Transport and Logistics Network
Police have issued a warning to drivers after a car was caught doing almost 90mph in a 30mph zone – which led to the arrest of the man behind the wheel.On Saturday (January 25), at around 10am, a speed camera van, operated by Northumbria Police, r…
On Saturday (January 25), at around 10am, a speed camera van, operated by Northumbria Police, recorded a BMW M5 being driven at 89mph on West Road in the West End of Newcastle.
After clocking the dangerously high speeds, Northumbria Police sa…
A van driver was freed from his vehicle before being taken to hospital with ‘potentially serious injuries’ following a smash with a truck on the M6.[1] Police, paramedics and firefighters were scrambled to the southbound carriageway in North Staffordsh…
The M6 motorway has reopened after being closed following a crash in Staffordshire this morning (Friday, January 24). The southbound carriageway was shut to traffic between Junction 15 (Stoke-on-Trent) and Junction 14 (Stafford).
The closure was first …
Murderers, drug dealers and several Hanley rioters were among the many criminals put behind bars during 2024. Also locked up during the course of the year were killer drivers, a rogue builder, fraudulent businessman, dog beater and benefits cheat mum.
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A van driver from Staffordshire has been found guilty of killing a work colleague in a crash following a visit to a pub. Carl Sargeant went to a pub in Stone for a drink with fellow security staff workers, including Martyn Ball, after a shift on Bank H…
By MARK DUELL[1] Published: 16:23, 6 December 2024 | Updated: 17:18, 6 December 2024
Storm Darragh struck Britain today as Christmas events were cancelled, football games postponed and flights deemed at risk with 90mph winds on the w…
Here are the latest cases from the region’s courts:
NEWCASTLE: Drink-driver Bradley Woolridge has been banned from the roads for 12 months. The 21-year-old was stopped driving a Ford Transit after pulling into the Shell garage, on Talke Road, in Newcas…
A serious collision[1] involving a lorry took place on the A69[2] in Throckley[3] late on Thursday night at around 11.30pm.
The emergency services rushed to the scene and the road has now been shut for 12 hours. We have heard from the police and the am…
A report was received of the accident involving the female pedestrian and a van, in South Shields, at 11.35am.
It was reported that a green and white Mercedes van was travelling in a southern direction on Centenary Avenue when, for reasons yet to be es…