Lichfield

Britain’s battered railway bridges

Across the UK the number of railway bridge strikes has been increasing, prompting Network Rail to relaunch a campaign to combat the issue. Credit: Network Rail.

Last year, more than 1,600 rail bridges in the UK were reportedly struck after lorry d…

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Bus hitting parked cars was like a ‘gas explosion’

A crash when a bus hit parked cars in a Burton street was so loud it sounded like a “gas explosion”, a witness has said.
The bus collided with two cars parked in Lichfield Street, in the town, around 7pm last night, Saturday, January 15. The impact was…