Transport and Logistics Network
A drunk lorry driver ploughed across a pedestrian crossing when the light was red and hit a 17-year-old boy, sending him flying into the air and causing him serious injuries. Wojciech Mazur, who was two-and-a-half times the drink-driving limit, had nar…
A drunk lorry driver ploughed across a pedestrian crossing when the light was red and hit a 17-year-old boy, sending him flying into the air and causing him serious injuries. Wojciech Mazur, who was two-and-a-half times the drink-driving limit, had nar…
A bin lorry had to be escorted back to its depot by fire crews during waste collections after a fire started among the waste on board. It is thought that discarded batteries inside someone’s rubbish caused the fire.
North West Leicestershire District C…
A new customer centre to help people with housing issues and benefits is set to be opened in a Leicestershire town later this month. A police and council facility will be relocated by North West Leicestershire District Council (NWLDC) to a site in Coal…
Four men in a drug dealing ring were caught with thousands of pounds worth of cash and drugs in a police bust. And three of the four at the raid had been arrested just three years ago in a previous Leicestershire Police operation against class A drug s…
A lorry driver has pleaded guilty to being over the limit and driving dangerously when he hit a 17-year-old boy in Coalville on Monday morning. The boy was hit on the A511 roundabout outside Stephenson College in the town at 10.40am.
He was taken to Qu…
A driver had been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a male pedestrian was injured in Coalville. The collision, involving a lorry, happened at about 10.40am this morning on the A511 Stephenson W…
A man has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a pedestrian was struck by a HGV in Leicestershire.Police said a man was hit on the A511 Stephenson Way in Coalville just after 10:40 BST on Monday.The pedestrian was taken to hospital, wit…
A tanker transporting a load of flour overturned in the city, spilling 400 litres of diesel onto the roads. The lorry overturned at a roundabout on London Road, at the Victoria Park Road exit, shortly before 6.30pm yesterday, Tuesday, September 20.
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Emergency services have responded to a ‘building collapse’ in Leicester city centre today, as one person is reported to be injured.
While the exact circumstances regarding the collapse are unknown, it reportedly took place in the Church Gate area of th…