Transport and Logistics Network
September 2025 Newsletter
Our recent access decisions announced at the start and end of July illustrate the opportunities and challenges inherent in managing our railway infrastructure to best serve passengers, freight customers, and the broader econom…
NEWCASTLE 2-3 LIVERPOOL: Rio Ngumoha became Liverpool’s youngest-ever Premier League goalscorer as the 16-year-old scored a dramatic late winner against Newcastle
22:47, 25 Aug 2025
Football loving writer who spends much of his life on motorways getti…
St George’s crosses have been spray-painted onto roads and roundabouts in Kent overnight – with flags also flying on motorway bridges, flyovers and in high streets across the county.
Pedestrian crossings, give-way markings and mini-roundabouts in Faver…
Northumbria Police officers were called to South Burn Terrace, in the New Herrington area of Houghton-le-Spring, just before 11.30am
17:34, 21 Aug 2025
Repairs to electrical cables in Houghton-le-Spring
A crash in Sunderland[1] saw a lorry coll…
Full guide to the Newcastle to South Shields AJ Bell Great North Run for September 7, from first road closures to finish line fun
14:44, 11 Aug 2025
The Great North Run flypast always makes for a striking photo(Image: PA)
Excitement is building for t…
An Indian-born businessman is going up against the Heathrow Airport[1] to develop a third runaway and new terminals at the UK’s main hub.
Plans submitted on Thursday would see Surinder Arora’s £25bn plan go head to head with Heathrow’s grander £33bn sc…
The new restaurant is expected to open in the city centre
06:00, 28 Jul 2025
Dishoom Limited have applied for a premises licence(Image: Birmingham Live)
Councils across the Liverpool City Region have issued a list of public notices in the past seven …
A lobby group representing manufacturers and a major bank is urging the government to think again about the abandoned sections of HS2 to Manchester and Leeds.
Make UK and Barclays UK Corporate Bank have published a survey of companies’ views and say bu…
Make UK and Barclays Corporate Bank said its research showed that companies believe the move would significantly increase passenger numbers and free up capacity for rail freight on existing lines.
The survey of 200 manufacturing companies showed that n…
The A167 Central Motorway will be cut to one lane in each direction through Newcastle city centre and closed completely overnight to allow for ‘critical’ repairs to a deteriorating concrete viaduct
12:02, 17 Jul 2025Updated 12:51, 17 Jul 2025
Lane cl…