Transport and Logistics Network
The overwhelming response to help people fleeing Vladimir Putin’s cold-blooded invasion of Ukraine has given the world reason for hope.
Families across Europe have opened their doors to refugees; charities have raised hundreds of millions; and people w…
It was billed as being a new nationally important motorway that deliver drivers to Leicestershire’s doorstep, but nothing was built. Now, nearly 50 years on people are being reminded of the ‘ghostly’ M64.
Proposed back in the 1970s as an important 40-m…
From house extensions and buildings being converted into flats, to trees being cut down and businesses being renovated, we have compiled a list of all the potential changes coming to your neighbourhood.
You can go to your local council’s website to see…
Chains of pubs know what they’re doing. Every time you stroll through the door of one you get exactly what you expect inside. And that’s nothing to be sneezed at.
But across Leicester and Leicestershire there are swathes of pubs, bars and assorted venu…
A lorry caught fire on the M1 motorway in Leicestershire after crashing into a barrier this afternoon. A section of the northbound route was closed to allow police and fire crews to deal with the emergency.
Three fire crews from across the county are i…
48 schools and a psychiatric hospital in the Ukrainian Kharkiv region have been destroyed in Russian shelling, mayor Ihor Terekhov said on Friday.
He said the Russian military was putting the eastern Ukrainian city under relentless bombardment and adde…
Leicestershire is home to some unique and wonderful events – from unusual annual tournaments to specialist food festivals – which can’t be found anywhere else in the country.
If you’re looking for a day out with a difference, it won’t take you long to …
A lorry park in Coalville is helping stranded Ukrainian drivers while their country is at war.
Bardon Truck Park in Bardon Hill in Leicestershire offers truck drivers from everywhere a place to stop and stay before continuing on their journey, but many…
A history blogger and retired US Department of Defense civil servant claims the Russian invasion of Ukraine is being hampered by poor truck maintenance practices.
Trent Telenko based his observations on an image of a Pantsir-S1 gun-missile system vehic…
A Midlands food company has launched a humanitarian effort to collect and ship out 50 trucks of food to families in Ukraine.
Oakland International hopes to start sending donations from UK suppliers to the Poland/Ukraine border – and maybe even across t…