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A person who was discovered on the railway lines close to Cheltenham[1] this morning (April 19) has died. British Transport Police[2] officers had been called to the scene at around 11.08am[3] after receiving reports of a “casualty on the tracks”[4].
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Home[1] » M5 Motorway closed southbound after lorry crash
 Tuesday, April 18, 2023
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A crash involving a lorry and a car has caused the closure of the M5 southbound in Gloucestershire, between junction 9 for Tewkesbury and junction 11 for…
Two lanes are closed on the M5 in Gloucestershire[1] following a crash between two lorries and two cars this morning (April 18). There are delays of an hour on the northbound carriageway near Cheltenham[2], according to National Highways.
The collision…
There are long delays[1] on the M5 after two lanes have been shut following a crash this morning (April 18). Traffic monitoring site Inrix first reported the collision at around 8.10am.
The crash took place heading northbound between junction 10 for Ch…
A stretch of the M5 has been closed after a lorry crash. The motorway was shut between junction nine for Tewkesbury and junction 11 for Gloucester and Cheltenham at around 2.15am.
By 4.55am, it remained shut for recovery work with National Highways say…
People enjoying an Easter walk on a rural road just outside Cheltenham were shocked to see a dumped fridge-freezer ruining the view over fields. It was the latest example of fly-tipping along Chargrove Lane in Shurdington.
Previous dumpings have seen b…
A Gloucestershire man fears his 16th century village cottage could be seriously damaged by the heavy lorries which pass through his lane up to 20 times a day. Brockworth[1] resident John Irving, who lives in Vicarage Lane, says the heavy lorries linked…
Motorists have been urged not to risk their lives (or their car) by driving into flood water. Heavy rain has left some roads under water in the wake of Storm Mathis which blasted over Gloucestershire on Thursday and into Friday, with more rain on Satur…
A Flood Warning for part of the River Severn has been issued by the Environment Agency on Saturday evening (April 1). The red alert, which means flooding is expected, was sounded at 5.15pm for Severn Ham, Tewkesbury.
It follows outbreaks of heavy rain …