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According to a recent study, coastal shipping[1] produces a fifth of the carbon emissions (well-to-wheel) of road freight. Rail also performed well, with about a quarter of trucking emissions.
Despite this, trucking accounts for nearly 80 per c…
Bins could go unemptied during the summer after binmen voted in favour of going on strike during a wage row with employers.
Residents in Folkestone[1] and Dover[2] will feel the effects of the strike action if Veolia – the firm running waste collection…
Residents in Ashford are worried local roads will be gridlocked this weekend as part of the M20 is going to be closed[1].
The official diversion route is 88 miles long, and it’s feared drivers won’t follow it.
Also in today’s episode, a man has been ja…
There are fears Ashford[1] residents will face “absolute chaos” on the town’s roads when part of the M20 is closed this weekend.
National Highways is to shut the carriageway between Junctions 9 and 10a as essential repairs are carried out on a bridge o…
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An aerial view of part of Timaru’s railway network.
An investigation into the viability of the return of a passenger rail service in Canterbury is under way.
Environment Canterbury (ECan) confirmed its staff were scoping the work, j…
A choir director who wanted to ‘make a difference’ and give working-class people a chance has died.
David Williams worked with choirs at Holy Trinity Church in Southport[1] as well as at Southport Bach Choir, both while teaching at Merchant Taylors’ Sc…
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A truck driver has suffered moderate injuries after the vehicle tipped over in Christchurch.
The truck crashed while carry…
The King will be anointed at his coronation in full knowledge of his “difficult” task as monarch and in recognition of how he “shares in our human frailties and vulnerabilities”, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.Archbishop Justin Welby, writing in…
It comes as a key member of the organised crime group Marinel Danut Palage has been jailed for smuggling migrants into the UK.
The 31-year-old Romanian national, who lives in Spain, made use of back of his refrigerated truck, where he was carrying a le…
As the sale of traditional house coal is about to be banned…ROSS CLARK bids farewell to the little black lumps that made Britain greatBy Ross Clark[1] Published: 01:19, 9 April 2023 | Updated: 01:21, 9 April 2023
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