating opening an upper tier of its …
Hundreds of jobs have been lost after the contractor building Liverpool FC’s Anfield Road stand extension collapsed into administration.
Buckingham Group Contracting had previously ceased trading and issued a notice of intention to appoint administrato…
The works at Ladies Lane Bridge have said to have caused huge amounts of traffic in the area because of diversions through Westhoughton[1].
The Bolton News reported that that the Buckingham Group[2], which was carrying out the works for Network Rail, …
Protesters descended on Whitehall on Tuesday to demand that the expansion of Sadiq Khan’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) be scrapped. Dozens of campaigners waved placards with messages such as “stop the toxic air lie”, and mocked-up car registrati…