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Express & Star 18 Dec 10
Flights were suspended at Birmingham Airport until further notice while snow was cleared from the runway, and drivers were reporting treacherous conditions on main roads.
A number of main roads around the region appeared to have not been gritted, with motorists struggling on Wolverhampton, Dudley and Walsall’s ring roads.
Walsall, Aston Villa, Birmingham and non-league football matches have been postponed…
Business
Express & Star 17 Dec 10
National Express today revealed bumper profits – in the week that it announced an inflation-busting rise on West Midland buses.
Its annual profits are expected to hit £154 million – £13 million more than it expected. And it says it wants to maintain the increase in income by bringing in big rises in fares, which will come into effect in the New Year…
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Edward Stephens B'ham Post 10 Dec 10
Midland rail travellers will have a new alternative fast route to London from next May following a multi-million investment on the Chiltern Line.
The new Chiltern Railways service from Birmingham Moor Street to Marylebone in central London will see journeys be reduced from almost two hours to 100 minutes, and times could eventually be cut even further…
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BBC News 8 Dec 10
Motorists faced long delays on the M6 in the West Midlands after a lorry shed its load of concrete rings.
The incident closed part of the southbound motorway between junction eight and junction nine, near Wednesbury, during evening rush hour…
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Express & Star 13 Nov 10
The M6 was partially closed for more than eight hours today after two lorries collided, sending one plunging down an embankment.
The driver managed to flee the vehicle, which left the northbound carriageway in the accident between junction 14 for Stafford north and junction 15 for Stoke-on-Trent…
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BBC News 10 Nov 10
Rail services at Birmingham New Street have been severely disrupted by a full station evacuation.
Hundreds of people were told to evacuate the building when a number of fire alarms sounded at about 10am…
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B'ham Post 3 Nov 10
The West Midlands has the worst traffic jams in the UK, according to a new study. The worst UK traffic bottleneck is the section of the M5 heading towards the M6 at Wednesbury, according to figures from traffic information company INRIX.
The firm also revealed that Wednesday is the worst day for traffic jams…
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Express & Star 22 Oct 10
A lorry fire closed two lanes of the M6 causing rush hour delays for thousands of drivers on Friday morning…
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B'ham Post 15 Oct 10
Motorists were hit with long tailbacks on the M6 after a car that had been involved in a crash caught fire.
It happened between junctions six and seven of the southbound carriageway at around 7.50am on Friday and forced the closure of one lane…
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Express & Star 14 Oct 10
The M6 will close overnight again this weekend, as highways bosses work on a £150 million scheme to tackle congestion.
There will be overnight lane closures of the first two lanes on the northbound carriageway from 10pm on Friday to 8am Saturday between junctions 8 for the M5 and 10 Walsall.
A full closure will be in place northbound from junctions 8 to 10 while work is done on the overhead gantries and the carriageway from 10pm on Saturday to 10am Sunday.
Highways Agency chiefs said…