Transport and Logistics Network
Residents living in Rugeley say they are a ‘forgotten town’ and often feel ashamed to bring people to their streets due to the amount of weeds growing along pavements and roads. They say some weeds are left to grow wild, reaching as high as 6ft tall.
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There are always concerns when taking the plunge and moving to a new build home on a brand new housing estate where you do not know a soul. But residents who moved to a new development in Burton have never looked back. The estate off Hawkins Lane welco…
Former Dragons’ Den star Hilary Devey who has died aged 65 had a big connection to Burton thanks to her magnificent home. The TV star died on Saturday, June 11, after a long illness, at her home in Morocco her publicist Benjamin Webb has said.
And the …
Gary Butcher will appear in court charged with escaping lawful custody after he was reported absent from HMP North Sea Camp near Boston. Butcher, 55, went missing in the early hours of Tuesday, May 31, from the open prison where he was serving a life s…
A truck driver said the scenes of suffering at a refugee camp near Ukraine will remain with him forever. Scott Bywater, from S Bywater Transport, made the 2,000-mile journey to the wartorn country’s border with Poland to drop off a packed 44-tonne lorr…
A road is closed after a crash destroyed the front of a silver car.
Moira Road is shut near Overseal, between Overseal and Moira, south of Swadlincote. Police at the scene told a Staffordshire Live reporter no one had been critically hurt in the crash….
Plans for a huge new “urban park” in Swadlincote have been approved by councillors despite concerns over protected great crested newts.
South Derbyshire District Council is behind the project and submitted a planning application to its own planning dep…
Those living next to a seemingly normal corner have had a good laugh after finding out its Google reviews rank it higher than Disney World.
Redbank Corner, in Measham, near Swadlincote, although perfectly nice, is perhaps not somewhere you would make a…
Police have been called to car fire in a Swadlincote street.
Officers from Derbyshire police were asked to attend the incident in High Street, Woodville, after reports of a fire last night (Saturday, February 19).
Firefighters from Derbyshire fire and …
A fire broke out in a factory with firefighters receiving reports that it was started by a forklift.
Crews were called to a factory after reports of a blaze sparked by a battery-powered forklift truck.
The incident was reported at a commercial unit on …