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Lancashire Police have reportedly settled a legal claim with a woman who suffered serious injuries after she was mauled by PD Jax – the out-of-control police dog shot dead by officers after attacking his handler last week.
Lancashire Police have repor…
Lancashire Police have reportedly settled a legal claim with a woman who suffered serious injuries after she was mauled by PD Jax – the out-of-control police dog shot dead by officers after attacking his handler last week.
At around 5.15am last Thursd…
Lancashire Police have reportedly settled a legal claim with a woman who suffered serious injuries after she was mauled by PD Jax – the out-of-control police dog shot dead by officers after attacking his handler last week.
At around 5.15am last Thursd…
At around 5.15am last Thursday (August 3), police were searching for a missing person in a field off Higher Walton Road, near the River Darwen in Walton-le-Dale.
During the search, police dog Jax, a 7-year-old Malinois, suddenly became aggressive and …
Lancashire Police has opened an investigation to establish exactly how the tragedy in Penwortham occurred – Credit: Jack (submitted to Lancashire Post)
An eight-year-old boy has been killed in a tragic accident while out playing hide-and-seek with …
One of the busiest routes for Hull commuters will be visited by mobile speed cameras in the coming week. Speed monitoring will be happening on the A63, between South Cave and Brough.
It is one of a number of routes due to be visited by enforcement offi…
The £207 million road linking parts of Preston[1] and the Fylde Coast to the M55[2] motorway opened on Monday (July 3).
So we asked readers ‘do you think it’s fair on drivers new to the road?’
Speed camera vans on the new M55 link road (connecting parts of Preston and the Fylde Coast to the M55 motorway. (Photo by Phil Thompson)
This is what people had to say in response…
Jane Haynes: “Yes! The signs tell you the speed limit. No excuse.”
Tony Beeby: “Why is it unfair? No different to driving on any other unfamiliar road. If its unfamiliar, more reason to keep your speed down. I realise it’s an unfashionable opinion but sadly it’s the truth.”
Gill Finn: “Easy answer, stick to the speed limit.”
Ema Louise Livesey: “If there is adequate signage of course it is fair”
Catriona Gibson: “Why would it not be fair? they should be hidden! A couple of motorcycles were using it as a race track last night going back and forth!”
Pete Howarth: “Totally fair. It’s a tax on the self entitled..”
Chris Lyttle: “Is there 50mph signs posted along the road? If there is, how in any way, shape or form can it be unfair
Mark Bradley: “New or old rules are rules”
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Sarah Lingard: “Nope! But they knew that when they set a lower speed limit. Police have to get paid somehow”
Craig Pearce: “All about the money guys”
Tom Atkinson: “I always thought speed mobile speed cameras were meant to be positioned in areas where high accidents are and not just in areas where they can be a revenue source for local authorities. But then again perhaps I’m just becoming cynical”
The £207 million road linking parts of Preston[1] and the Fylde Coast to the M55[2] motorway opened on Monday (July 3) and speed camera vans were quickly deployed to monitor drivers.
The road – named after Edith Rigby in honour of Preston’s most famou…
It then crashed through into the southbound carriageway before overturning, spilling diesel and approximately 20,000 litres of milk.
The male driver and a female passenger were taken to hospital for treatment following the incident.
The carriageway was closed for most of the day as the milk and diesel was cleared, with the motorway fully reopening at around 4.50pm.
A spokesman for Lancashire Police[1] said: “We’re pleased to advise the earlier M6 motorway closure following an overturned milk tanker has now been reopened.
“Traffic[2] is expected to be slow moving and congested for some time so please avoid the area where possible.”
Severe delays were experienced in both directions following the collision, with motorists reporting delays of up to eight and a half hours.
The overturned lorry that has caused the closure of the M6 near Preston on Sunday (Credit: National Highways)
We asked our readers to share how long they were stuck in the tailbacks.
Sarah Johnson: “Spent three and a half hours trying to visit my mum in Fulwood. Didn’t even get there.
“Never known traffic like it, it just wasn’t moving. Total gridlock.”
Lancashire Police said the motorway would be closed for “most of the day” after the milk and diesel spillage (Credit: National Highways/ SWNS)
Marie Laura: “It took me 3three hours to get home from work in Blackpool[3]. Was not happy. I had been up since 4am.”
Lauren Kay Dineley: “We set off from Blackpool zoo back to Preston[4] at 5pm last night and it took two hours. Never seen it as bad as that.”
New £207m motorway junction and link road to open today
Sara Kathryn Hodkinson: “Over six hours from the Lake District.”
Eerie scenes on the motorway following the closures (Credit: Peter Ainsworth)
Steph Elaine Richardson: “My partner and his mate were stuck in it for seven hours.”
Thelma Haslam: “We were stuck for eight and a half hours. Our normal journey takes three quarters of an hour.”
Pauol Durham: “Took seven hours from Kirkham to Chorley.”
Adam Hadfield: “Two hours from Longridge to Preston.”
Debbie Makinson: “My son and nephew. five hours from Lancaster to Preston.”
Willow Hailwood: “Stuck on the M55[6] for eight hours.”
The milk tanker is righted on the M6 near Preston after the incident (Credit: National Highways)
Pauline Burke: “Eight hours from Blackpool to Preston. It was not pleasant.”
Richard Kenworthy: “Six and a half hours on the M55 on the way to Liverpool.
“It would have made sense to open the new Preston Western Distributor road. Particularly considering we’re currently driving along it for our return journey.”
Rachel Mcmullen: “Six hours to get back to St Annes from Huddersfield. I hope no one was badly injured.”
Penny Singer-Carter: “12 hours to go from Blackpool to Essex, even with a scenic tour through Preston.”
Julie Murdoch: “Yes, was on A59 from Yorkshire. Took three hours to get through Preston.”
Sammie Antha: “Two hours from Blackpool to Odeon in Preston.”
Sophia Owen: “Seven and a half hours from Blackpool to Blackburn.”
Mikaela Russell: “Took two hours to get from the start of M55 to junction 1 at 9:30am.”
Lizzy Lowe: “Took three hours to get from Blackpool to Manchester.”
The carriageway was closed between 7am and 7pm on Sunday after a tanker ploughed through the central reservation of the motorway while travelling northbound this morning. It then crashed through into the southbound carriageway before overturning between junctions 31 and 32. As much as 20,000 litres of milk was spilt onto the motorway.
The male driver and his female passenger were injured and have been taken to hospital, Lancashire Police[1] said. Their condition remains unknown.
After the M6 northbound reopened just after 5pm, the southbound side and M55[2] followed at 7pm – some lane closures aside.
The overturned lorry that has caused the closure of the M6 near Preston on Sunday
M6 diversions: Routes motorists are advised to take with motorway closed around …
A spokesman for Lancashire Police said: “Traffic[4] is expected to be slow moving and congested for some time so please avoid the area where possible.”
The accident impacted on traffic the M6, M55 eastbound and M61 northbound.
By 12.30pm, the milk tanker had been righted and removed from the central reservation barrier but clear-up works were urgently needed after both milk and diesel spilled into the carriageway.
Four fire engines from Preston[5], Bamber Bridge and Chorley and the USAR team from South Shore, were mobilised to assist with the Environment Agency[6] among other agencies on the scene.