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The M6 has been closed in both directions after a lorry overturned and caught fire.
The accident happened in the roadworks area between junctions 12 (Gailey) and 13 (Stafford South) shortly before 11.40am, and the air ambulance is in attendance.
There …
The A39 in Cornwall has been crowned one of the best roads in the UK for delivery drivers. The scenic Atlantic Highway is officially the second best road of AO’s latest survey.
The A39 runs from Barnstaple in north Devon, down to Fraddon, on the outski…
A handful of major routes in Buckinghamshire are set for roadworks this week. Motorists have been urged to plan ahead to avoid disruption.
Those travelling between Aylesbury[1] and other parts of the county are likely to face delays. Roadworks are plan…
Nuneaton Boro will replay Tamworth FC after the derby game had to be abandoned. Trouble flared at The Lamb Ground[1] and match officials had to abandon the game on February 21.
It was widely reported that bottles, bricks and flares[2] were thrown durin…
One person is in hospital following a six-vehicle collision[1] on the A5 in Leicestershire earlier today, (Wednesday, April 12). The crash happened shortly after 11.30am on the A5 in the village of Wibtoft, near Lutterworth[2], according to police.
Tea…
The strike by Eastern European truck drivers, who are demanding outstanding wages from their Polish employer, continued on Tuesday at the Gräfenhausen motorway service area in southern Hesse. According to trade unionists, there are now 63 trucks at the…
A brutal military-style attack at a rest stop in Germany, carried out by a Polish private militia on striking truck drivers from Eastern Europe, sheds a harsh light on the slave-like conditions under which thousands of long-distance truck drivers work…
Ignorance can be cured by information. There is no cure for stupidity. In America, Faux News is the temple to the high priests of stupid. In the UK, the Daily Mail fills that role. Last December, the Daily Mail ran a story[1] with this scary headline:…
A strike by Eastern European truck drivers, who are demanding outstanding wages from their Polish customer, continued on Easter Sunday at a motorway service area in southern Hesse. Around 50 truck drivers have been on strike there for days. They are su…
Fed-up delivery drivers say the M6 through North Staffordshire is the worst road in the country. It’s a stretch which regularly sees delays whether down to collisions, breakdowns or roadworks.
That congestion was made even worse when the ‘Smart Motorwa…