Transport and Logistics Network
A woman has been jailed for killing her 17-year-old friend in a crash after speeding down country lanes while over the drink-drive limit. Melissa Keilloh, of Brookdale Road, Hartshorne, on the Leicestershire/Derbyshire border, was driving in Derby when…
This drink-driver decided his best option was to get behind the wheel and head home after he lost his friends during a night out and his phone ran out of charge. Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court heard how Murat Tetik was found sitting in the driv…
A young Derbyshire woman has been jailed for killing her 17-year-old friend after she lost control of her car speeding down country lanes and smashed into a tree. Derby Crown Court heard how prior to getting behind the wheel following a party in Derby,…
An important firm in Burton industrial history is the Pirelli tyre factory. The Italian manufacturer opened its factory in Derby Road the town in 1928 and many have worked there.
Over the years the factory produced rubber tyres, as well as footware and…
A main road near Swadlincote was closed today after an incident which left a car destroyed by fire. Cadley Lane was closed to traffic this morning, Monday, December 26, with police signs and cones blocking off the route while officers dealt with the in…
A Staffordshire transport firm aiming to grow and create new jobs has been allowed to create extra lorry parking on Green Belt land. The proposals put forward by MJS Transport for land to the north of its Woodhead Garage base in Cheadle had been recomm…
A mum was forced to throw herself in front of a tow truck wearing just her pyjamas after a neighbour complained about her parked up camper van. Loredana Luisi watched as her leased Knaus Boxster 540 was lifted onto a truck outside her flat after a neig…
A full skip placed precariously on the back on a truck with nothing holding it in place left police shocked when they spotted it and stopped the driver. Officers were even more shocked when the skip driver told them he had been doing the job 18 years a…
A motorist who smashed his truck through the wall of an historic bridge in Burton, finishing up teetering dangerously other the edge has been banned from driving. He has appeared in court after the crash which last month closed Burton Bridge in the tow…
A mum and stepdad accused of murdering a 10-month baby boy are set to face a trial in court. Craig Crouch and Gemma Barton appeared before Derby Crown Court this morning where they denied eight charges between them.
They are accused of murder in connec…