Transport and Logistics Network
Imagine the surprise of Exeter police and the owners of The Word Barn who found the Grinch behind the wheel of an SUV that crashed into a mailbox Christmas night.
Jon C. Williamson, 31, of Exeter was in full Grinch gear standing outside his Honda CRV w…
Here are some of the criminals put through the courts and jailed for offences committed in Dorset.
Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai
Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai, 21 and of Hill Street, Poole (Image: Dorset Police)
Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai received a life sentence for…
The M5 was partially blocked in Devon following a multi-vehicle crash. The collision happened on the M5 southbound before junction 31 with the A30 leading to Okehampton and Cornwall and the A38. Police were said to be on scene.
Traffic monitoring site …
Police are investigating the death of a man near Tiverton after a body in the search for a missing man was discovered. The family of missing man Luke Gallinari have been made aware of the discovery, which took place on Friday, December 22, but formal i…
Police failures may have caused or contributed to the death of a church caretaker who died after being restrained in police custody more than a decade ago, an inquest jury has found.
Thomas Orchard, 32, suffered a cardiac arrest after being held down, …
By John James[1] Published: 10:57, 21 December 2023 | Updated: 11:22, 21 December 2023
A potato lorry crash forced a busy motorway to close for 12 hours while 22 tonnes of potatoes had to be cleared away by hand.Drivers …
The section of southbound carriageway between J28 (Cullompton) and J29 (Exeter) was closed at 8.10am.
Devon and Cornwall Police soon revealed one person had been injured.
A spokesperson said: “Police were called to reports of a single-vehicle road traf…
The M5 in Devon has finally reopened after a potato lorry overturned. The HGV containing 22 tonnes of the vegetable[1] crashed and was left on its side between Exeter[2] and Cullompton[3] on the southbound side of the motorway.
It happened at around 8a…
The A396 Exeter Road was closed after a lorry crashed into a bridge this evening (December 20). There were delays in both directions near Bickleigh – located four miles south of Tiverton.
According to traffic monitoring site Inrix, the lorry has also h…
An overturned lorry carrying potatoes has forced the partial closure of the M5 in Devon, with all three southbound lanes blocked.
National Highways said the southbound lanes of the motorway were closed between junction 28 at Cullompton and junction 29 …