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Sid Hill Transport’ Setting The Standard

Sid Hill Transport is an award-winning provider of international transport for the exhibition sector in addition to same-day, next-day, and unusual cargo. 
Family-run outfit Sid Hill Transport has enjoyed a strong 12 months. The company, which is …

West Coast Railways handed ultimatum after judicial review

West Coast Railways will have to fit central door locking (CDL) to its carriages by February 29, or cease main line operations.
The ultimatum comes after WCR’s Judicial Review in the High Coart failed to overturn the Office of Rail and Road’s decision …

Engineers begin bridge enhancement works on East Kilbride …

Work begins this month to three railway bridges in Hairmyres as part of the East Kilbride enhancement project.
This activity marks the start of the wider engineering works on the £139.8m electrification project as part of a Scottish Government investm…

Community engagement specialists sought for Castle Square …

SUPPORTING rural businesses remains one of the most important challenges in realising the potential of Mid and West Wales, Senedd Member Eluned Morgan told a group of industry leaders who gathered in Pembrokeshire recently.
The meeting updated on the p…

Bridges to be rebuilt as part of East Kilbride electrification

Work will start next week on upgrading three railway bridges in the Hairmyres area[1] of East Kilbride[2] in South Lanarkshire.
The work is in connection with the East Kilbride enhancement project, which is an £139.8m electrification project that forms…

Team behind M40 calendar produces some motorway gifts

The calendar sold in its thousands as the many fans of the M40 motorway revealed themselves, and now Motorway Vistas, the company behind last year’s Christmas gift, have decided to create a new range of merchandise for the large number of M40 fans out …

Train thugs beat up victim for ?36 necklace

Over the course of six weeks in summer 2019 they carried out 14 robberies but they remained at large to carry out more robberies in 2020 and 2021. 
In one particularly violent robbery they punched and kicked a victim in the face, all to steal a silver …