Transport and Logistics Network
A ‘friendly’ and ‘outgoing’ HGV driver and Army[1] veteran was found dead in the back of his lorry in a Lincolnshire lay-by, an inquest heard. Dad Drew Howe, 26, from Stockport, was discovered in the trailer of the Scania vehicle on the A18[2] in Linco…
There is a stunning neighbourhood on the Essex-London border that is worlds away from the bustling streets and concrete high rises of the city. Greener neighbourhoods with a rural edge are few and far between, but one spot in the borough of Redbridge c…
Essex is full of wonderful things whether it be the incredible history, gorgeous country parks and walks, or the amazing people. One of the most attractive things about living in Essex to outsiders is the close proximity and excellent transport links t…
It’s our very own ‘highway in the sky’. And while today it might be grey, grimy and often choked with traffic, when it first opened in May 1967, the Mancunian Way[1] was praised for its ‘slender and elegant’ appearance and hailed as the future of urban…
This was the moment a drug “kingpin” who ran a £1m operation was arrested.
Terence Earle, from St Helens[1], was behind an organised crime group which operated a secret amphetamine lab and trafficked lorry loads of heroin and cocaine between Merseysid…
A huge fly-tip dumped on the back road of a Cheshire industrial estate has been slammed as “awful” and “dangerous”.
Big piles of gardening waste and household rubbish plus furniture, which are tumbling into the road from the grass verges, are spread ou…
A new toll-free motorway to connect freight to the future Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport has reached a major construction milestone.
The new 16-kilometre road is a $2 billion investment in Western Sydney being funded by the Au…
A drug fuelled van driver was on a 22 hour trip when he killed a mum and injured her daughter on the M6.
Marcin Szewczyk, 43, of Lancashire Hill, Stockport, was driving a white Mercedes Sprinter van on the M6 between junction 17 (Sandbach) and junction…
Motorists in Lancashire were met with hellish delays following multiple incidents across various motorways.
Drivers travelling along the M6[1] and M61[2] were stuck for hours on end as emergency services dealt with numerous incidents. From as early as …
Four members of the group that ran an industrial-scale amphetamine lab in Scotland, and trafficked heroin and cocaine, have been sentenced.
A National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation dismantled the organised crime group which was based in Merseyside a…