A woman has been seriously injured after a collision between a car and a lorry.
Emergency services were called to the collision involving a Volvo HGV and a Vauxhall Corsa on the A596, Micklethwaite.
The incident happened at around 8.40am today (Februar…
A killer driver has been warned he will be jailed after he admitted causing the death of a young woman.
Cameron Holdsworth was driving a Skoda Fabia when it collided with a HGV, killing 21-year-old passenger Hannah Inman.
The collision happened on Coni…
Firefighters have been called to Walleys Quarry after a dump truck caught fire at the site.
Crews from Newcastle and Hanley attended the scene at the landfill off Cemetery Road, Silverdale, following reports of a vehicle fire at around 11.47am.
The fir…
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Maximo Park have announced that they will be celebrating the release of their new album by playing a special livestream concert on Saturday, March 6th.
The band will be releasing their new studio effort, “Nature Always Wins”, on Feb…
Statement from Highways England
Highways England have released an official statement.
It reads: “The M6 in Cheshire is closed southbound between J18 and J16 and northbound between J16 – J17 due to 2 separate incidents on the southbound carriageway. One…
British scientists are developing ‘universal Covid jab’ that would effectively beat all variants of the virus in as little as a YEARScientists at Nottingham University are working on a jab targeting core of virusIf the move is success it will save labs…
The North East is demanding a Covid recovery package worth well over £1 billion.
Ahead of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget next month, local council leaders say they have told the government that they can “transform and reimagine the North East economy”…
A dynamic business and public sector partnership based in the UK’s leading export region has lodged an exciting and innovative bid for the North East England Freeport, which economic experts have predicted would generate a £2.1 billion boost to UK expo…
The last passenger train to Horncastle ran in September 1964: a special tour of mid Lincolnshire lines organised by the Railway Correspondence and Travel Society.
Far fetched it might sound, looking at the way centres such as Woodhall Spa and Louth h…
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ritish Airways and Heathrow have been left red-faced after appearing to condone Right Said Fred’s claim of being “applauded”for not wearing a mask at the airport.
The 90s group, made up of Fred and Richard Fairbrass who are known lockdown sceptics,…
Dick Reid, who has died aged 86, was an architectural carver in wood and stone celebrated for his superb eye and his ability to do both new design work and replicas of historic pieces without losing any of the quality of the originals; some compared …
Council bosses brought in a digger to remove a tent used by a homeless couple and dump it in a truck – after finding ‘human faeces’ inside.
Staffordshire Police were also in attendance during yesterday morning’s operation to remove the tent from Wolsta…
Vaccine supplies sent to the North East and Yorkshire are to be rationed because the region is ahead of others in getting the coronavirus jab out, it has been reported.Deliveries to GP practices in the area – one of seven English NHS regions – will be …
An ambulance attending a series of crashes in North Tyneside was struck by another vehicle while at the scene.
Emergency services were called to the Coast Road shortly after 6am on Friday after black ice caused multiple collisions.
Four incidents in to…
The first report from Public Health England’s (PHE) Siren study found that antibodies from past infection provide 83 per cent protection against reinfection for at least five months.
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