Transport and Logistics Network
A teenager was tasered by police just moments before being fatally struck on a motorway, an independent watchdog has disclosed.Logan Smith, 18, was being transported to hospital in an ambulance when the vehicle stopped on the hard shoulder of the M5 fo…
Urgent action is to be taken to improve safety at a notorious accident hotspot, which has been the site of several serious and fatal collisions over several years.Local residents on the A632 between Chesterfield and Matlock, specifically at the Span Ca…
Dan Shillito told Hull Live he believes fate meant he was ‘in the right place at the right time’
05:00, 13 Sep 2025
Dan Shillito with his wife, Rikki, and also pictured on top of his container wagon supporting a man on an M1 motorway bridge(Image: Da…
A lorry driver has been praised as a “hero” after stopping traffic on the M1 to save the life of a man hanging off a bridge.
Dan Shillito was driving underneath a bridge by the J29 carriageway, near Chesterfield, at around 7pm on Saturday (September 6)…
A lorry driver has been hailed an “absolute hero” for positioning his truck under a motorway bridge and climbing onto the roof to save a man’s life.Yorkshire[1] truck driver Dan Shillito was heading south down the M1 when he saw information boards abou…
For confidential support call the Samaritans on 116123 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org for details By FRANCINE WOLFISZ, NEWS REPORTER[1] Published: 00:30, 10 September 2025 | Updated: 00:39, 10 September 2025
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A man has admitted causing the death of an 81-year-old cyclist who was killed in a crash in Rotherham.Graham Slinn, from Sheffield, was struck by a dark blue Volkswagen Golf on the A57 near Todwick at about 15:15 BST on 4 April and was pronounced dead …
A lorry fire led to long delays on the M1 southbound on Saturday.Emergency services were called to the motorway between junction 29 for Chesterfield and junction 28 at Mansfield at about 06:00 BST.Drivers were thanked for their patience as the carriage…
A major motorway has been closed as a lorry fire broke out, causing large delays for drivers in the area.
Police and the fire service are at the scene on the southbound side[1] between junction 29 for Chesterfield and junction 28 for Mansfield of the M…
James Munro was the Swindon captain in the 1890s. Only days after he had taken part in a victory over Tottenham Hotspur, he was dead. One earlier book on Swindon’s history puts his death down to falling from a lamp post after over celebrating in the Re…