A body has been found after officers from Kent Police used a fork lift truck to smash down the door of a £500,000 home of a new housing estate in Ebbsfleet Valley, Swanscombe on Friday afternoon.
An investigation has been launched follo…
A HGV driver was stopped by police on the M25 after driving from Calais with a smashed windscreen.A police officer said the lorry was on its way to Bradford when it was pulled over at Junction 30 in Essex at about 19:25 BST on…
Essex town changes its name to Purfleet-on-Thames in bid to attract tourists to area best known for its freight terminal, bus to Lakeside shopping centre and the pub that used to hold the world darts championships
Purfleet in Ess…
He was working on the central reservation as part of the upgrade of the motorway between junctions 13 and 15 in Staffordshire when hurt.
Fortunately he did not suffer any serious injuries or broken bones.
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Shocking footage showing the moment a road worker is struck by metal on the motorway and images of items strewn across roads – Highways England is reminding drivers to make sure loads are safely secured.Traffic officer Matthew Bradshaw had to deal with…
More than 46,000 items were found on England’s motorways and major A roads over just 10 months and Highways England traffic officers have dealt with everything from a washing machine, sofa and king size mattress to a double-glazed door, garden s…
Police are renewing an appeal for information after the death of a Royal Mail lorry driver in a major crash on the A2, and officers now want to speak to one particular driver who may have seen the incident.Collision investigators have been investigatin…
Police have renewed their appeal into the death of a lorry driver after a witness brought new information to light.
The man, aged in his 30s, died on Thursday, May 28 following a two lorry crash on the coastbound carriageway of the A2 in Darenth, about…
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One driver said he had been living in his truck for six months.
Photograph: Mari…
An ambitious freight forwarding business has moved its Heathrow operation into larger, more prestigious office accommodation close to Heathrow Airport as part of significant growth plans for the firm.
Senator International Freight Forwarding Limited ha…
A driver has been taken to hospital after a cement mixer lorry overturned on a major roundabout near the M25.
The incident happened earlier this morning (Tuesday, June 23) on the Bell Rondabout, London Colney, at junction 22 of the motorway.
The A1081 …
THE Covid-19 pandemic has created “an opportunity for a breakthrough” to make the UK more resilient, a port owner has said.
Charles Hammond, chief executive of the Forth Ports Group, has just completed the construction of a new £250 million Brexit-read…
Middlesex-based Palletways London – part of the Palletways express palletised freight system, owned by Imperial – has secured a new contract which builds on the growing success of its depot in recent months.
Palletways London has been appoin…
A man has been arrested after a driver died following a crash on the A2.
The collision involving two lorries happened on the coast-bound carriageway at around 4.20am yesterday near Dartford, about a mile before the exit for the M25.
Crash investigat…
Part of the A2 near Dartford remains closed following a serious crash – and it will stay shut into the evening.
Two lorries collided on the coast-bound carriageway between the A2018 Old Bexley Lane (Dartford Heath) and the M25 J2 (Darenth Interchange)….