Transport and Logistics Network
David Charles Geddes was clocked exceeding a 50mph limit on the M6 by an automatic speed camera.
The 47-year-old of Southampton[1] Road, Lymington was driving northbound between junctions 10a and 13 near Cannock, in Staffordshire, at the time.
He was…
The incident, which took place in the Cannock Policing area, was shared by the Staffordshire Police Roads Policing Group to help show the dangers of putting too much weight on a load-bearing vehicle.
The image, which shows a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) c…
A family has paid tribute to a ‘kind’ and ‘compassionate’ woman killed in a crash in Staffordshire – just six days after retiring. Helen Klich, 67, was in the passenger seat when the Kia she was travelling in collided with a black BMW around 11.20pm on…
A drug dealer who peddled cocaine and heroin in the Midlands has been locked up. Qasif Hussain was caught by police with his drug-dealing phone between his legs when they stopped him in Cannock[1].
Officers later discovered a ‘large’ haul of drugs when…
The collision in Great Wyrley, involving a Kia and a black BMW, took place on the eastbound carriageway of the A5 between the M6 Toll entrance roundabout and the Turf roundabout, at around 11.20pm on Thursday.
Upon arrival, paramedics discovered a woma…
Police[1] have arrested a 32-year-old man after a woman was killed in a Staffordshire smash. Emergency services had been scrambled to the A5 near Great Wyrley last night to reports of a crash between two cars.
As reported by StokeonTrentLive[2] the Wat…
A woman has died and a man has been left fighting for his life days before Christmas[1] after a horror crash involving two cars with a ‘dangerous driving’ arrest made. The collision took place on the A5 between Great Wyrley and Norton Canes in Stafford…
Here are the latest cases from the region’s courts:
STOKE-ON-TRENT:
Three men have admitted two charges of burglary. Matthew Stevens, aged 22, of Dividy Road, Bentilee[1]; Jack Burton, aged 21, of Dividy Road, Bentilee; and Wade Gibben, aged 21, of Har…
The following day, Timmins returned to the site, the court heard, and helped workers load up 80 tonnes of waste before it was driven to a landfill site in Cannock. Police believe Mr Willis’s remains were among that material. He was reported missing by …
Remains of David Willis, 29, never found after falling in an industrial shredderBrian Timmins, 54, was operating the diesel-powered machine at the timeHe has today been sentenced for seven and a half years and firm fined £400k By Oliver Price[1] Publ…