A ‘connectivity study’ is likely to be undertaken as part of the England Economic Heartland’s (EEH) new Transport Strategy.
The EEH is a partnership of local transport authorities and local enterprise partnerships. It covers an area from Swindon an…
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,…
Village bakery creates 50 jobs
The Village Bakery has created 50 new jobs and is close to completing a new ‘super bakery’ to replace the one lost in a fire last year.
Managing director Robin Jones said: “It’s absolutely remarkable how we’ve got back o…
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John Elworthy
Truckfest is back in Peterborough. At the showground for the August Bank Holiday weekend. Picture: Truckfest
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Truckfest rolls back into the East of England …
Footage from BPM.
Two men from Leicester have been hailed heroes after using a lorry to protect a driver whose car crashed on the motorway.
Florin Wolf used his 7.5 tonne lorry to protect a man, after his wheel flew off at 50mph on the A1 near Peterbor…
A driver had a lucky escape after his wheel flew of at 50mph on a busy motorway.
Aubrey Elliot was driving along the A1 in Peterborough in his Ford Ranger pick-up truck when the wheel came off.
The pick-up truck drifted across the carriageway and nearl…
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A driver whose brakes failed when the front wheel of his truck came off on a dual carriageway has thanked two lorry drivers who stopped to help him.Aubrey Elliot, 67, was driving …
A truck driver has been hailed a hero after using his 7.5 tonne lorry to protect another driver, after his wheel flew off at 50mph on a busy motorway.
Florin Wolf slowed down and put his hazard lights on to shield a white Ford Ranger pick-up truck afte…
There are severe delays on the A1 while emergency services deal with a crash which overturned a lorry this morning (August 7).
Th A1 is currently at a standstill northbound between Buckden and Brampton Hut after what a local driver described as a “larg…
This year’s Truckfest South West in Shepton Mallet is to go ahead despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event will be held at the Bath and West Showground over the weekend of September 5-6 with a number of health and safety and COVID-19 precautions in pla…
There are severe delays on the A1 towards Peterborough this afternoon (August 3).
All three lanes of the A1 are completely shut northbound towards Peterborough from the turning for the A14 at J22 all the way to the A1307 turning at Brampton Hut ro…
There are severe delays on the A1 towards Peterborough this afternoon (August 3).
All three lanes of the A1 are completely shut northbound towards Peterborough from the turning for the A14 at J22 all the way to the A1307 turning at Brampton Hut ro…
The A47 is blocked following a single-vehicle accident this morning, (Friday, July 24).
Police are currently on scene and the road is partially blocked in both directions over the top of the A1 at Peterborough.
The A47 is affected from the Ufford Turn …
The Duke of Cambridge paid a special royal visit to Cambridgeshire this week.
On Thursday, July 16, Prince William spent the day at a drop-in day centre for Peterborough’s homeless community where he called on society to be a “bit brave and a bit bold”…
The Duke of Cambridge has said now is the chance to “crack homelessness”. During a visit to The Light Project in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, he said because of the coronavirus pandemic it is the time to “do something properl…