Transport and Logistics Network
Motorists could be slapped with a £1,000 fine and six points on their licence if they’re nabbed by new AI cameras for using their mobile phones while driving. The cutting-edge devices are designed to catch drivers who are on their phones or not wearing…
From the the drink-driver who left a baby permanently brain damaged to the gang who smuggled drugs in pallets of chicken, these are the latest criminals from Birmingham[1] and beyond to be sent to jail. This is our August 2024 roundup of lawbreakers se…
Police are investigating after a pedestrian was badly injured in a hit-and-run crash in Washwood Heath. The man suffered ‘potentially life-threatening’ injuries as he was left for dead outside a pub[1] on Wednesday afternoon.
Emergency services closed …
There are many reasons councils and governments bring in new motoring rules, from improving safety to generating funds.
The last two decades have seen a transition to low emission legislation and the introduction of so called ‘smart’ infrastructure.
M…
A 86-year-old man has died weeks after he was struck by a car while crossing a road.The pedestrian was taken to Sandwell Hospital with a head injury following the crash on the A34 Walsall Road in Great Barr, Birmingham, at about 10:00 BST on 18 July.We…
The A45 Small Heath Highway is closed in both directions during rush hour after a lorry crashed into a bridge on Wednesday afternoon. The busy dual carriageway is shut to allow emergency services to work.
The HGV struck the bridge between A4540 Bordes…
Close your eyes and picture a TV period drama. One inevitably imagines bonnets and britches, top hats and horses, fluttering fans and formal balls. Yet there’s far more to the genre than bringing a well-thumbed Penguin Classic to the small screen….
A speeding driver ploughed into a pedestrian in Birmingham city centre then left him for dead and covered up damage to his Mercedes with a prayer mat. Manish Bhatoy struck the victim, who worked for Jaguar Land Rover[1], on Islington Middleway in the e…
It’s August 29, 2004, and eight million Brits are tuned in to watch Amir Khan’s bid for Olympic glory in Athens.
Among the throngs of fans watching on their televisions back home is boxing-mad youngster Fred Evans and his mother Tracy, both of whom are…
Danut-dumitru Bogdan was speeding on the M5 southbound between junctions 4a (Catshill) and 5 (Droitwich), leading to not only a driving ban but a bill of more than £900.
The case was heard at Worcester Magistrates Court on Wednesday, July 24 when Bogda…