Transport and Logistics Network
Wincanton has maintained that its pay offer to drivers on the Asda contract was fair and competitive, after the Unite union threatened it with strike action in the run-up to Christmas. Unite said the supermarket was facing the prospect of empty …
A drug-drive dad who killed his young son in a motorway smash will ‘have to live with the consequences of his actions for the rest of his life’, prosecutors have said.
Leon Clarke, 40, was 13 times over the drug-driving limit when he got behind the whe…
A dad killed his eight-year-old son after his BMW aquaplaned on the M60 while he was 13 times the drug-driving limit.
Leon Clarke had just picked his two young sons up from their grandparents’ home shortly before he “lost control” of his vehicle and sm…
Householders believed they were tradesmen who could be trusted to carry out work on their property. But these rogue traders left innocent members of the public out of pocket.
In some cases they overcharged for a poor quality job or pressurised people i…
A Salford warehouse selling items online has been fined £40,000 after a court found the business was putting workers in danger.
B2C Retail, situated at Invar Business Park on Invar Road in Swinton, sells a wide range of items online through Amazon and …
A man has been charged with the manslaughter of a man who died more than two years ago following an alleged assault.
Stephen Rimmer, 42, admitted himself to Royal Oldham Hospital on August 21, 2019, a week after he was reported to have been assaulted c…
A lorry fire sparked huge 10-mile queues on the M62 this morning.
The eastbound carriageway of the motorway was first closed off just after 4.30am after the blaze broke out. Fire crews were called to the scene between junction 19 for Middleton and junc…
Date published: 21 July 2022
Scafell Hike 2022 in aid of MIND
A team who climbed Scafell Pike have raised over £1,000 for MIND.
The group of HGV drivers from P&H Haulage – on behalf of the JD Sports Distribution Centre at Kingsway, Rochdale…
An enraged tree surgeon just outside Greater Manchester tipped more than a quarter of a ton of trimmings onto a customer’s lawn – as revenge when she reportedly ‘refused to pay £40’ as she her hedge wasn’t pruned in the shape she wanted. Jamie Young of…
An angry tree surgeon tipped more than a quarter of a ton of trimmings onto a customer’s lawn – as revenge when she reportedly ‘refused to pay £40’ as she her hedge wasn’t pruned in the shape she wanted. Jamie Young of A1 Tree Surgeons of Whitworth, La…