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BBC News
13 hours ago
- Automotive
- BBC News
New railway car park aims to curb Brough parking woes
A new 52-space car park has opened close to an East Yorkshire railway facility is located near the railway crossing on Skillings Lane in Brough and links directly to the station via a public said the car park was needed due to a "significant increase" in traffic in the area over recent previously said inconsiderate parking by commuters had led to problems. The development is part of the Brough South scheme - a £200m project, which includes homes, leisure, retail and Hodges, director of the Horncastle Group, the lead developer on the scheme, said the car park would bring significant benefits to commuters and the wider said: "Brough is a popular and growing town, and the station is very convenient for people from Brough and the surrounding villages wanting to travel by train."The parking facilities have not kept pace with the increasing demand and that has caused people to park in nearby residential streets, producing significant congestion."In April, a mystery painter daubed yellow lines on a residential street close to the railway station in a bid to deter motorists from parking Hodges admitted the Brough South scheme could have made matters worse, so creating an additional car park was deemed to be "the best solution".Parking charges are the same as existing car parks between Monday and Friday (£5.80 per day). There is a charge of £3 on Saturdays and parking is free on Sundays. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
15 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Cardiff Central included in spending review rail cash
It has emerged that some of the money needed to redevelop Cardiff's main railway station will come from a pot of cash announced last week for Welsh week's UK government spending review allocated £445m for new rail projects - including five new local stations in Cardiff, Newport and Monmouthshire - but Cardiff Central was not mentioned at the proposed £140m Cardiff Central revamp aims to alleviate overcrowding and improve accessibility, with the UK government expected to Secretary Jo Stevens has now told BBC Wales that the funding "includes work we are doing" on that redevelopment. Stevens had told BBC Wales last week that the money for the station upgrade was is not clear how much is expected to come from the £445m pot announced in the spending have been concerns in the Welsh government over the last week that the £445m did include the cash for Central - meaning there would be less to spend on the other Minister Eluned Morgan, in a BBC Wales interview on Wednesday, suggested she was not sure whether the cash announced at the spending review included money for Cardiff Central or not, saying she had not seen the "detail".The £445m includes £300m that is meant to cover five new stations and improvement work in north Wales. Previous estimates for the five new stations put the cost of that project - together with the improvements that would be needed to the mainline - at £ a UK government minister told a Welsh MP he "might want to be a little more grateful" after he said the £445m offered was "insulting". Under the Transport for Wales proposals, up to £140m funding for the Cardiff Central project will be provided by the Department for Transport, Cardiff Capital Region and the Welsh include a larger concourse to increase capacity and improve passenger access through additional on a visit to Tylorstown in Rhondda, the first minister said on Wednesday: "What we have got is clarity in terms of how the five new stations that were announced by the chancellor will be funded and that is absolutely crucial."So if there is not enough money to fund that and Cardiff station they have to make sure they honour that."When asked whether the Cardiff station money might have been included in the £445m, she replied: "I haven't seen the detail of that. What I'm saying is that those five stations were promised by the chancellor."She added: "There's always going to be further discussions". The UK government allocated £445m of funding for Welsh rail improvements over ten years at last week's spending review.£300m will go to five new stations around Cardiff and Newport between 2026 and 2030, and a series of improvement works including measures to improve capacity in north £48m is earmarked for the South Wales Metro, while the rest is for future development said work on the Cardiff Central redevelopment "is already being delivered".Speaking to BBC Wales on Thursday, she said: "The announcement last week in the spending review of at least £445m for rail infrastructure in Wales, includes work we are doing around Cardiff Central redevelopment, but also some other work around projects that are already being delivered."She added: "It means passengers in Wales are going to have more capacity, more faster trains, more stations, and all the feedback I've had about that so far has been really, really positive." In the Commons on Thursday Liberal Democrat MP David Chadwick took issue with the rail package."I hope the minister appreciates just how insulting it is for Welsh ears to been told that we're getting a fair deal when it comes to railway funding, when we've been cheated out of billions of pounds due to the classification of several projects as England [and] Wales said five new stations in south Wales was "hardly national renewal".In response, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones said: "There's a huge difference. Under the last government you didn't get a penny."Jones said the UK government was providing the "largest real terms increase in spending in Wales since devolution began".He added: "You might want to be a little more grateful in future."Chadwick said in a statement: "This was a gobsmackingly arrogant response from the minister that just shows how out of touch Labour are with Wales."The previous UK government had supported the electrification of the south Wales mainline up to Cardiff, but cancelled it beyond Swansea. It also helped fund the South Wales Metro scheme. Welsh gov 'to decide on post-EU aid' Morgan also said she had asked for clarity around the UK government's new local growth funds, but had been told the Welsh government would decide where the money is £211m each year to Wales between 2026 and 2029, it will replace the Shared Prosperity Fund, set up by the Conservatives as a stand-in for European Union economic aid used to be administered by the Welsh government while the UK was in the European week Stevens said that the Welsh government would be "taking on a big decision-making role around that" with the Wales Office in Westminster having "oversight".The scheme would still be ultimately administered by the UK arrangement led to accusations in the Senedd on Wednesday, from Conservative MS Samuel Kurtz and Labour's Alun Davies, that UK Labour had broken a manifesto said that after seeking clarity she was clear that the Welsh government would decide where the cash goes."It will be the Welsh government deciding where that money is spent."We have had that reassurance from the secretary of state for Wales, and the prime minister made it clear from the stage of the Wales Labour Party conference," she said."As far as I am concerned we know where we stand on that. Now we know how much money we have got we can start a plan."
BBC News
5 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Estate where 'some kids have never been on a train'
A railway station planned for an estate where some children have "never been on a train" could make a huge difference to young people's lives, local people have said. The Woodchurch estate on Wirral is to be linked up to the rail network as part of a £1.6bn investment scheme. Staff at Fender Primary School said that despite the estate being only four miles from the seaside, some children have never been around building a station to directly serve the estate have been going on for more than a decade. The exact location of a station is still to be confirmed, and it is expected to take until about 2030 for planning permission to be given. Once built, it would link the estate to Liverpool and Wrexham. 'Open up opportunities' Emma Simms, a staff member at Fender school, said: "A lot of the children do not have the opportunities to leave the estate whether that is for days out or holidays."We have conversations with children who have never been on the trains."Staff at the school said a new station would cut down on travel time, open up school, university and job opportunities, and give children more life experiences. Sue Lee, who has lived in the area for 20 years, feels the new station would bring more value and investment to Woodchurch as well as open up said: "Just trying to get off the Wirral at all is a tricky one."You can but then you have to go to Birkenhead to get the train somewhere. This just enhances all your options."She said her daughter was an athlete and in the past, sometimes they had to get taxis to competitions because there were just no other options."A lot of children do not get off the estate," she said. "If there is something right there it makes it a lot easier to go to places they might not necessarily go to." 'Degree of isolation' However, there's still some scepticism after years of promises. Maureen Cain said: "It's a good place to live, it really is and I think it will be really she said: "Until it happens, no one will be jumping for joy. I think people get fed up and think that until it happens, we aren't going to be happy about it."Wirral councillor Jerry Williams, who grew up on the estate, said connectivity was one of the most important issues on the Labour councillor for Upton said there was "a degree of isolation on a lot of the estate" and "to have a station there is really going to transform things".When the funding was announced, it was welcomed by top politicians in Wirral. Matthew Patrick, Wirral West's MP and former councillor for the area, said: "People here deserve good jobs, better transport links, stronger schools and great leisure services." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
BBC News
6 days ago
- Automotive
- BBC News
Road closures ahead for Corby station to town link
Motorists have been warned about overnight closures of a main route through a town work will take place between 19:00 and 06:00 BST between 16 June to 4 July on Elizabeth Street in Corby, Northamptonshire, North Northamptonshire Council said. It is part of a project designed to provide a safe and attractive route between the town centre and the railway stops along Elizabeth Road will be temporarily suspended and a taxi rank will stop operating during the closures. The previous Conservative government provided the money for the new link which will cover Elizabeth Street, Oakley Road and Station was part of a £19.9m package of underpass on Oakley Road will be removed as part of the project. North Northamptonshire Council said it hoped the new route would mean "more people will be encouraged to travel on foot and cycle between the town centre and station, which not only improves people's health and well-being levels but has a positive impact on the environment".A full diversion will be in place during the closures, and residents will also be able to use George Street between 18:00 and 08:00 BST. Access for residents and businesses "will be maintained wherever possible" although "vehicle access may be restricted during the overnight closures", the council information is available on the council's website. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
12-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Cullompton railway station to be revived
A Devon town will get a new railway station after a "significant victory" in winning funding.A campaign to build a new station on the main line at Cullompton has been going on for years and campaigners say it is key to unlocking the building of 5,000 homes nearby in the Culm Garden Village town's MP, Richard Foord, said there was an "irrefutable business case" for reopening the station and also welcomed the reopening of Wellington station further up the line in Chancellor made no mention of the scheme in the Spending Review on Wednesday but HM Treasury officials confirmed the funding to MPs later in the day. The new station will be built next to the motorway services at junction 28 of the M5.
