Cabinet to consider three‑year highways capital programme
Hull City Council’s Cabinet is set to review a multi-million-pound highways capital programme aimed at maintaining the city’s roads and footpaths.
‘Avoid the area’ warning as part of the A63 closed…
Earlier this evening, police warned drivers to avoid the area following an incident on the A63. Humberside Police said that the A63 westbound between Daltry Street flyover and St Andrews Quay was closed to all vehicles. A number of drivers took to Facebook to urge others to avoid the surrounding area. People were warning of
Amazing sight as Beverley’s Weel Bridge lifted for £1m refurbishment
The 70-year-old bridge was removed and transported to Sheffield for specialist repairs to extend its life 10:27, 20 Apr 2026 Updated 10:34, 20 Apr 2026 A 20-tonne metal lifted bridge over the River Hull in Beverley has been successfully removed in an "incredibly difficult and specialist operation" as part of a £1m refurbishment project. In
Speed camera locations in Hull and East Yorkshire – April…
News Hull & East Yorkshire News Traffic & Travel Need to know Enforcement will be carried out across the region 09:56, 19 Apr 2026 Updated 09:56, 19 Apr 2026 Mobile speed camera vans will be patrolling roads around the Humber region Some of the locations where the mobile speed camera van will be this week
Gatwick expansion DCO inquiry begins – and will last for…
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
Heathrow new CEO likely to want expansion in numbers, but…
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 down some trees, and cut…
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
Even with government money, Cardiff airport continues to make a…
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
Jenny Dawes granted permission to appeal to the Court of…
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
Andrew Boswell’s legal case, needing the emissions from future use…
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
