Transport and Logistics Network
A drunk man who was high on drugs[1] and failed to stop for police officers has been sentenced to time in prison for the risk he posed to local communities. Ashley Collingwood-Hook, of Downing Street, Alfreton, was arrested on February 19, 2023, after …
Station Hill closed southbound. Bluestar services ‘severely disrupted’
pic: Google Maps
Station Hill[1], one of Eastleigh’s busiest roads, will be closed in the southbound direction for two weeks starting Monday, October 9, for cycleway improvements.
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A Derby teenager has succeeded at the second attempt to obtain permission to pitch his stall at a city centre location to sell food from his new Vegan Express business. In July, Qasim Khan, 19, attended a licensing hearing at Derby City Council[1] aski…
A couple say they were left disgusted after ‘finding a melted pen’ stuck to the side of their pizza delivery. Dave Stramkowski and wife Karen ordered a medium ham and mushroom pizza from Papa Johns to be delivered to their home.
But after it was delive…
Fast, easy, and free to use – on Motorway, dealers compete to give you their best price
The way to sell your car in Yorkshire – top tips to self for a good price. Submitted pic
Motorists across all of Yorkshire[1] can tick ‘sell my car[2]’ off their …
Money that would have been spent on the HS2 rail project – most of which had already been scrapped in the Derby area[1] in 2021 anyway – is to be spent improving roads and public transport “benefiting more people, in more places, more quickly”, accordi…
UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed he is cancelling phase two of the long-standing high-speed rail network project, High Speed 2 (HS2). This comes two years after the government scrapped[1] the eastern Leeds branch of the project.
In a speech[…
The locations of the new train stations set to be built along a new line between Burton and Leicester have been revealed. Rishi Sunak yesterday announced the historic Ivanhoe line through East Staffordshire, South Derbyshire and North West Leicestershi…
A major project to bulldoze two A50 roundabouts[1] that cause gridlock every day has finally been given the green light – more than a decade after it was first mooted. The move to take out the McDonald’s and Derby Road roundabouts, in Uttoxeter[2], wil…
The West Midlands will benefit from more frequent trains, more capacity and faster journeys in a major funding boost to create stronger public transport networks.
A total of £36 billion in savings from HS2 will be reinvested in hundreds of transport pr…