A former rail boss has spoken out against scrapping plans to build two new platforms at Manchester Piccadilly. The plans for platforms 15 and 16 date back more than a decade and have been waiting to be signed off since 2015[1].
But last month, as the g…
True, electric cars are built differently from ICE cars due to the absence of an engine. Instead, they are powered by an electric motor and battery. Despite this, though, the way in which an electric car reacts to a collision is similar to an ICE car….
There are few man-made sights more iconic or magnificent in Scotland than the three bridges[1] that cross the Firth of Forth[2] – and yet it’s a view that could have looked very different if plans to build a 7,300-ft-long dam had made it off the drawin…
Port of Felixstowe, part of the Hutchison Ports’ network, and Shanghai Westwell Technology Co. Ltd (Westwell) have signed an agreement for an additional 100 battery-powered autonomous Q-Trucks.
The order follows a tender exercise and a thorough testing…
Britain’s first dedicated bulk handling terminal for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) is to be built on Teesside. Output equivalent to 10% of the government’s Jet Zero target for 2030 should begin flowing in 2028, the parties anticipate.
Bulk storage …
Deal activity in the UK logistics and supply chain management sector got off to a slow start in 2023, with deal volume and value falling sharply in the first quarter of the year, according to a report by accountancy and business advisory firm BD…
Peter Merry (Wolverhampton College), Davie Carns (NIS), Jackie Redding and Susan Barlow (both The Way Youth Zone)
Wolverhampton-based National Infrastructure Solutions, which was started by former Royal Marine and professional footballer Davie Carns,…
Both camps were mad for it as their teams faced off in the first Manchester derby FA Cup[1] final.
But it was the City fans who got to roll with it at Wembley today as the Sky Blues kept their Premier League[2] winning rhythm to beat bitter rivals Unit…
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailCheap advance train[1] tickets could be harder to get under new plans that would deal another blow to rail passengers already …
A major refurbishment of the High Level Bridge is set to go ahead.
The Grade I listed crossing is earmarked for a substantial repairs job to fix its fractured ironwork and peeling paint. Council chiefs in both Newcastle and Gateshead[1] have now both g…
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT)[1] and Aslef[2] unions employed by train operators across England will continue their walkout this weekend in a long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions[3].
The strike will affect hundreds of …
Road charging is not “dead in the water” despite a majority of people opposing plans for a Cambridge congestion charge to fund public transport improvements.
Some 58 per cent of respondents to the Greater Cambridge Partnership’s Making Connections publ…
RMT members on Britain’s railways will resume strike action tomorrow (Friday 2 June), with a walkout involving 14 of the largest train operating companies (TOCs), in the ongoing dispute over pay, pensions, jobs, and conditions.[1]
This follows on from…
An abandoned magistrates courts in the middle of Chelmsford have been used for a upcoming Channel 4 docu-drama ‘re-enacting a real criminal case’. Filming in Shire Hall meant that from April 24 work on pedestrianising the area in front had to be paused…