Homelessness, empty shops, vandalism and potholes came up in local election conversations when BBC News travelled on the Midlands Metro tram system. BBC Radio WM’s political reporter Kathryn Stanczyszyn travelled along the route from Wolverhampton to Birmingham, via West Bromwich, asking passengers for their thoughts ahead of the local elections on 7 May. In the…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch More than 170,000 homes were left without power in Paris on Thursday after a blackout caused widespread power outages. Electricity grid operator Enedis said metro and suburban…
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Shorouk Express The Brussels metro was partially closed Tuesday afternoon as police investigate a bomb threat in the city center. “There are three stations closed — De Brouckere, Bourse, Annessens — because of an ongoing police search, the alert started around 3:35 p.m. and the metro service is not interrupted, but the trains are not…
Shorouk Express Economy Materials 23 July 2025 02:09 (UTC +04:00) Azerbaijan has launched the design phase for several new metro stations in Baku as part of a broader expansion of the city’s underground transport network. A contract worth nearly 36 million manat has been awarded to a newly registered company to carry out…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 21. Azerbaijan’s Baku Metro CJSC held broad-format meetings with delegations from the ADB and AIIB, Trend reports. The meetings, conducted during a joint mission of the two financial institutions, focused on expanding the metro system within the framework of the State Program for the Development of Transport Infrastructure for 2025–2030,…
