Transport and Logistics Network
A country lane in the north east of the county has been closed by Leicestershire Police[1] after a “serious incident”. The force said Highgate Road in Plungar, near Bottesford, was expected to remain shut for a “considerable time”.
No further details a…
Mobile speed camera vans with be travelling around the Hull and East Riding region this week.
Drivers can see where the mobile cameras are likely to be situated through the daily enforcement schedule on the Safer Roads Humber website[1].
However, not a…
Mobile speed camera vans with be travelling around northern Lincolnshire this week.
Drivers can see where the mobile cameras are likely to be situated through the daily enforcement schedule on the Safer Roads Humber website[1].
However, not all locatio…
If you want to avoid being caught speeding, then don’t speed. Because our roads are strewn with cameras, both permanent and mobile, to catch people not adhering to the rules of the road.
And for good reason – speeding is one of the Fatal 4 factors behi…
A Leicestershire Police mobile speed camera van
The camera van will now visit both the A607 at Waltham-on-the-Wolds (30mph speed limit), and Main Street at Normanton.
Local roads already on the list are A606 Melton Road at Whissendine and Langham; Me…
A number of new roads in Leicestershire are set to be patrolled to catch people speeding. Some 23 extra locations have been added to the list of areas where speeding is a concern[1] and will be monitored by mobile cameras.
These are known as ‘community…
A man has died after a collision with a HGV close to eth junction of two major roads near the Leicestershire[1] border. The incident closed off the road for several hours while police investigations were carried out following the crash.
The collision t…
We take a look at what was making the news up to 200 years ago.
Our Mercury Memories is produced thanks to the support of the Stamford Mercury Archive Trust[1].
25 years ago: June 12, 1998 – Pudding perfection: Macmillan Cancer Relief Deepings Commit…
A 74-year-old man has suffered life-threatening injuries, after a motorbike and lorry crashed on the Humber Bridge yesterday.
Emergency services attended the incident at 2.15pm on Friday (June 16) and a full closure of the bridge was put in place. The …