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The crackdown forms part of Merseyside Police’s ongoing zero-tolerance approach to the ‘Fatal Four’ offences
21:29, 12 Feb 2026
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The M57 motorway near Switch Island(Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo)
More than 100 drivers have been caug…
A decision to grant planning permission for a multi-million-pound motorway service area (MSA) off the A1(M) in North Yorkshire[1] has been quashed by the High Court. The ruling came after a legal challenge by rival services operator Moto to Roadchef’s …
The storms caused significant disruption to transport in Spain, with schools suspended in Catalonia in the north-east, the Basque country on red alert for waves of up to 10m (32ft) on the north-west coast, and winds of 148km/h recorded at Alicante in t…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for an end to the ‘gold-plating’ of federal regulations holding back heavy road freight reforms, highlighting the ‘4-tonne gap’ between Belgium and France.Speaking at the Antwerp European In…
When access is interrupted, the consequences are immediate. Forwarders lose visibility of available capacity, carriers miss load opportunities, and planned moves suddenly need to be reworked. The cost is not merely “operational”; this results in lost d…
By SABRINA PENTY, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER[1] Published: 16:47, 12 February 2026 | Updated: 16:48, 12 February 2026
This is the moment a motorcyclist was run over by another biker after a toddler opened a car door on a busy…
By David Latona and Paolo LaudaniMADRID, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Swathes of Spain and Portugal were on high alert on Thursday as heavy rain and strong winds battered the Iberian peninsula, felling trees, disrupting transport and forcing the closure of scho…
By Miguel PereiraCOIMBRA, Portugal, Feb 11 (Reuters) – Part of Portugal’s main motorway collapsed on Wednesday night after a levee broke underneath amid heavy rain and flooding that have been battering the country for weeks, as authorities evacuated a…
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.’s FCX top and bottom lines beat expectations in the fourth quarter on sharp gains in copper and gold prices, but lower volumes were a drag. Its copper sales volumes tumbled approximately 29% year over year to 709 million pounds, a…
Employment jump: concrete figures and immediate logistics signals
Road freight and passenger transport in Spain added 34,900 jobs in 2025, a rise of 3.25% from the 689,200 recorded at the end of 2024 to 724,100 at the close of 2025, according to the En…