Trains were the Teslas of the 1800s.
Even after the wonder technology had been through multiple booms, busts and bankruptcies, railroads still made up more than half of U.S. market capitalization at the turn of the 20th century just as cars and plan…
Police have highlighted “the sheer number of offences” committed by lorry drivers after officers in Norfolk used an HGV cab to spot offenders. The vast majority of vehicles pulled over on the A14, A11, A12 and A47 during the five-day operation e…
Dozens of motoring offences were uncovered during a major police operation targeting commercial vehicles in Norfolk.
Police stopped more than 80 vehicles and detected 147 offences as part of a roads policing initiative that ran from March 15-21.
As p…
Lorry and van drivers were caught committing a catalogue of offences, including speeding, driving without care and attention, and using mobile phones during a covert police crackdown.
Police in Norfolk and Suffolk spotted more than 300 offences i…
A man has died following a crash on the A149, in North Norfolk.
Police were called to North Walsham Road, in Northrepps at approximately 10.30pm on Wednesday, March 17 following reports a silver Mini Cooper had collided with a tree.
The dri…
‘I’m sorry Gentlemen, you deserve better luck’: How two Luftwaffe pilots who met in Cumbria PoW camp stole an RAF plane but ran out of fuel over Norfolk… only to get slap-up meal for their bravery after finally being caughtLeutnant Heinz Schnabel and…
During the Second World War, as you might expect, the UK imposed a regime of universal conscription.
From the outbreak of war in 1939, unless you were medically unfit or in a reserved occupation – one that was considered vital for the continuing functi…
Where has Spring gone? Wintry showers hit parts of UK after SNOW warning for Scotland as flood alerts are issued in north and Met Office forecasts wet and windy weekendGale-force winds up to 80mph battered Britain as heavy rains swept across the countr…
Prince William has said his grandfather is “OK”, after the Duke of Edinburgh spent a sixth night in hospital.Buckingham Palace said there was no update on the 99-year-old’s condition, having previously said he was “in good spirits”.The reason for Phili…
A dedicated community nurse has ploughed on to treat young patients in the heavy snow by turning up in her tractor.
On Monday, Charlotte Perry-Warnes, a children’s community nurse at the Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust (NCH…