Damning figures that prove smart motorways cost MORE lives: Data shows death rates on controversial roads are a third higher than on those with a hard shoulder… as victims’ families call for system to be scrappedFigures show live lane fatality was mo…
Boris Johnson orders proper inquiry into smart motorways after probe reveals lethal failings and flaws in critical radar systemBoris Johnson has demanded a ‘thorough’ inquiry into smart motorways and instructed National Highways to investigate the shoc…
MONSTER trucks and fun fair rides will be among the attractions at a carnival event next month.Paul and Lucy Evans from Carnival Fun Fairs will stage the event at Hackworth Park, Shildon, in County Durham, on Saturday, September 11 and Sunday, Septembe…
Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn and Burnley are to accept refugees fleeing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan their council leaders have confirmed.
Cllrs Mohammed Khan, Miles Parkinson and Afraisiab Anwar said the three boroughs were ready to provide …
Lake District holidaysWhy Tebay is ‘the motorway service station from heaven’ For 50 years, the Cumbrian services on the M6 – now featured in a TV documentary – has been a lifeline for local producers and farmersNazia [email protected] 24 Jul 2021 0…
POLICE have launched an investigation after three young men allegedly took a council refuse truck and drove it into a wall.Youths allegedly took the vehicle after the refuse crew parked for a break and then collided with a wall in Briton Ferr…
Police have launched an investigation after a council refuse truck was allegedly taken while workers were on a break and crashed into a wall.
Youths reportedly took the vehicle after the refuse crew parked for a break before it collided with a wall in …
Love Island it ain’t! A reality show about an M6 service station has trounced Wimbledon in the ratings. But then Tebay is the pit stop that serves smiles by the gallon, writes JANE FRYERTebay Services is nestled between junctions 38 and 39 of the M6 in…
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ommy Robinson will find out whether he has won or lost a libel case brought against him by a Syrian schoolboy who was filmed being attacked at school.
The English Defence League founder – whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – is being sued by …
Net-zero domestic flights and electric lorries by 2040 are among the proposals in the UK’s long-awaited transport decarbonisation strategy.
Initially expected last year, the document is meant to flesh out government plans for achieving “net-zero” emiss…