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A lorry driver who stopped in a live lane leading to a motorway for a rest has been fined by police. North West Motorway Police revealed details of the driver’s potentially dangerous decision on Twitter – and shared an image of the HGV.
The lorry was s…
A lorry driver who stopped in a M56 to take a tachograph break today was issued with a fine by police after they spotted the immobile vehicle in a live lane. The driver stopped on the motorway on an open access slip road in the early hours of Wednesday…
Two lanes on the M56 have been closed after a crash involving two lorries caused a large oil spill.
Fire crews and air ambulance were called to the motorway after one person was trapped and handed to paramedics.
The crash occurred between J10 A49 Tarpo…
A motorist fined for speeding through A55 roadworks has received little sympathy from fellow drivers. Some, however, are adamant the restriction zone is too long and a few believe it is a carefully crafted money-making racket.
A Manchester motorist cau…
The search for an escaped prisoner has seen the M6 and M56 motorways close for hours, leaving 14 miles of traffic.
Inmate Jonathan Simpson, 40, was last seen at HMP Thorn Cross in Appleton, Cheshire, at 9am today, with police continuing enquiries to tr…
Drivers treated themselves to an ice cream after they became stuck in miles of traffic on the M56 on Wednesday evening. In a video shared to social media, people can be seen walking up to a stationary ice cream truck in the middle of the motorway befor…
Proposed plans for a 24-hour drive-thru KFC at Lymm Services on the M6 and M56 have been scrapped.
The new restaurant would have resulted in the loss of 36 car parking spaces, which Cheshire councils believed would make the truck stop unsafe.
Warringto…
I DON’T drive as many miles these days as I used to. Most of my work involves a commute of walking no more than a couple of yards from the foot of the stairs to my dining room table.But that wasn’t always the case. In the past I have had commutes of 60…
A young father was among four people killed as Storm Eunice wreaked havoc across the country, leaving Britain with a £500million clean-up bill.
Jack Bristow, who had a one-year-old son, died when the flat-bed truck he was travelling in was crushed by a…
The westbound carriageway of the M56 in Cheshire was shut for nearly three hours after a lorry overturned.
Emergency services were called to the scene at around 2pm.
The incident happened between J9 for the M6 and J10 at Warrington.
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