Transport and Logistics Network
DP World is investing £12 million in two new Rail Mounted Gantry (RMG) cranes at London Gateway to meet growing demand for rail connections from customers at the logistics hub, which will increase its capacity by a third when a new fourth berth opens n…
Stephen Jennings was handed a suspended prison sentence at Southampton Crown Court, having previously pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and driving with excess alcohol.
Jennings, 68, was arrested after he was found to be almost three times the drink-…
Niel William Gill is accused of causing the death of Ernest Gunton by driving a Volvo FH500 lorry towing a trailer on the A348 Ringwood Road without due care and attention.
Gill, aged 60 and of Scarrots Lane, Newport in Wales, appeared in the dock[1] a…
A 22-year-old autistic man has been given a 20-year extended prison sentence for stabbing to death a fisherman in a “terrifying 20-second burst of violence” outside a Royal British Legion club in Hampshire. Draven Jewell was cleared of murdering father…
Sarah Locke said she was ‘horrified’ to see her recycling and general waste bags being thrown into the same lorry.
The 69-year-old filmed the incident outside her home in Canton Street, Southampton[1] on April 6, which was the set date for recycling co…
Over half of British drivers cannot correctly identify the ‘hierarchy of road users’, according to new research[1] from personal injury specialists. In January 2022, changes were introduced to the Highway Code. This followed public consultation[2] and …
A recent survey conducted by a London law firm quizzed 2,000 UK road users and found that over half of British drivers as well as cyclists are still unaware of important Highway Code rules, with bus and lorry drivers the least aware of the road hierarc…
Hampshire Police has announced that the death of a woman at a block of flats in Southampton is not being treated as suspicious. As previously reported, officers were called to the scene on International Way at around 6.30am on Monday morning (April 10)…
A 13ft sculpture in support of Ukraine and marking one year since the Russian invasion has been unveiled in Southampton. The art piece, titled ‘I Want to Live’, stands in Guildhall Square.
It shows the silhouette of a Ukrainian soldier holding an infan…
A man is set to appear in court in connection with the death of a man following a crash between an artic lorry and a pedestrian in Ferndown[1] over a year ago.
The crash happened on Tuesday, October 5, in 2021 on Ringwood Road, near to The White Heathe…