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A Sheffield MP has reiterated Labour’s pledge to nationalise the UK’s railways following the Government’s decision to nationalise TransPennine Express.
Recent figures from the Office of Road and Rail show TransPennine Express (TPE) cancelled around on…
Police have confirmed a person has been rushed to hospital after being hit by a car in Sheffield[1].
At around 11am on Friday, May 5, the A61 Chesterfield Road in Meersbrook was closed in both directions. South Yorkshire Police (SYP)[2] rushed to Derby…
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Footage shows dine-and-dash family of four sneak out of restaurant without paying bill
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A family-run restaurant has pleaded for a group of diners to come back and settle their £60 bill after they allegedly did a runner while staff were distract…
Police ordered a furious driver not to “assault” Just Stop Oil protesters[1] as he dragged them off the road on Tuesday.Around 100 activists returned to five central London roads for more “slow marches”[2] on Tuesday morning – their second road-bl…
On April 15, Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government announced that plans for new, dangerous “smart motorways will be cancelled in recognition of the current lack of public confidence felt by drivers and cost pressures.”
Smart motorways, introduced in 2…
The public have been assured they can “simply swipe away” a test of a new public alert system when it emits a loud alarm on millions of phones on Sunday, but the AA has warned doing so while driving could land you with a £200 fine. Oliver Dowden, the n…
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…
A new map shows the areas in the UK which have been named ‘the least safest places to live’ and London boroughs make up almost half of the top 10. The study, based on burglary rates across the UK, was conducted by InsureMy[1] and used data from Crime R…
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…
The three-year partnership will see Einride connected electric trucks deployed between the Walkers manufacturing sites in Leicester and Coventry.
Einride’s electric truck fleet will cover more than 750,000 miles previously powered by fossil-fuels, savi…