Transport
Rush hour misery on Midlands-London train line
24 Mar 10 13:09 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
Rush hour misery on Midlands-London train line
William Oliphant B’ham Mail 24 Mar 10
Hundreds of commuters between Birmingham and London were delayed after a power cut caused signalling problems on trains. A disruption in the power supply between Milton Keynes and Wolverhampton caused signals to go offline from 4pm on Tuesday and power was not restored until 7pm...
B’ham Post 9 Feb 10 Second day of rail delays between Birmingham and London
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£12m for West Mids 'Ring and Ride' scheme
22 Mar 10 17:48 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
£12m for West Mids 'Ring and Ride' scheme
Beacon Radio 21 Mar 10
£12m being invested in West Midlands' door-to-door bus service for people with mobility problems. Centro are providing the funding for the service, which currently gives 70,000 people in our area door-to-door transport to day care centres and other locations at their request, over the next three years...
B’ham Mail 22 Mar 10 Improvements for Ring and Ride service
Express & Star 7 May 09 Former Charity bus service reinstated
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Rail strike threat over Easter
19 Mar 10 13:10 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
Rail strike threat over Easter
David Millward Telegraph 19 Mar 10
Britain is facing a national rail strike at Easter after signallers voted to walk out in a dispute over rosters. The signallers' dispute is one of two involving members of RMT. Maintenance workers have also voted to strike in a row over job cuts, which the union says would put safety at risk...
BBC News 19 Mar 10 RMT rail signal workers to take strike action
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Hartshorne helps Midlands recycling efforts
Hartshorne helps Midlands recycling efforts
Midlands Business News 17 Mar 10
Trucks supplied by the Bentley-based Hartshorne Group are helping one of the country's biggest paper and card recycling efforts. Hartshorne has supplied three 40-tonne Volvo FM prime mover trucks to the Nottingham-based fleet provider Charthire, and they are now seeing service at Smurfit Kappa's paper and card recycling collection sites...
Midlands Business News 10 Mar 10 Walsall firm Hartshorne delivers giant truck
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WM petrol prices to hit new high
16 Mar 10 13:54 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
WM petrol prices to hit new high
Express & Star 16 Mar 10
Petrol prices are said to be heading to record levels – as prices at the pumps in the West Midlands reached 120p. The AA has warned petrol prices would soar to unprecedented highs, even before a 3p rise in petrol duty on 1 April. Chancellor Alistair Darling announced the rise at the last budget. The average petrol throughout the country is 115.9p for a litre of unleaded and 116.9p for diesel...
The AA 16 Mar 10 February fuel price report PDF
The AA Petrol prices and tax 1986 to 2005 PDF
B’ham Post 1 Sep 09 Motorists face winter of discontent over fuel price rises
BBC News 31 Aug 09 Fuel duty to rise from midnight
Cll Ian Shires 31 Aug 09 Petrol to rise again at midnight
BA passengers face seven days of strikes
15 Mar 10 13:03 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
BA passengers face seven days of strikes
David Millward Telegraph 12 Mar 10
The travel plans of tens of thousands of British Airways passengers have been thrown into disarray after the union representing 13,500 cabin crew called seven days of strikes...
Independent 19 Mar 10 BA strike talks continue
Mercury 15 Mar Brown 'intervenes' in BA row
Mercury 14 Mar Adonis in warning over BA's future
Mercury 13 Mar Union: BA must end 'needless war'
Mercury 12 Mar BA cabin crew to strike over cuts
B’Post 10 Mar BA strike talks end in deadlock
Observer 31 Jan 10 British Airways tries to start again
B'ham Post 14 Dec BA staff vote for strike action
Guardian 14 Dec BA's pension deficit: what it means
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