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Crash caused 'severe' M2 delays

11 February 2019
Crash caused 'severe' M2 delays

Drivers suffered delays of up to 60 minutes on the M2 after a multi-vehicle crash.

Full steam ahead for historic engine’s move

09 February 2019
Full steam ahead for historic engine’s move

The ninth-oldest surviving locomotive in the world - weighing six tonnes - is being moved to a new home in the county.

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City anti-terrorism strategy branded ‘overwhelming’

08 February 2019
City anti-terrorism strategy branded ‘overwhelming’

A terrorism expert believes a council’s £660,000 project to protect a city is an “overwhelming” strategy which will only enhance shoppers’ fears.

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Plan for luxury holiday homes and sports complex thrown out

05 February 2019
Plan for luxury holiday homes and sports complex thrown out

Councillors have unanimously rejected plans to build a £125 million sports and leisure complex featuring 175 Cotswold-style holiday homes.

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£125m sport and leisure complex tipped for refusal

05 February 2019
£125m sport and leisure complex tipped for refusal

Plans to build a holiday village and a "game-changing" centre for sporting excellence on protected countryside have been recommended for refusal.

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Trapped woman freed from car

04 February 2019
Trapped woman freed from car

Firefighters have rescued a woman from an overturned car following a crash.

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School warning after boy 'approached by Middle Eastern man'

01 February 2019
School warning after boy 'approached by Middle Eastern man'

A school has issued a warning to parents after a "Middle-Eastern" man reportedly pestered a pupil for information at a bus station.

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Car park tender decision 'nonsensical'

29 January 2019
Car park tender decision 'nonsensical'

Taxpayers could get a raw deal after a council rejected an open tender process for a million multi-storey car park.

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Park and ride expansion unveiled

26 January 2019
Park and ride expansion unveiled

Plans to significantly increase a 600-space car park have been unveiled, with a heavy focus on providing dozens of electric vehicle charging points.

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Call for action after pedestrian, 74, killed

24 January 2019
Call for action after pedestrian, 74, killed

The death of a second pedestrian in the space of eight months has sparked calls for revised safety measures on a notorious stretch of road.

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Car bizarrely overturns outside Tesco

23 January 2019
Car bizarrely overturns outside Tesco

A driver was left trapped after a car overturned and landed on the pavement outside Tesco.

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Knifepoint robbery leaves teen injured

21 January 2019
Knifepoint robbery leaves teen injured

A gang of teenagers surrounded a 19-year-old man and demanded him to hand over his wallet and phone during an evening robbery.

'Let's turn park-and-ride into overnight lorry park'

19 January 2019
'Let's turn park-and-ride into overnight lorry park'

A handyman fed-up with lorries clogging up an industrial estate believes a park-and-ride site should be transformed into a night-time lorry park.

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City braces itself for traffic misery

16 January 2019
City braces itself for traffic misery

Motorists could face up to nine months of traffic misery when two of a city’s biggest developments are built just 800 yards from each other.

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Last ditch bid to halt car park fails

16 January 2019
Last ditch bid to halt car park fails

Campaigners have failed to stop plans to build a controversial £9.1 million multi-storey car park, .

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'The biggest mistake this council has ever made'

11 January 2019
'The biggest mistake this council has ever made'

Work to build a £9.1m multi-storey car park will now go ahead after petitions calling for its abandonment were rejected at a hotly debated meeting.

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Delays on A2 following crash

10 January 2019
Delays on A2 following crash

Police have closed two lines of the A2 as emergency services deal with a crash.

M20 reopens after 'serious' crash

10 January 2019
M20 reopens after 'serious' crash

A motorway has now reopened following a crash between a van and a lorry.

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Two arrested drugs and baseball bat seized

10 January 2019
Two arrested drugs and baseball bat seized

A baseball bat, class A drugs, and weighting scales were among the items seized by police as they arrested two men at a layby.

Concept map for train station revamp revealed

10 January 2019
Concept map for train station revamp revealed

A map detailing the proposed changes to a train station and its immediate surroundings has been revealed by councillors.

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