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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…
CREST has revealed 20 locations where they have been setting up operational mobile speed cameras and will continue to do so for the rest of March. The list showing where the speed-monitoring vans may be found has been published by the Casualty Reductio…
The M1 in Derbyshire was closed for emergency repairs after a crash caused a fuel spillage on the road.National Highways initially closed two lanes of the motorway from junction 29A near Chesterfield after a collision between a lorry and a car at 16:15…
There are 10 unsolved murders[1] that police still want to solve across Derbyshire[2], with new data showing the number of ongoing cases, with some spanning more than six decades. Our interactive map allows us to pinpoint each murder across the county,…