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…
A person has passed away after being struck by a train near Chesterfield. (Photo: Brian Eyre)British Transport Police[1] (BTP) were called to a rail line near Chesterfield at 9.41am today after receiving reports of a casualty on the tracks.A BTP spokes…
Trains through Leicester and Loughborough have been delayed and some are cancelled after a person was hit by a train and died, on an East Midlands Railway[1] route. Services between London St Pancras and Sheffield, via Derby, will be affected until the…
EMR services will be impacted by closure of the line after the incident. (Photo: Rachel Atkins)
Emergency services have attended an incident between Derby and Chesterfield this morning – with a person being struck by a train.
This is affecting serv…
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BBC Radio 2 presenter Vernon Kay is set to run through even more of Derbyshire today as he gets closer to finishing his Ultra Ultra Marathon challenge for Children in Need. The broadcaster will be taking on marathons and ultramarathons across four days…
AGI, a provider of air, road, and sea freight logistics, has expanded in Derby by relocating to a larger office in Nurton Developments’ Cardinal Square offices.
The new 3,776 sq ft office, three times larger than its previous one, is part of AGI’s stra…
Air, road and sea freight specialist AGI has grown its East Midlands presence after moving into a bigger offices within Nurton Developments’ Cardinal Square site, in Derby.
The 3,776 sq ft office is three times the size of its previous office there and…
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Drivers are set to face new traffic rules in Eastleigh town centre as part of the new cycleway proposal.
Several existing parking and waiting restrictions across the town will be altered for the new route, linking Eastleigh Rail Station w…
By Josh Marsh – 13 November 2023
Two businesses in the town’s network of Chesterfield Champions[1] have taken home prestigious accolades at East Midlands Chamber’s Derbyshire Business Awards.
The ceremony recognised East Midlands Chamber members across…
A man has died following a serious collision at Pentagon Island in Derby. Emergency services[1] were called to the area at around 8pm on Sunday, November 12.
Police responded to reports that a man had been hit by a car[2]. The man died at the scene.
Th…
A stretch of the M1 in Derbyshire is seeing big queues of traffic[1] behind a broken-down vehicle. Two lanes have been closed on the M1 southbound after a lorry broke down.
The affected stretch is from J25 A52 Brian Clough Way[2] (Nottingham / Derby) t…