Transport and Logistics Network
Every day of the week young criminals find themselves before the courts in Leicester, accused of all kinds of offences. Often their age works to their advantage and they avoid being locked up.
But occasionally those who are either repeat offenders or c…
Traffic has been stopped on a stretch of the M1 following a crash. The northbound carriageway between J24a and J25 for Nottingham was shut just before 7.30am on Tuesday, April 25.
Two lanes closed after a collision involving a car and lorry, traffic mo…
Operation Tramline took place over five days on trunks roads in the county and involved National Highways teams. As a result of the effort the force’s roads policing unit (RPU) recorded a total of 116 driving offences on the A34, A38, A50, A500 and A…
A lorry driver involved in a crash which closed a section of the M6 for 16 hours has been taken to hospital. Police closed the M6 between junction 12 for Cannock and junction 13 for Stafford South from 11.30am on Sunday, April 16 after the collision be…
A BMW driver who sped off from police and hit a 10-year-old boy has been banned from driving[1].
Sandris Hauberts, 24, admitted driving dangerously as he careered across a roundabout in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent[2], back in September 2018.
Hauberts was d…
Lymm Truckwash Ltd – the largest and oldest truck wash in Europe – is planning to expand its business to meet the demand from customers, which will also create an additional eight jobs for local people.
Lymm Truckwash washes more than 60,000 trucks a y…
Car drivers are being warned of potentially huge road tax rises this month[1]. Some motorists will have to pay up to £240 a year more due to the rule changes.
The rises are linked to CO2 emissions, and apply to thousands in Leicestershire and millions …
A young local motorist who led police on a 100mph chase down the M1 and A50 has walked free after being spared jail. Johnny Connors was more than twice the drink-drive limit when he led officers on a high-speed pursuit, ramming two police cars and swer…
Police have made three arrests after one bin man was seriously injured and three more hurt as two refuse lorries were targeted in Stoke-on-Trent.
A 17-year-old boy and two men – aged 19 and 23 – have been taken in for questioning today a fortnight afte…
A prison officer was left with no time to react as he crashed into a wheelie bin in the middle of the A50[1] in Stoke-on-Trent.
Simon Russell says the bin came ‘flying out of nowhere’ as he overtook a lorry on the eastbound side of the dual carriageway…