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The police confirmed that the collision was between a VW Golf and a tractor.
Emergency services remain at the scene currently. There is no detail as to how long the road will remain blocked – the emergency services asked people to avoid the area this …
Keith Sanderson, 82, drove his car, travelling over 70mph, into a parked car in a layby on the A590 between Brettargh Holt roundabout and Junction 36 of the M6 on December 16, 2022.
He died in Royal Preston on December 24 from pneumonia caused by mult…
Cumbria police’s road safety camera vans will be operating on the A590 between Lindale and Brettargh Holt, Grange, the A66 between Penrith & Warcop, Bowness, Windermere, the A591 between Keswick & Grasmere, Kendal, the A6 between Kendal & Penrith and…
As an inquest was formally opened into the death of 68-year-old Malcolm Houghton, a coroner was offered a hypothesis from police although she stated that a precise cause of the collision had yet to be identified.
Police said the collision had occurred …
One of the closures is expected to cause delays of up to 30 minutes.
The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that three closures already in place are expected to carry on this week:
• A590, from 8am September 14 to 5pm…
A man who died in a horror lorry crash has been named by police as Southport man Malcolm Houghton.
Cumbria Police were called to the A590 on Thursday, October 12, following reports two articulated large goods vehicles had crashed[1]. Officers attended …
Expressions’ new Barrow[1] shop ‘smashed it’ for opening day
A gift shop and piercing studio that has relocated to a bigger premises in Barrow[2] ‘smashed it’ on its opening day, according to its owner.
The Barrow branch of Expressions was located at 2…
The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that two closures already in place are expected to carry on this week:
• A590, from 8pm August 16 to 6am October 6, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A590 eastbound and westbound,…
The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows there will be three delays in the next two weeks:
• A590, from 8pm August 16 to 6am October 6, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A590 eastbound and westbound, Greenodd Roundabout,…
The collision took place around 3.05pm on the A590 in-between Newlands and Arrad Foot and involved a van and a motorcyclist.
The van driver was uninjured.
The rider of the bike attended the hospital later that day and is described as having ‘serious in…