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Smart motorways[1] will no longer be built in the UK after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak[2] acknowledged serious concerns about safety and cost.
A total of 14 planned smart motorways – including 11 that are already paused and three earmarked for construct…
Fourteen planned smart motorways – including 11 that are already paused and three earmarked for construction – will be removed from Government road building plans, given financial pressures and in recognition of the lack of public trust.
Campaigners we…
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Saturday 15th April 2023 20:30 BST
The building of new smart motorways is being cancelled following concerns over safety and costs.
Fourteen planned smart motorways – including 11 that are already paused and three earmarked for construc…
THE Brewers face the league leaders as Sheffield Wednesday come to the Pirelli Stadium tomorrow (kick off 3pm).
The Brewers will be hoping to dent another promotion push after defeating Barnsley on Good Friday.
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Owls manager Darren Moore’s…
Pensioners would not have been killed in smart motorway crash if there had been a hard shoulder, coroner saysDerek Jacobs, 83, died when his van was hit by a car on the M1 near SheffieldThe passenger in the car that hit the van, Charles Scripps, died t…
Derek Jacobs, 83, died when his van was hit by a car on the M1 near Sheffield in March 2019 after he had stopped in the live inside lane following a tyre blow-out and got out of the vehicle.
The front seat passenger in the Ford Ka that hit the van, Cha…
Sections of a popular railway line used by people visiting the Peak District National Park will be closed on a number of dates across the Easter break. The Hope Valley Line connects Sheffield and Manchester via the Peak District stopping at picturesque…
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SH73 by Porters Pass closed early Wednesday morning after a truck fire. (File photo)
A Canterbury state highway has reopened after a truck fire overnight forced its closure early on Wednesday.
A general freight truck caught fire ne…
The A1 is the longest road in the United Kingdom. It spans just under 400 miles and takes you from England’s capital all the way to another country.
Forget about the Eurostar[1], fill up the car and head straight for the A1 to take you all the way from…
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4 April 2023
The UK’s first autonomous bus fleet will operate services on public roads in east Scotland from next month.
The project, named CAVForth, involves a fleet of five driverless buses operating services over a frequent timetable …