Transport and Logistics Network
A train service will be reinstated after more than 60 years, taking passengers between Hanley[1] and Leek[2] in just 20 minutes. It comes after plans were scrapped for the HS2 train between Birmingham and Manchester.
A grant of £50,000 was awarded to t…
It can take longer to travel by bus from Leek[1] to Hanley[2] than from Stoke to London by train, according to a new report. Figures quoted in the ‘Leek – Stoke strategic outline business case’ show it can take 11 minutes longer to travel from Leek to …
A man from Burton[1] was one of two men killed in a crash involving a vehicle that had multiple faults, an inquest has heard.
Paul Adams’ Citrreon was hit by the Subaru Impreza being driven by Jordan Patalong on the A53 Buxton Road in Leek. The Impreza…
Three trees have been saved from ‘the council axemen’ after locals came out to protect them. Residents had threatened to park their cars alongside the trees on Bagnall Road, Milton,[1] to stop workers felling them.
Now Stoke-on-Trent City Council[2] ha…
A man has been spared jail after framing his friend for his crime. Prince Bwalya, 31, of Ellerby Road, Blurton,[1] was stopped by police on Leek Road, Stoke,[2] on November 10 2022, at 2.30am, Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court[3] heard on October 25.
Police h…