By Dan Grennan[1] Published: 12:54, 15 December 2023 | Updated: 14:31, 15 December 2023
A carpet fitter has been found guilty of murdering his former partner and dumping her body by a lay-by near the M1 motorway.Darren H…
Lincoln[1]’s first-ever soapbox race is coming to the city in 2024 with applications now open. Krazy Races is a free to attend, national award winning soapbox derby event which welcomed over 150,000 visitors and raised over £100,000 for local charities…
Businesses based around Junction 28 of the M1 are joining calls for government investment to address queues the junction faces every day.
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Speaking to Midlands Connect, local firms outlined the junction is costing them business, damaging the environment, putting employees at risk, and even holding back local economic growth.
One of the firms reliant on the junction is Alliance Healthcare …
UK faces flood chaos on Thursday with up to three inches of rain in south westBy Stewart Carr[1] Published: 09:05, 6 December 2023 | Updated: 13:01, 6 December 2023
The Met Office has issued a new weather warning map sho…
With another bumper issue lined up, Rail Express editor Richard Clinnick talks us through what’s coming up in the new issue.
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Welcome to the January 2024 edition of Rail Express, which is another 100-page edition packed with ne…
A main road was blocked in a Derby suburb after a car crash that resulted in one vehicle ending up on its side. Derbyshire police were called to reports of a collision[1] on Kenilworth Avenue, near Warwick Avenue, in Normanton.
The incident happened at…
A three-day rock music festival for bikers has finally been given a permanent home near a Derbyshire town. Earlier this year the Rock & Bike Festival (RaBF) was held at the Notts Derby Showground in Longmoor Lane, between Breaston and Long Eaton[1].
Th…
A woman who crashed her car while over the limit on alcohol and drugs killing one man and seriously injuring another has been jailed. Rachael Boardman, 43, was sentenced to six years in jail and banned from driving for 13 years in court yesterday (Wedn…
In its report for the autumn statement, the OBR said it was reducing its forecast for electric vehicles’ share of new car sales in 2027 to 38%, compared with the 67% it projected in March.
It added that growth in take-up had slowed, with electric vehic…
A Derby MP[1] has met with the Transport Secretary to discuss the production gap and threat of job cuts at Alstom. Alstom announced back in September that more than 500 permanent staff and almost 800 temporary[2] staff could be at risk of losing their …
The UK government is being urged to fund new trains for the Elizabeth Line – which runs from Essex through London to Reading – in a bit to help save the UK’s largest rail assembly factory. Alstom is consulting on potential redundancies believed to be a…
Expectations are growing that Jeremy Hunt will unveil tax cuts tomorrow, with an Autumn Statement that will also see welfare reforms aimed at pushing benefits claimants back into the workplace.
It comes after Rishi Sunak used a speech yesterday to prom…
Transport Secretary Mark Harper has been urged to fund new Elizabeth line trains to help save the UK’s largest rail assembly factory.Alstom is consulting on potential redundancies believed to be around 550 at its train manufacturing site in Derby, whil…