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Live: Huge M6 delays after crash between truck and motorhome

Motorists are facing long delays on the M6 following a collision between a truck and motorhome. And during the height of the incident near Knutsford two lanes were shut off.
Now there are queues of around five miles following the smash. National Highwa…

Collard Group Celebrates 30 Years of Success

This year, Collard Group reaches the enviable 30-year milestone while also being named a finalist in the Fleet News Awards for “Excellence in Fleet Safety”.
Considered one of the industry’s foremost enabling partners for construction projects nationwid…

M40: Fire services update serious lorry crash near Bicester

The rescue service said their rescue tender and an appliance from Rewley Road Fire Station in Oxford attended.
The Oxford[1] crew was on the scene for a few hours after a lorry crashed into a bridge. 

No updates have yet been provided on the condition…

Brighton cafe closed until further notice after lorry crash

Metrodeco in Upper St James’s Street, Brighton, was evacuated last Wednesday morning shortly before 11am when the incident happened.[1][2]
East Sussex[3] Fire and Rescue Service and Sussex Police attended the scene and a cordon was put in place around …

Freeport East attracts ?45m investment

Assan Panel plans to locate its first UK manufacturing facility at Gateway 14 (Image credit: Freeport East)
A sustainable building materials business headquartered in Turkey has confirmed its plans to locate its first UK manufacturing facility at Gate…

World’s First EV 10-Min Charge with Si-Dominant Cells

StoreDot and Polestar Showcase World’s First Electric Vehicle 10-Minute Charge with Si-Dominant Cells
StoreDot, the pioneer and world leader in extreme fast charging (XFC) battery technology for electric vehicles, and Polestar, the Swedish electri…

M40 reopens after lorry crashed into bridge near Oxford

National Highways have announced that the road has reopened at J8A near Oxford[1] and traffic is now flowing freely. 

The organisation confirmed that central reservation barrier repairs have been completed. 
The serious crash saw a lorry hit a motorwa…

Car fire on M4 motorway Cardiff Gate slip road damaged

Emergency services confirmed that the car was on fire on the M4 Junction 30 Cardiff Gate heading westbound, as there crews attended the scene to put out the fire.
A spokesperson for the South Wales Fire and Rescue service said they were called to the i…

Hainault sword attack: The day that ‘shocked everyone’

A 14-year-old boy has died after an attacker armed with a sword went on the rampage in Hainault, north-east London.Four other people, including two police officers, were injured before the suspect – who had been leaping over people’s garden fences – wa…

The used electric car timebomb

Money Mail can today reveal a timebomb looming in the second-hand market for electric vehicles (EVs).
Our investigation found that many EVs could become almost impossible to resell because of their limited battery life.
Experts said that the average EV…