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Devon road could be shut for weeks after lorry crash

A Devon road has been closed after a lorry crashed into a garage leaving the structure “teetering precariously”. The closure is currently expected to remain in place for more than a month.
On Monday afternoon (September 16), an articulated lorry crashe…

Silk Road traffic does not get away with weather effects

The extreme weather conditions in Central and Eastern Europe have posed significant challenges for the Silk Road trains. As Martin Koubek, Director of Silk Road and CIS at METRANS, pointed out, the traffic via Malaszewicze to southeast Europe, through …

Airport Passengers Served by New Zero-Emission Buses

Passengers travelling to Belfast’s City Airport will be able to do so on new Electroliner electric buses built by leading zero-emission manufacturer Wrightbus.
The buses, operated by Translink, will run on the popular 600 route which services the …

Person taken to hospital after crash between lorry and tractor

A person was taken to hospital following a crash between a lorry and a tractor.
Police were called to the incident in Duck Corner, Hollesley, just before 2pm.
The ambulance and fire service were also at the scene.

Emergency services have been called…

Man dies in crash between lorry and car in Barham

A man in his 50s has died following a collision between a car and a lorry. Emergency services were called after a blue Rover, which the man had been driving, and a white Volvo lorry collided at the junction of Main Road, Bell’s Cross and Clay Lane in B…

Man in his 50s dies after lorry and car crash in village road

Just before 4.10pm Wednesday, the police and the ambulance service responded to reports of a serious collision at the junction of Main Road, Bell’s Cross Road and Clay Lane in Barham.
A blue Rover and a white Volvo lorry crashed, killing the Rover driv…

Man in 50s dies after crash between lorry and car at crossroads

A man in his 50s has died following a crash between a lorry and a car at a crossroads in a Suffolk[1] village.
Police were called by the ambulance service just before 4.10pm yesterday to a report of a serious collision in Barham, at the junction of Mai…

UK to shut last coal-fired power plant

Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station has dominated the landscape of the English East Midlands for nearly 60 years, looming over the small town of the same name and a landmark on the M1 motorway bisecting Derby and Nottingham.
At the mainline railway station…