[ad_1] Teachers and nurses could be the next to take industrial action, union bosses have warned as the country prepares for strikes on the railways. The National Education Union said unless teachers received a pay offer closer to inflation it would plan to ballot its 450,000 members. Unison boss Christina McAnea said the Government had…
[ad_1] If there’s one good thing about taking the Tube it’s that occasionally you get to spot a dog on the Tube. TfL’s new Elizabeth line might not actually, technically, be a Tube – it’s a railway line – but you can still get that same joy of dog-spotting. As of Tuesday, May 24, the…
[ad_1] There have been calls for TransPennine Express to be stripped of the West Coast Main Line franchise. Passengers using the operator to get to and from Lockerbie have been hit by frequent cancellations in recent years. And that continued at the weekend, with some services cancelled or terminated early. Rail users also had to…
[ad_1] Britain’s aviation minister has heard how East Midlands Airport is forecasting another record-breaking year for air cargo thanks to online shopping and the current challenges of moving goods by sea. Robert Courts MP visited the Castle Donington cargo operation at the busiest time of year in the run-up to Christmas. The airport estimates that…
[ad_1] Plans for a second runway at East Midlands Airport have not been not ruled out, even though there is more than enough existing capacity. Politicians have been updated on the latest situation at the Castle Donington airport, on the Leicestershire/Derbyshire border – including plans for a freeport and further growth in freight shipments. Neil…
[ad_1] Active travel schemes in Exeter may have led to a million more miles a year being driven by taxis being forced to navigate round one-way systems. Devon County Council introduced a number of temporary measures in the city and other parts of the county last year, providing what they claim are safer routes for…
[ad_1] The boss of Devon’s biggest bus operator has revealed that the plight of stranded passengers in the county wakes him up in the middle of the night. “It is something I really struggle with,” said Stagecoach South West managing director Mike Watson. “It is emotionally draining for all of us.” Mr Watson made the…
[ad_1] A finished but unusable £50million M49 junction has received a cash boost. Work on the Severn Beach junction itself was complete in 2019 – but it still cannot be used because it is yet to be connected to the local road network. Following months of limbo and arguments over where responsibility lies, the West…
[ad_1] Juan Andrés had braced himself for what promised to be an atypical holiday season. But the lorry driver from southern Spain never imagined that Christmas Day would be spent in his cab tucking into a ham and cheese sandwich – among provisions handed out by the British military – as he inched towards the…
[ad_1] City cabbies in aid plea City cabbies in aid plea INVERNESS taxi drivers are turning to courier driving for companies such as Amazon to make ends meet during the Covid crisis. Others have taken part-time Christmas jobs with the Royal Mail as their regular night-time and tourism trade has dried up because of pandemic…