Transport and Logistics Network
Millions of residents have been asked to put their bins out for collection earlier than usual as a heatwave engulfs most of England and Wales.
Residents have been asked to help refuse workers avoid carrying bins during the hottest parts of the day by…
Six trailers, three excavators, two dumpers, two pick up trucks and a large amount of scaffolding has been seized by police. Officers in the south rural task force team discovered the haul in Chorley on Tuesday and have arrested one man on suspici…
Northgate Vehicle Hire has acquired Blakedale Ltd, the UK’s leading supplier of specialist traffic management and support vehicles.
Blakedale is a family-owned business based in Chorley, Lancashire which over the past 30 years has built itself into the…
Organised by the North and Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce, and referred to as “the one they all want to win”; the BIBAs have been putting businesses through their paces since the competition opened in January.
Over 498 applications were sub…
An international drugs gang imported ‘vast’ amounts of cocaine, heroin and cannabis into the UK hidden in lorries of fruit and vegetables, jurors heard. Police seized 450 kilos of heroin and cocaine and more than two tonnes of cannabis, with a total st…
The incident occurred on the northbound carriageway between junctions 6 (Horwich) and 8 (Chorley) at approximately 12.30pm on Friday (April 8).
A car transporter overturned, causing one of the vehicles being carried by the lorry to land in the sout…
Part of the M61 motorway has been blocked after a crash caused a car transporter to shed its load.
According to traffic management site Inrix, the northbound carriageway of the M61 has been completely blocked after a car transporter overturned. The roa…
Villagers in Ulnes Walton, near Chorley, have been left frustrated since Wednesday, March 30, when the incident happened, leaving most of Ulnes Walton Lane without a connection.
Ulnes Walton Parish Council chairman Nicola Watkinson says several app…
As March rolls into April it would be fair to say that in reflecting on the past month, things have been a bit tough. Without trivialising the list of world and national events that are dominating the news cycle, it would be easy to feel slumped by it …
STORM Franklin brought chaos and carnage to the region yesterday, tearing down trees, ripping bricks from houses, flooding schools and causing motorway crashes. Looking back, it’s a wonder more people weren’t injured or even killed as 60-70mph win…