Transport and Logistics Network
Boxes of stolen Calpol were found when police stopped a cloned HGV in Warwickshire. Members of Warwickshire Police’s Operational Patrol Unit (OPU) made the discovery when they intercepted the lorry on the A426 Leicester Road in Rugby.
They found that t…
A traffic diversion is in place due to a closure on the A1 in Cambridgeshire today (Friday, November 1). A lorry has left the carriageway and overturned in a field between Wansford and Chesterton Junction.Police, paramedics and firefighters are at the …
The A1 is closed to traffic due to a crash today (Friday, November 1) that has seen a lorry leave the carriageway and overturn in a field. The southbound carriageway is shut from the A47 at Wansford.
Police first confirmed the closure at around 3.10pm….
A bridge which previously held the title for Britain’s most bashed has been hit again by a lorry.The A5 Watling Street bridge in Hinckley was closed in both directions after a lorry crashed into the railway bridge on Monday morning and badly damaged it…
Paul Miles is following in the wake of narrowboating pioneer LTC Rolt, retracing a journey he made – and wrote about – more than 80 years ago, reflecting on how England has changed, and considering why so many people still find pleasure on the country’…
A major Leicester road was closed this morning (Wednesday, October 23) following a crash. Leicester Area Traffic Control reported that the A563 Braunstone Way, in Braunstone Town was closed to traffic on the ring road from A47 New Parks Way roundabout …
A woman who had already been banned from driving three times crashed into another car[1] while driving home from the pub. Amanda Shelton had met with a friend and had two glasses of wine before the collision took place.
Shelton, of Leicester Road, Whit…
A depressed pub landlord intending to drive about 350 miles to end his life crashed near East Midlands Airport[1] (EMA) after stopping for beer at numerous pubs on the way. Ian McGowan was aiming for the Lake District after setting off from Kent on the…
Greig Watson – BBC News East Midlands
October 9, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Recovery work is under way, National Highways said [Hinckley Town Centre Facebook Page]
A Leicestershire bridge that has seen repeated collisions has again been hit by a lorry.
The ra…
A cyclist in his 70s who was injured in a crash in Oxfordshire is believed to have ‘life-changing injuries’, police say.The collision between a white long-wheel based van and a cyclist occurred between 6am and 6.10am on Monday, September 16 on the A413…