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Apparently the very busy motorway, the Southbound M11 towards London, was recently shutdown after a HGV carrying a consignment of 82 pigs crashed. The Essex Fire and Rescue Service attended the scene at Junction 8 to find that about 12 pigs had escaped from the lorry and were running free on the road.
A spokesman said, at 5:21am on Wednesday morning, the carriageway was closed while emergency crews tried to round up the animals and secure them in a makeshift pen. The police, at the time, said that about 50 animals were still believed to be trapped in the wreckage, which […]

The government is truly thinking about moving ahead with a high speed rail network between London and Scotland. This is an agreement that could go through as early as March, according to the Transport Secretary, Lord Adonis.
This move follows approval of a government-backed study into a 200 mile an hour route that would cut journey times to the north of Britain by half to just over two hours. However, the government is not so quick to jump on this new route if it is not profitable, because it will cost an estimated £34 billion to build and will likely take […]

Despite all of the discounts being offered by travel companies all over the UK, many Brits are still planning on taking no trips away next year. Recent polls suggest that Brits are simply going to cut holiday trips out of their budgets.
In 2009, a total of about 10 percent took no breaks. However, figures for next year suggest that about 18 percent of all Brits will take no break in 2010, according to a survey that was taken by travelsupermarket.com.
The people that will be taking one break away will increase from 26 percent in 2009 to 33 percent. The number […]

Most passengers flying to the U.S. from the Netherlands will have to go through full-body scanners before boarding their aircraft according to Dutch airport officials. Guusje Ter Horts, the Dutch Minister for the Interior claims that fifteen of the machines will be in place within three weeks at Schipol Airport. The move to introduce the […]

The British government is set to receive plans for a new London station in the heart of the city to handle the proposed high speed rail network.
The report will be presented by High Speed 2 (HS2) which was commissioned by the government to undertake a comprehensive investigation of potential high speed rail lines across Britain, with Scotland and the West Midlands also on the agenda. HS2 has labelled the high speed service as similar to an aeroplane on wheels and will offer the government costs forecasts for the exercise that looks likely to be up and running by 2025. The […]