The government has promised, for the umpteenth time in four decades, to dual the A1 between Morpeth and Ellingham – this time from part of the £36bn savings from scrapping high-speed rail (HS2) between Birmingham and Manchester.
It has also said it wil…
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The Cairngorm funicular is expected to return to service later this month after latest setback.
On June 9, earlier this year, after being contacted by several Parkswatch readers raising safety concern…
A man has died following an off-road bike crash in South Tyneside[1].
Northumbria Police officers were informed of a crash involving an off-road motorbike in the Stanhope Road area of Low Simonside, Jarrow[2], close to the A19, at around 8pm on Wednesd…
Emergency services were alerted to the fire in the building in Carliol Square, in Newcastle, at about 6.45 pm last night, with smoke from the huge blaze seen for miles.
Now, the Northbound carriageway of the A167(M) Central Motorway, is closed until fu…
It had been a good day’s driving. All that was needed was to find a hotel in Eastbourne, preferably one with a charging point for an electric car. “Is it a buggy?” the receptionist wondered. “No, it’s a car,” I assured her. “One of those scooter things…
Hundreds of polling stations have been set up in time for the local elections on Thursday.
Most voters will cast their ballots in the usual locations, like schools, community centres, or temporary polling huts.
For some, however, the venue will be a li…