Londonist A Dive Into To London s Road Tunnels
Mark Chatterton, author of the book Britain s Road Tunnels, tells us why the 50 or so road tunnels found in and around London deserve more than just a passing glance.
Beech Street tunnel in the Barbican. Do you know which Kylie video was shot here?
As a young boy, I first travelled under the Mersey Tunnel from Liverpool to Birkenhead and was hooked.
There is something quite magical for a child (and for many adults) to leave one place behind, head underground and surface into a completely different world. In London, there are so many road tunnels that you can pass through on your journey across the capital.
Birkenhead flyovers to be removed as part of town s regeneration BIRKENHEAD S two flyovers are to be demolished and hundreds of new homes built in regeneration plans that have been given a multi-million pound boost. The Birkenhead Central Gateway project has taken another step forward to reality, thanks to an £8.3m investment from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s Transforming Cities Fund. The project will include removal of two flyovers in the Birkenhead Central station/Hind Street area – the northern flyover that provides access to the Queensway (Birkenhead) Mersey Tunnel and southern flyover that links Borough Road and the A41.
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But the Liverpool Echo reports the victim mouthed help three times to the McDonald s employee at the drive-thru window and police were called.
Prior, aged 40, was jailed today for 18 months and handed a five-year Criminal Behaviour Order with restrictions including a ban on him working as or pretending to be a taxi driver.
As Prior was sent down, his brother said wrong that you know, on every f ing level , then screamed as he left Liverpool Crown Court.
Sentencing the thug, Judge Rachel Smith said Prior misled the woman and touched her inappropriately . Members of the public have the right to be safe from harm when they choose to use a taxi, she added.