Transport and Logistics Network
A Derby motorist had his vehicle seized after police said he had been driving for over five decades without actually passing a driving test. The 69-year-old driver was stopped by officers from Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit[1] (RPU) on Saturday, May 6….
These are exciting times for Rail Operations (UK) Ltd. Richard Clinnick meets the operator’s CEO Dave Burley to discover the future of the business.
Credit: Rail Operations Group
THE imminent arrival of the first tri-mode Class 93s for Rail Operation…
A retired nurse in a Derbyshire town is mortified at the scale of a new Lidl and DIY store which is being built behind her home. Mandy Mulligan, aged 57, has lived in Circuit Drive, Long Eaton[1] for 11 years.
However, she says the garden which she has…
High-speed rail arrived in Britain in 2003 with the railway line between London and the Channel Tunnel opening. HS2 is the first new high-speed railway line to be built in Britain since then.
One of the line’s terminus stations will be Curzon Street, i…
Travel & Tourism
It’s one of the city’s oldest surviving Georgian houses.
A historic corner of the Science and Industry Museum is set to be turned into holiday accommodation, with overnight stays starting from next year.
The Grade I-listed Station Ag…
A former council employee has avoided being jailed for fraud[1] after buying and selling luxury goods by applying for £90,000 worth of charity vouchers for her own use. Gemma King, now of Braybrook Street, Hammersmith[2], was employed as a family suppo…
What a difference three years makes. Especially if you’re Rhea Ripley.
Following WrestleMania 36 in 2020, it felt as though the Australian superstar had seen her months of momentum evaporate. Despite a show stealing performance against Charlotte Flair….
Traffic was stopped on a stretch of the M1 following a crash. The northbound carriageway between J24a and J25 for Nottingham was shut just before 7.30am on Tuesday, April 25.
Two lanes were closed after a collision involving a car and lorry, traffic mo…
Police officers searching for missing Derby woman Josephine Morales have confirmed a body has been found. Josephine, who was also known as Jo, went missing on Saturday (April 22).
Officers have been searching the local area for the last two days and ha…
A road safety group which came in for criticism at the weekend, after advising cyclists to be “considerate of motorists who are trying to pass them”, has responded to the backlash by insisting that “our aim is to try and educate all road users to be co…