Transport and Logistics Network
A move to open a 24-hour off licence at a motorway service station has been ‘temporarily’ backed by the council. Sandwell[1] Council’s planning committee was forced to allow the Gateway Service Station, in Birmingham Road, Great Barr, next to junction …
Emergency services are at the scene of a crash between a lorry and a car on the M6. The collision prompted 45 minute delays for motorists during rush hour – with more than six-miles of tailbacks today.
The incident happened on the M6 Northbound between…
A BMW flipped onto side on an ‘accident blackspot’ road – as a councillor continued calls for better safety measures. The silver-coloured vehicle had rolled onto its right handside and was left lying on the pavement along the A4123 Wolverhampton Road i…
From left: Matthew Daly, Crissie Rushton, Shevaun Haviland, Sarah Moorhouse, Gareth Jones and Vikki Potts at the lunch
Shevaun Haviland was guest speaker at the Black Country Chamber of Commerce’s annual leaders’ lunch.
She said that chambers had bee…
Applause and cheering was heard from the public gallery as three men – one of them from Swadlincote – were sent down for life for the murder of a drug gang rival. Jerome Christie, 27, of Chrysanthemum Court, Swadlincote, will serve a minimum of 28 year…