Transport and Logistics Network
A thousand firefighters with 10 water-dumping planes have struggled to contain two wildfires in south-west France that have forced the evacuation of 10,000 people and ravaged pine forests near the Atlantic coast.High temperatures and strong winds have …
One by one, 250 elephants are being moved from Malawi’s overcrowded Liwonde National Park to the much larger Kasungu park 380 kilometres (236 miles) away in the country’s north.The elephants are tracked in the park and darts are fired to sedate them.
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Six trailers, three excavators, two dumpers, two pick up trucks and a large amount of scaffolding has been seized by police. Officers in the south rural task force team discovered the haul in Chorley on Tuesday and have arrested one man on suspici…
A Lancashire logistics firm has been successfully acquired by one of the largest privately-owned transport companies in the United Kingdom, Turners (Soham) Ltd (“Turners”), which operates from 32 sites across the UK.
MKT Logistics (“MKT”), which was ad…
Traffic has been queuing on a major route between Darwen and Blackburn all morning following a nasty crash.The A666 Blackburn Road, close to Stones Bank Road, between Egerton and Cadshaw, was partially blocked due to the crash earlier this morning.
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The southbound sliproad of the M6 at Junction 33 is expected to remain closed until midnight tonight after a lorry crashed and was left ‘on its side’.
Eye-witnesses reported seeing five fire engines and a number of police vehicles heading to the scene …
Organised by the North and Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce, and referred to as “the one they all want to win”; the BIBAs have been putting businesses through their paces since the competition opened in January.
Over 498 applications were sub…
A pensioner who suffered a stroke has discovered a love and talent for drawing though attending a local club.Brian Smith first started going to art sessions ran by Darren Hornell at Jubilee Court in Helmshore, but that all came to an end when the pande…
An unmarked military convoy has sparked fury from campaigners after it was spotted trundling down a motorway.
The procession of olive-green military trucks was spotted through parts of Lancashire and Cumbria while on its way to Scotland, and some have …
Emergency services were called to put out a vehicle fire in Blackburn Town Centre.The incident happened earlier today close to Blackburn Railway Station and the Cathedral Quarter.
The Fire service had cordoned off the area around the Boulevard Centre w…