Greater Manchester on derby day feels like a place on the cusp of a great awakening. All morning the trains pull into Piccadilly and Oxford Road, spitting their cargo on to the streets. The pubs begin to swell and heave. Everyone seems to have somewhere to be, even the people who don’t. And then the great gathering flood: a wave of red and blue washing through the city, powered along by songs...
Derby makes shortlist for Great British Railways HQ
The city of Derby – which has a railway engineering heritage dating back to the 19th century – has been shortlisted as the potential home of home of Great British Railways (GBR). In all six places have been included on the shortlist – Birmingham, Crewe, Derby, Doncaster, Newcastle and York. They were among 42 areas which expressed an interest in becoming home of the new public body set up by the...