Transport and Logistics Network
A deer was rescued from a ditch in Oakwood[1] after it was hit by a car. Derbyshire police[2] were called to the fallow doe and contacted a local volunteer group to save the stranded animal.
The call came in at around 11pm on Tuesday evening, April 11….
Over half of British drivers cannot correctly identify the ‘hierarchy of road users’, according to new research[1] from personal injury specialists. In January 2022, changes were introduced to the Highway Code. This followed public consultation[2] and …
Nuneaton Boro will replay Tamworth FC after the derby game had to be abandoned. Trouble flared at The Lamb Ground[1] and match officials had to abandon the game on February 21.
It was widely reported that bottles, bricks and flares[2] were thrown durin…
Poundland bosses say they are “disappointed” that a Derbyshire store will close its doors for the final time this month. The retailer is currently trading from The Pipeworks retail park in Swadlincote.
But the store, off Coppice Side in the town centre…
A 33-year-old Derbyshire man carried out a campaign of harassment against his ex-partner which ended with him violently assaulting her. Derby Crown Court[1] heard how the petrified woman woke to find Ben Hodson-Walker standing at the foot of her bed.
H…
A dad-of-three whose motorbike was stolen from outside his home has spoken of his frustration with the way his case has been dealt with by police.
Keith Anderson, from Wigan, relies on his motorbike to get to work as a palliative carer. But when he wen…
WHEN Tony Chafer[1] heard the Fitzroy River Bridge had been destroyed by flooding in January, he immediately understood the challenge it would create for the local community.
“It was devastating,” Mr Chafer[2], chief executive of Wyndham port operator …
A young local motorist who led police on a 100mph chase down the M1 and A50 has walked free after being spared jail. Johnny Connors was more than twice the drink-drive limit when he led officers on a high-speed pursuit, ramming two police cars and swer…
The Department for Transport (DfT) is making a £47.5m injection into enhancing the safety of some of the most high-risk roads in England.
The investment is expected to prevent over 760 fatal and serious injuries over the next 20 years
The funding form…
A Derbyshire man in his 80s was duped into handing over thousands of pounds in cash by fraudsters posing as police[1] officers. Derby Crown Court heard how the victim was called by the criminals who told him there had been fraudulent activity on his ba…