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A motorist has been arrested after he allegedly tested positive for cannabis while driving on the M65.
The 40-year-old man, who was driving an HGV tractor, was pulled over close to junction nine at Hapton at around 1.15pm on Tuesday, January 17.
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Live power cables landed in the path of passing vehicles on the M6 when bungling workers struck overhead power lines.
The cables continued being energised when workers from civil engineering firm Kier delayed before telling Scottish Power of the danger…
Kier has been fined £4.4m after workers hit overhead powerlines, twice causing cables to land in the path of passing vehicles while it carried out work on the M6 motorway.
In the first incident, a cable landed on the motorway and the se…
The dramatic moment an M6 worker runs from an overhead powerline has been caught on CCTV. It comes after engineering as Kier have been fined £4,415,000 after workers hit overhead powerlines twice during works on the motorway.
The firm failed to notify …
Kier has been fined £4.4m for two incidents in which workers hit overhead power lines while upgrading the M6 in Cheshire.
The safety breaches took place in March 2018 and January 2019, as Kier was carrying out smart-motorways work valued at £475m for H…
A CIVIL engineering firm which carried out works on the M6 motorway in Cheshire has been fined more than £4 million after causing overhead power line cables to fall in the path of passing vehicles.
Staff working for Kier Infrastructure and Overseas Lim…
Police are hunting for four thieves who offloaded a large quantity of sportswear from a lorry parked at a service station on the M6. The offenders cut open the side of the truck before stealing 22 pallets laden with clothes.
Stoke Sentinel reports that…
Police are hunting four thieves who stole a huge amount of sportswear from a lorry parked at the M6 services. The offenders had cut open the side of the truck before stealing 22 pallets laden with clothes.
They were then seen fleeing from Stafford serv…
Sportswear was stolen from a lorry parked up at the M6 services in Stafford. HGV drivers have now been urged to park in well-lit areas when taking a break after a number of similar thefts in recent weeks.
Twenty-two pallets of sports clothing was swipe…
Boxes packed with shorts were swiped from a lorry at the M6 services in Stafford. A group of men were spotted loading the stolen sportswear into another HGV after slashing a trailer.
Police were called to the northbound Moto service station at 2.20am o…