Tag Archives: Transport

Stephen Skinner is worried potholes could reduce vital ambulance access needed for his daughter. Picture: James MacKenzie CRUMBLING Ross-shire roads are putting people’s lives at risk and jeopardising livelihoods. A Black Isle dad fears his vulnerable daughter, who at her worst has suffered up to 60 epileptic fits a day, could …

  Nurses strike in Northern Ireland for pay parity; Zimbabwe municipal workers refuse pay offer as hospital strike continues and teachers plan walkout Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa 17 January 2020 Europe Northern Ireland nurses strike over pay parity and staff shortages Northern Ireland health workers’ unions have …

The Royal Mail building is under offer. INVERNESS could be set to start the new year with a huge boost with a state-of-the-art transformation of part of the city centre into a public transport hub. The Courier understands that Network Rail is close to securing a deal to acquire several …

The Royal Mail building is under offer. INVERNESS could be set to start the new year with a huge boost with a state-of-the-art transformation of part of the city centre into a public transport hub. The Courier understands that Network Rail is close to securing a deal to acquire several …

Did you know that London once had an underground, driverless railway for its post? Known as Mail Rail, or formerly the Post Office Railway, it operated from 1927 until 2003 to move mail around between postal sorting offices. Like the London Underground but for envelopes rather than people. And now …

The Confederation of British Industry has served Labour with a challenge to publish the full details of its nationalisation plans, in the latest twist of an increasingly bitter row. Britain’s leading business group hit back amid mounting pressure over its claim that Labour’s nationalisation plans would cost £196bn, releasing further …

There are so many places in the outer zones of London that didn’t used to be part of the city. Over time, the city’s surrounding counties have shrunk as areas on the fringes have been absorbed into London. The county of Middlesex was dissolved and was all but absorbed into …

A new entrance to Newton Abbot Railway Station from the Brunel Industrial Estate is set to be built. Devon County Council has given the go ahead for the new entrance and station building to be built on land currently used as parking by International Dance Supplies and Royal Mail. The existing …

A part of town long mooted for development could be transformed into 400 homes, offices, a health centre and shops. For years land next to Maidstone East station has been billed for redevelopment to become a gateway to the County Town. Shops including John Lewis and Asda had both eyed …

The last surviving Royal Mail coach which was once attacked by a lion that had escaped from a travelling menagerie has been restored to its former glory. The 200-year-old horse-drawn carriage harks back to the golden age of the Royal Mail when town clocks could be set by their arrival, …