How the main entrance to Old Oak Common will look. Image courtesy HS2
It’s been a tricky year or two for the High Speed 2 (HS2) project. Government cuts have seen the rail route scaled back to a single phase between London and Birmingham. The project’…
Sewage alerts have been issued for seven beaches along the Kent[1] coast today (October 28), including at the county’s most polluted bathing site, following spells of heavy rain. They come as an extended yellow weather warning for rain has been issued …
Thanet[1] has seen the biggest boom in house prices of anywhere in Kent[2] since the show Location, Location, Location first aired 40 series ago. The popular Channel 4 property show returned to our screens on Wednesday (October 25) for its 40th series….
Further building development has been given the go ahead on a brownfield site near Egham train station. The development is hoped to bring a new lease of life to the empty offices, which were rented out regularly before the pandemic.
Formerly used as of…
A lost Essex railway station closed more than 60 years ago – but confusion still reigns over the spelling of its name. Thorington was between Colchester[1] and Walton.
However the station – on what is now known as the Sunshine Coast Line and part of th…
Oxford hotelier Jeremy Mogford has hit out at Oxfordshire County Council[1] for coming up with an “unwelcome cocktail of restrictions”, which he believes will “irreparably damage the economic and cultural vibrancy of Oxford forever”.
Traffic filters, w…
The M20 in Kent has reopned after traffic was breifly halted by police.
Officers stopped vehicles in both directions on the motorway between J11 for the A20 Hythe[1] and Westenhanger, and J10 for the A2070 and Ashford[2] South this afternoon.
Police …
Despite being the Gateway to Europe and sitting at the junction of numerous internationally-significant transport routes, Kent still suffers from more than its fair share of issues when it comes to travel by road, rail and sea.[1]
These are the major a…
A raft of proposals that could revolutionise how people move around the New Forest – including a new railway station for Hythe and a ferry to Southampton – has been put forward.
Transport for the South East (TfSE) – a partnership of local authorities a…
With the cost-of-living crisis, and the long lasting impact of the pandemic, people’s mental health has been affected over the past few years. Some areas more than others.
The most anxious place in Kent has been revealed by the Office for National Stat…
John Paine, secretary of the National Pensioners Convention in Oxfordshire, claimed earlier this week that blue badge holders would be fined.
He said this was because the proposed bus gate cameras work by recognising the vehicle number plate,[1] but th…
Campaigners say it’s “now or never” as they fight to save an abandoned railway station.
Plans to replace Lydd[1] Railway Station with a mobile homes park[2] have been likened to a “travesty”, with 500 signing a petition against the scheme and submittin…
Council bosses in Kent[1] have made a formal move to see disposable vapes banned following environmental and health fears. The decision by Kent County Council has been made after the Local Government Association claimed 1.3m vapes are thrown away each …
Rail users have been advised to check before they travel between July 17 and July 22 due to six days of planned industrial action. The ASLEF trade union has called action short of a strike, meaning there will be some cancellations on most Greater Angli…