Emergency services remain on a major road into Hull after a man took to a rooftop earlier. Officers were called to Anlaby Road, close to the junction with Trenton Avenue, shortly before noon and remain at the scene. A witness said a man was on the rooftops above the businesses between Trenton Avenue and Norland
Hull city centre is set to come alive this summer with a packed programme of free maritime-themed events and activities for families to enjoy throughout the school holidays. To mark the highly anticipated opening of the Hull Maritime Museum and as part of Hull’s Summer of Maritime celebrations. visitors can look forward to an exciting
Hull City Council is set to launch its annual surface dressing programme to give 12 key roads across the city a much-needed upgrade to improve safety and extend their lifespan.
The inquiry, by the Planning Inspectorate, into the DCO concerning Gatwick Airport’s plan to use its emergency runway for routine flights started with an open session, and many people – both in favour of the plan, and against, allowed a brief time to speak. All those in favour were businesses, or business groups – or
Thomas Woldbye, Heathrow’s new chief executive, is understood to have begun disbanding the 3rd runway team, and the airport’s runway plans have been shelved, as leaked details of the airport’s “better not bigger” strategy can be revealed. Woldbye is instead understood to be exploring how to squeeze millions more passengers through the airport without expanding its
Southampton Airport wants to cut off the tops of 25 trees in a 200-year-old woodland, Marlhill Copse, on grounds of aircraft safety. But the bid is set to be thrown out by city development chiefs, as it will harm the conservation area. However, a second application to remove 15 trees in the same woodland is recommended
Cardiff Airport is continuing to make a loss as it struggles to attract passengers back to pre-pandemic levels. It lost £4.5m in the year to March 2023 according to company accounts, after receiving a government grant of £5.3m. The company, which is owned by the Welsh government, is hoping to make more use of its land to
On 7 February 2024, the Rt Hon Lord Justice Warby granted Jenny Dawes permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal against the dismissal of her judicial review application challenging the decision of the Secretary of State to make a development consent order (DCO) for the re-opening of Manston Airport. In his Order, Lord Justice Warby
Environmental campaigner and retired scientist, Andrew Boswell, is challenging the granting of development consent for 3 major road building schemes near Norwich. The latest challenge in the ongoing case was heard in the Court of Appeal on 16th January. The case is about the need for new infrastructure schemes, such as roads or airports, to have
Southend airport, barely used now, is at the centre of an escalating dispute between one of the world’s largest private equity groups and an impoverished infrastructure company. The $426bn investment firm Carlyle Group is demanding the early repayment of a £125mn loan made to the airport in 2021, when the aviation industry was reeling from international
