Transport and Logistics Network
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has issued a warning ahead of planned strike action in the coming days.
Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union will stage industrial action in response to pay, pensions, jobs, and redund…
An ice cream van driver faces coughing up some lolly after being caught speeding by road traffic cops. The red Mr Whippy truck was caught zooming at 62mph along the A6 Broad Street in Salford when he was spotted by Greater Manchester Police’s traffic u…
If you thought getting stuck in one of the M62[1]’s numerous traffic jams[2] was bad enough, imagine living right next door to it. That’s the reality for the residents of one hamlet who live just 30 metres from one of the busiest motorways in the count…
If you thought spending two hours a day on your commute was bad, imagine living next door to it.
That’s the reality for this household who live just 30 metres from one of the busiest motorways[1] in the country.
Rakewood near Littleborough, Greater Man…
A Huddersfield takeaway owner given a one-star food hygiene has admitted: “I didn’t know what I was doing.”
Kirklees Council[1] inspectors visited Burger House in Manchester Road, Longroyd Bridge, Huddersfield[2], and handed it the lowly rating on Marc…
Tributes have been pouring in for The Royle Family star Peter Martin who has died at the age of 82. Peter, who played Jim and Barbara Royle’s neighbour Joe Carroll in the Manchester sitcom for 14 years, also played Len Reynolds in the ITV soap Emmerdal…
Last year, Middleton Independents Party came from nowhere to become the third largest group on Rochdale council, taking five seats at the borough’s first ‘all out’ elections in nearly 20 years. The fledgling party – whose ‘Think Middleton before Rochda…
Police were onto a winner as a huge cannabis farm believed to have been packed with hundreds of plants was uncovered and dismantled in an operation lasting days.
The discovery was made at a derelict former William Hill bookies in Tameside.
Police and e…
A ‘friendly’ and ‘outgoing’ HGV driver and Army[1] veteran was found dead in the back of his lorry in a Lincolnshire lay-by, an inquest heard. Dad Drew Howe, 26, from Stockport, was discovered in the trailer of the Scania vehicle on the A18[2] in Linco…
Greggs has announced the launch of a new vegan bake, available in shops nationwide from today. The new vegan-friendly bake launches alongside a sweet treat and two new bundle deals.
The Vegan Mexican Chicken Free-Bake joins the Greggs menu as the lates…