A1(M)

Arrow Capital acquires West Yorkshire warehouse for £17m

Arrow Capital Partners has acquired a 296,500sqft warehouse in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, for its Strategic Industrial Real Estate (SIRE) joint venture with Cerberus.
The specialist investor, developer and manager of real estate in Europe and Asia-…

Road and rail disruption during bridge upgrade

Rail passengers and drivers heading between York and Leeds face disruption from Sunday as “major” rail improvement work takes place.The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) project, running until 3 June, will see the railway bridge deck replaced over the A…

A1(M) incident: One lane remains closed after lorry fire

Emergency services were alerted to the incident on the northbound carriageway of the motorway between Leeming Bar and Catterick in North Yorkshire at about 5.30am this morning.
The fire has been extinguished but one lane remains closed for retrieval of…

Two northbound lanes of A1(M) closed after lorry fire

Latest traffic information from the agency says normal traffic conditions are expected between 12pm and 12.15pm.
Lane 2 has re-opened on the #A1M[1] northbound between J51 #LeemingBar[2] and J52 #Catterick[3] in #NorthYorkshire[4].@NorthYorksFire[5] ha…

Stevenage and Welwyn: Renewed calls for A1(M) widening

For more than a decade, there have been calls to widen the A1(M) to three lanes between junction 6 at Welwyn and junction 7 at Stevenage.
In March 2020, work was due to start on turning this section of the road into a smart motorway – meaning the hard …

Scotch Corner lorry crash driver arrested after drugs test

The driver of a lorry which overturned on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire was arrested after failing a roadside drugs test for cannabis, police have said.The man, 42, from Merseyside, was freed by emergency crews following the crash on Wednesday on the no…

HGV driver fails drug test after Scotch Corner crash

A HGV driver whose lorry overturned this morning causing widespread delays later failed a drugs test, police say.
Emergency services have been dealing with the damage-only collision involving an overturned lorry on the A1(M) near Scotch Corner for muc…