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M6 stopped between junction 30 and junction 29 due to multi-vehicle crash
Posted on – 9th February, 2025 – 9:26am | Author – Luke Beardsworth…
A couple who never gave up hope after their dog was stolen more than seven years ago has said it is a “dream come true” after the RSPCA reunited them.
Rita and Philip Potter from Norfolk said they “never gave up hope on her being found one day” after t…
It’s a good Samaritan act carried out by many drivers however motorists could find themselves falling foul of the law
05:30, 09 Feb 2025Updated 15:09, 09 Feb 2025
A mobile speed camera recently pictured on the A449 in Stafford
Spee…
A lorry driver “spotted swerving across the M40” was among 64 people arrested on suspicion of drink-driving in Warwickshire in December. Also among the detained was an over-the-limit motorist, involved in a crash, who had a bottle of vodka in his car, …
A WOMAN has been charged nearly a year after a pensioner died in a horror smash.
Emergency services[1] last March raced to the A721 Bellshill Road at the junction with Logans Road, Lanarkshire[2].
A male pensioner, 68, was rushed to the Queen[3] Elizabeth University Hospital where he tragically died a few days later.
The Ford driver, 24, will be reported to the procurator fiscal.
A Police Scotland[4] spokesman said: “A 24-year-old woman has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal crash in Motherwell.
“Around 9.10pm on Sunday, 17 March, 2024, we received a report of a crash involving a 68-year-old male pedestrian and a white Ford Puma on the A721 Bellshill Road at the junction with Logans Road.
“The 24-year-old female driver of the Ford Puma will be subject of a report to the Procurator Fiscal.”
It comes after a Scots motorway was shut down after a lorry burst into flames[5] near an airport.
The M8 eastbound was closed at Junction 2 near Edinburgh Airport while emergency crews tackled a blaze.
Motorists were asked to find an alternative route.
And Cops[6] said smoke affected visibility in the area.
There is currently a 50-minute delay following the blaze.
Dramatic images from the scene showed huge flames engulfing the lorry.
Police Scotland said: “The M8 eastbound is currently closed at Junction 2 near Newbridge due to a lorry on fire.
“Emergency services are in attendance and motorists are asked to find an alternative route.”
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Cops raced to the A721 Bellshill Road at the junction with Logans Road, LanarkshireCredit: Google Maps
Sophie Waugh had been driving on the A6055 Leeming Lane, near Kirklington, on June 28, 2023, when she struck 71-year-old cyclist Ian Morris.
The 31-year-old, who served with the Royal Logistics Corp of the British Army, hit the rear of Mr Morris’ bicyc…
Four men who were disturbed during an attempted vehicle break and multiple home burglaries are reported to have happened over the last few days. Other incidents logged with Gloucestershire police[1] include a farm workshop being broken into and tools s…
A dangerous driver killed a ‘kind, caring, full of fun, generous’ grandad while ‘prolifically’ using Snapchat, Facebook Messenger and Instagram on her phone.
Ian Morris, 71, from Bedale in Yorkshire, died on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 28, 2023 af…
Man in his 80s hit by car in Catterall on same stretch of A6 where cyclist died | Blog Preston
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Man in his 80s hit by car in Catterall on same stretch of A6 where cyclist died
Posted on – 7th February, 2025 – 11:38am | Author – Ed …
Two loose horses died when they were hit by a lorry on a major trunk road.The animals were hit by the truck on the A19 southbound west of Hartlepool at about 04:00 GMT on Friday. Shortly afterwards their bodies were hit again by a BMW.The car driver wa…