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A drink-driver who crashed on a busy West Midlands dual carriageway after carrying out a ‘highly dangerous manoeuvre’ has escaped jail.Ethan Gayle, who was driving a black Peugeot 208, undertook a car at ‘high speed’ before crashing into the back of a …
Liz and Steve Fitzgerald’s 13-year-old daughter Claire died when the school minibus crashed
01:11, 23 Mar 2026
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Claire Fitzgerald, a victim of the M40 coach crash
Parents of a girl who was killed in a horror school minibus crash on the M4…
The road has been closed for several hours
09:08, 13 Mar 2026Updated 09:13, 13 Mar 2026
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Tamworth Road, in Measham.(Image: Google)
A pedestrian has been taken to hospital[1] following a collision involving a lorry in a Leicestershire[2] vill…
Fire crews rushed to the scene of a blaze on the motorway by Birmingham Airport[1] today.Warwickshire[2] Fire Service sent two crews to the M42 just, before junction six, on the southbound carriageway, after 11am on Saturday, August 2.The car – on the …
8 hours agoSamantha WhelanBBC News, YorkshireBBC / Samantha WhelanPolice officers have set off on an 180-mile cycle ride in honour of their colleagues who have died in the line of duty.Six members of North Yorkshire Police left York to join hundreds of…
The Police Unity Tour 2025 – Ride for Those Who Died sets off from Fulford Police Station in Fulford Road on Friday, August 1, and the inaugural 80-mile stage will end in Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
After a second 80-day leg to Tamworth in Staffordshire,…
Two huge new warehouses on a motorway-side industrial park on the Derbyshire border could create more than 1,700 new jobs. The planned expansion of Mercia Park, at junction 11 of the M42 and the A444[1], just south of Overseal[2] and Neverseal, would c…
A TikTok chef who broke down on a dual carriageway late at night has thanked a recovery service as well as police for their help in getting him home.Spudman, whose real name is Ben Newman, has more than 4.3 million followers and is known as a street ve…
Options for those travelling further afield to avoid M1 congestion
Lorry drivers and motorists travelling further afield may want to consider other routes. Highways England is currently advising motorists that delays may remain until 6 p.m. tonight.
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The crash happened on the southbound carriageway between junction 10 for Tamworth and junction 9 for Curdworth, just before 4.30pm, on Sunday, April 13
17:18, 13 Apr 2025
M42 traffic near junction 10(Image: National Highways)
Drivers are being warned…