Two new funds, with a combined value of up to £800,000 in support, are now open for applications, courtesy of Freeport East.These funds are designed to offer vital support to small and growing businesses and play a pivotal role in fostering opportuniti…
Freeport East is one of eight English freeports – an area where tax on imports is very low or waivered to encourage economic growth and trade – and received its final government approval in 2023.[1]
Freeport East’s funds are also designed to offer oppo…
A major road near a town has been shut after a collision between a car and a lorry.
Police were called to reports of a crash between Newton and Assington on the A134 Further Street, near Sudbury[1], at 11.35am.
An air ambulance and three fire crews wer…
There are far fewer railway stations in Cambridgeshire than there were a century ago. The development of roads and vehicles has meant that fewer goods and passengers rely on trains to travel, which in turn has led to many stations becoming disused.
Som…
Storm Pia swept into Derbyshire overnight and wreaked havoc on trees, buildings and anything else that was not securely tied down. As daylight broke across the county and winds gusted up to 60-65mph in places, it soon became apparent that, for many peo…
A lorry driver from Staffordshire is in hospital after his HGV collided with a bridge in Audlem, South Cheshire. Police described the collision, which happened on the A525 Whitchurch Road around 10.17pm last night, as ‘serious’.
The HGV collided with t…
A trucker had to be freed from his lorry following a crash which left a road closed. Police, paramedics and firefighters were scrambled to the A515 between Sudbury and Draycott in the Clay in the early hours of this morning.
And the collision at Aston …
A major project to bulldoze two A50 roundabouts[1] that cause gridlock every day has finally been given the green light – more than a decade after it was first mooted. The move to take out the McDonald’s and Derby Road roundabouts, in Uttoxeter[2], wil…
Chiltern Railways[1] has issued a warning to its customers regarding upcoming industrial action by Union ASLEF[2] which will affect the rail operators network from Friday the 29th of September to and including Friday the 6th of October.
Strike[3] days …
A busy road has been reopened in Suffolk[1] following a two-vehicle crash.
Police were called at just before 2pm today to a collision between a lorry and a van at the A134 in Long Melford near Sudbury[2].
A spokesperson for Suffolk Police said that amb…
Two fire crews were called to a lorry fire near Sudbury[1] this afternoon.
Suffolk Fire and Rescue were alerted to the incident in Rotten Row, Sackers Green, just after 1pm.
Four firefighters from Sudbury and Mildenhall, who were in breathing apparatus…
The A515 in Derbyshire was shut both ways this afternoon (Thursday, July 27) following a collision. According to traffic reports the crash involved a lorry.
Traffic monitoring service Inrix first reported the incident at shortly after 1pm. It said the …
Derbyshire Police[1] were called to reports of concerns for the safety of a woman on the A50 between junctions eight and nine in Sudbury – just before 3.20am on Thursday, July 13.
As a result of the incident, the A50 was closed in both directions betw…
Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet has agreed to start its tendering process for detailed design and early work on the Didcot[1] and surrounding areas major infrastructure project (HIF1).
But it has been labelled ‘financially and environmentally impo…