Labour’s smashing victory in the Rutherglen and West Hamilton by-election is just the boost Sir Keir Starmer was hoping for as he heads to his party conference, where he wants to cement his image as a prime minister in waiting.
It is the first time …
West Midlands Combined Authority photoRishi Sunak has confirmed that he is axing the Birmingham to Manchester leg of High Speed Rail 2[1], the UK’s biggest infrastructure project in decades.He has confirmed he will scrap plans for the northern leg[2] o…
The dealer reported an 11.7% rise in pre-tax profits to £31.5 million, and revenues grew over 20% to record levels of £2.4 billion, driven by acquisitions and growth in the core group, with full-year profits anticipated to be in line with expectations….
The rules of the road are there to keep us safe but those who disregard them sometimes end up in court. Deadly collisions have occurred on our streets due to the careless or inconsiderate driving of some.
They’ve claimed the lives of others and in at l…
Statfold
The Road, Rail and Ale Festival is set to take place at Statfold Country Park, Tamworth on September 9-10.
Visitors can discover the magic of steam on the World-renowned Statfold Barn Railway, home to the UK’s finest collection of narrow-gau…
An incident has taken place in Tamworth, with emergency services swooping to a landmark shopping centre. A busy road through the Staffordshire market town was also partly closed off for several hours.
Photos from the scene captured an air ambulance lan…
A cyclist is fighting for his life after being involved in a crash with a van on a Staffordshire road. A man in his 60s suffered injuries to his head and face following the ‘serious collision’.
He was rushed to hospital where his condition is currently…
A diver a was rescued in an underwater drama after getting into difficulty at a Staffordshire lake this morning (August 5). The woman was caught below the surface at Dosthill Quarry in the south of the county when her equipment got snagged on a rope.
H…
Premium-brand build quality at a competitive price made the Mercedes-Benz Atego a clear winner for Perspex Distribution Ltd.
A leading distributor of Perspex® cast acrylic and thermoplastic sheet, rod and tube, the company is now running its first truc…
A ‘careless driver’ who killed an ‘amazing’ dad when his lorry was involved in a slip road pile-up has walked free from court. Keith Collins was behind the wheel of a Scania articulated lorry when the horror smash took place near Tamworth[1].
The 57-ye…
I REFER to the article in the Swindon[1] Advertiser on Tuesday, July 18, regarding the queues at the ticket machine on Swindon Railway Station.
I use the trains frequently and always purchase my tickets from the ladies in the booking office.
They are a…
A man has died in a crash on the M42. The incident[1] happened between junctions 10 and nine of the southbound carriageway in Warwickshire[2] in the early hours of Saturday morning (July 15).
The crash, near Tamworth[3], involved a recovery vehicle and…
The driver of a recovery vehicle has died in a crash on the M42 to the south of the Leicestershire border. The 45-year-old man died when his truck collided with a Ford Fiesta in the early hours of Saturday, July 15.
Emergency services were called to th…
A serious crash in the early hours of this morning (Saturday July 15) has led to a closure on the M42[1] motorway. The incident happened near Tamworth[2] at around 2.15am.
Initially the motorway was closed in both directions between J10 (A5, Tamworth) …