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Moody Logistics and Storage is using National Apprenticeship Week (8 to 14 February) to highlight the valuable role apprentices are playing in helping the family-run firm address a nationwide shortage of qualified truck drivers.
The com…
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Caroline Moody, the managing director of Moody Logistics and Storage, is urging the transport industry to deliver even greater numbers of driver apprenticeships.
Speaking during the Road Haulage Association’s National Lorry Week (16-22 …
An elderly man has been taken to hospital after being cut free from a car following a three-vehicle crash on the A19 in Northumberland.
Emergency services were called to a collision between a van and two cars on the northbound carriageway near Annitsfo…
Two people were injured after a van smash on a Northumberland road.
Emergency services were called to a collision on the A697 just before 8.30am on Sunday, where a van and camper van had crashed along with a third vehicle.
The road was closed off by po…
A man was found dead inside a burning car after crashing on a Northumberland road.
Shortly after 2am on Friday, emergency services were called to a car which had crashed and was on fire on the A189 Spine Road at the North Seaton roundabout, near Ashing…
More local lockdowns announced
More parts of England have been put under new coronavirus restrictions, mirroring those which came into force today in the North East.
The new rules will be enforced from Tuesday in Merseyside, Warrington, Halton, and Lan…
Demand for coronavirus tests is three to four times the number available, the director of NHS test and trace has admitted.Baroness Dido Harding, who told MPs there was capacity to carry out 242,817 tests a day, said the “sizeable” rise in demand had be…
Moody Logistics is bathing in the benefits of a hot tub craze which took off during the Covid-19 lockdown. The Northumberland-based family firm has helped online firm Wave Direct cut days off its delivery times after sales of hot tubs soared dur…
A pensioner has tragically been killed following a two-car crash in Northumberland.
Police pronounced the 76-year-old male dead at the scene after the crash, which involved his silver Renault Clio and a silver Ford C Max.
Saturday’s crash occurred near…
LNER increases train services
LNER will add an extra 1,600 seats a week to its trains from next week.
The increase, which comes into effect on Monday, will see 10 trains added to the timetable between Scotland and England, connecting Newcastle, Durham,…
The August Bank Holiday weekend so far has seen a series of tragic and dramatic stories across the North East.
On Saturday morning the news broke that a woman had died after she was hit by a bus in South Shields, while a former nightclub in Newcastle w…
A farmer and volunteer police officer found himself back in the day job while on patrol when a lorry full of livestock toppled over.Special constable Michael Scott was called to the overturned truck near Haltwhistle, Northumbe…
A North East plant-based food business has secured a distribution deal in one of the region’s most prominent department stores following a period of growth.
Magpye, which specialises in vegan pies, will see its products stocked in department store Fenw…
A MAJOR new campaign to encourage visitors to Richmondshire has been launched.The district council is mounting a widespread marketing initiative under the banner: ‘Visit Richmondshire Safely – protect, respect and enjoy’.
There will be social media mes…