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A lorry driver, Scott Revel, of of Victoria Street, Allerton Bywater, near Castleford, West Yorkshire, has been jailed after being caught driving a vehicle on false plates on the M1 near Nottinghamshire.
During a police chase, Revel attem…
A lorry driver on false plates stopped his HGV on the outside lane of the M1 in Derbyshire, jumped over the central reservation and ran across four lanes of traffic in a bid to escape from the police. Derby Crown Court[1] heard how Scott Revel, who has…
A Leicestershire Police mobile speed camera van
The camera van will now visit both the A607 at Waltham-on-the-Wolds (30mph speed limit), and Main Street at Normanton.
Local roads already on the list are A606 Melton Road at Whissendine and Langham; Me…
A number of new roads in Leicestershire are set to be patrolled to catch people speeding. Some 23 extra locations have been added to the list of areas where speeding is a concern[1] and will be monitored by mobile cameras.
These are known as ‘community…
Millions of people up and down the county get behind the wheel of their cars[1] every single day to make their journeys to wherever they need to be.
None can imagine that that journey could be the last they take. Every week, dangerous drivers in our ar…
A person received serious injuries in a crash on the M62 yesterday after a Ford Transit van failed to stop for police.
West Yorkshire Police said the collision happened around 6.34pm on the M62 Eastbound, near J31 at Normanton. There were two people in…
Leeds Crown Court heard that the 53-year-old victim, known as Terry, was a machine operative at One Stop Warehouse in Normanton. At 10pm on February 10 this year, he finished his shift and cycled towards his home.
He was wearing a fluorescent high-vis…
A motorcyclist was taken to hospital following a crash involving two vehicles near a Nottinghamshire village. A motorcyclist and driver in a 4×4 vehicle were involved in a road traffic collision on Sunday, April 16.
The incident occurred in Normanton L…
A Derby fly-tipper has been hit in the pocket for almost £300 for dumping two bags of waste in the street. Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court[1] heard how Vasile Dobrin left the rubbish in Rutland Street, Derby, on March 9, last year. He was convic…
Fire crews battling a blaze on the M1 between J26 and J27 say they will be there “for some time”. The motorway is now shut for an eleven-mile stretch between J26 for the A610 at Nuthall and J28 for the A38 at South Normanton.
The blaze involved seven e…