Transport and Logistics Network
A motorcyclist died after crashing into a lamppost moments after he was asked to stop by a police officer in Leicester this morning. The man, who was in his 20s, was riding a Kawasaki motorbike near Leicester Royal Infirmary[1] around 2.30am when the o…
Two railway bridges in Hinckley were struck by lorries just hours apart. The incidents happened on the A5 and in Rugby Road on Wednesday (April 26) which led to road and rail disruption[1] throughout the day.
Emergency services were first alerted to an…
It is 25°C and the sun is shining outside in Cannes, but Chris Williamson is providing a particularly English strain of gloom. The Weston Williamson + Partners (WW+P) co-founder is attending MIPIM for the launch of the Egis Group’s Architecture Line,…
Choose Leeds. Choose Elland Road. Choose Leicester at home on a Tuesday night. Choose Highways England mangling the M62 and the M621. Choose a fucking big crisis.
Choose Jesse Marsch, choose the penis formation, choose pressing, counter-pressing, one l…
The police have closed a half-mile section of Barkby Road in the north east of the city, near to the road’s junction with Troon Way. The closure, on the Troon Industrial Estate, was first reported by Leicestershire Police[1] at about 9.15am today (Sund…
A crash that led to rush-hour traffic chaos in the Belgrave[1] area of Leicester today involved a driver being taken ill at the wheel and their car crashing into a fence. The crash, which led to the closure in both directions of Ulverscroft Road and pa…
A new fleet of electric lorries has been brought in to move shipments between the East and West Midlands.
Freight tech company Einride is operating the shuttles between Coventry and Walkers’ home city of Leicester. Over the initial three year partnersh…
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Crucial votes in the golf course saga
The Advertiser reported (April 13) how the main parties and political groups conte…
Three teenagers have been arrested after a blaze caused severe damage to the front of a Loughborough[1] charity shop. The Cancer Research store in Market Street caught[2] fire after a “large quantity” of rubbish outside it was set alight.
Leicestershir…
Einride was launched in the UK and continues to drive the transition to sustainable transport. The PepsiCo brand has been introduced in association with Walkers. The collaboration will, in the first phase, electrify more than 120,000 transport miles a…