Minster

The tiny Kent village now only 70 minutes from London by train

The new Thanet Parkway Station between Ramsgate and Minster takes passengers to London on the train in 70 minutes and has opened up leisure destinations across Kent. It opened last July, with 10 trains a day on weekdays to and from London Bridge, Chari…

The year the seams bulged – insidetime & insideinformation

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The New Year is traditionally a time for new beginnings: turning over a new leaf, writing a new page, righting past wrongs. ‘We look backwards to go forwards’ as the coach proclaimed at a rugby match I attended in Portland Pris…

Oxford Mail review of the year: October to December

Here, we are looking at what happened in the fourth quarter of the year between July and September in the last part of this four-part review. 
October
On October 2, a lightning strike caused a huge gas explosion at Severn Trent Green Power waste plant …

review of the year: October to December 2023

Here, we are looking at what happened in the fourth quarter of the year between July and September in the last part of this four-part review. 
October
On October 2, a lightning strike caused a huge gas explosion at Severn Trent Green Power waste plant …

The huge offshore electricity project set to link Kent to Suffolk

The second consultation launched yesterday (October 24) on the building of ‘Sea Link’ – new infrastructure for the National Grid to carry more electricity from Suffolk to Kent[1]. National Grid Electricity Network, which is behind the proposal, said up…

Person found dead on tracks at Minster railway station

Emergency services were called to Minster railway station this morning (September 25) to reports of a casualty on the tracks. Police, firefighters and paramedics raced to the scene[1] just before 10.30am.
Now, a spokesman for British Transport police h…

Memories of Carlisle and surrounding areas in the 1980’s

The 80s was the decade of British Prime Minster Margaret Thatcher, yuppies, chunky mobile phones and BMX bikes.
Big events from the 1980s when Argentina invaded the Falklands Islands and Britain went to war in 1982. In 1981, Prince Charles married Lady…

Howard Campion looks back at Scarborough Road

GOING out from Norton and heading towards Scarborough, there is a slight rise in the road’s gradient which soon falls back down to its original level next to a timber framed building on the left hand side.
This was ‘The Balaclava’ (AKA ‘The Bala’), a R…

Northern reveals its most popular destinations for summer so far

Northern[1] has revealed a list which details its most popular destinations for summer so far as customers enjoy leisure travel by train in the North of England.
The list is as follows, running in order of popularity:
1st  – Manchester[2]
Manchester[3]…