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Bridge was hit 15 times in the year to March 2024
Today’s incident has added to a long list of past bridge strikes. According to National Highways, the A5 railway bridge was hit 15 times in the year to the end of March 2024.
In the five years up to Sep…
A lorry has crashed into a notorious railway bridge in Leicestershire.Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) said crews were called to the bridge over the A5 Watling Street in Hinckley – which was once dubbed the “most bashed” in Britain[1] – at…
The crash which involved a Mercedes car, and a fiat van took place sometime shortly before 3.10pm.
The male driver was treated by paramedics at the scene while the occupants of the car, two women and two boys were taken to hospital as a precaution.
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Judge spares drugs offender from jail because of ‘exceptional’ circumstances
A MARYPORT man who was selling cocaine to pay for …
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Judge spares drugs offender from jail because of ‘exceptional’ circumstances
A MARYPORT man who was selling cocaine to pay for …
A number of roads will be visited by mobile speed camera vans in the coming days.
Enforcement officers will visit the A1079 Beverley[1] Road and the A165 among other busy routes in the region.
Drivers can see where the mobile cameras are likely to be s…
Their actions caused misery on our roads and left families picking up the pieces
19:00, 25 Jan 2025Updated 22:13, 25 Jan 2025
Paul Whitfield, Anya Foster, Haydn Patterson, and (right) Kevin Marsh
As a dangerous driver was jailed this week for causing…
A cyclist suffered serious head injuries after being thrown from his bike when it was hit by a van on a major road.
The incident was on the A6 at Catterall between The Avenue and Old Lancaster[1] Road just after 8.30pm last night. Ambulance crews and p…
First Minister John Swinney has urged people to continue to heed warnings during the “exceptional weather event”, saying a “high level of vigilance” is still required.
A gust of 100mph was recorded at Drumalbin in South Lanarkshire early on Friday afte…
A cyclist is fighting for his life in hospital after a crash involving a van, police have said.Lancashire Police said the man, in his 30s, was thrown from his Carrera racing bike after the crash with a Peugeot van that had been travelling north on the …