Transport and Logistics Network
A flood warning remains in place in Somerset[1] with residents urged to “act now”. The Environment Agency (EA) have also issued a number of flood alerts in areas of the county where “flooding is possible”.
The red warning is in force for Curry Moor and…
Mobile speed camera units will be out in force across Somerset this week as part of efforts to clamp down on dangerous driving. Police will be carrying out patrols in all corners of the county as they attempt to improve road safety in the county.
Mobil…
Emergency repairs to a M5 bridge will force part of the motorway to close overnight, it has been confirmed. National Highways said a “defective bridge joint” has been detected along the road and has led to the work being required.
As a result of the re…
Drivers set to travel on the M5 tonight have been issued with an urgent warning. Emergency repairs are being carried out at M5 junction 27 (Tiverton) tonight.
It comes after a defective bridge joint on the northern side of the roundabout was identified…
Drivers have been warned to allow extra time for their journeys on the M5 tonight (October 19) as emergency repair work will close the motorway. The work is being undertaken at junction 27 for Tiverton, near the border with Somerset, with a road closur…
A driver has been filmed repeatedly ploughing into a police road block in a military truck, sparking terror in a quiet UK village.
The driver of the private vehicle smashed into the blockade manned by cops, who he is now accused of trying to kill.
Poli…
A man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a large Army truck smashed through a police roadblock near a Royal Marines base in Somerset.The truck, with a 41-year-old man at the wheel, smashed into a parked car and roadside signpost.T…
Multiple vehicles have been damaged after a privately-owned military truck was driven through a police road block.
Both police cars and other vehicles were caught up in the incident in the Taunton area of Somerset on Sunday afternoon.
A man has now bee…
Monday, 11 September 2023 17:23
By Radio Exe News
Image: Devon & Cornwall Police
Several police cars damaged near Taunton
A 41-year-old man has been arrested following a series of incidents in Taunton over the weekend (Sunday 10 September).
Officers …
A ‘large military truck’ allegedly smashed through a police roadblock near the Royal Marines base in Taunton shortly before lorry drivers staged a “fantastic” intervention on the M5 yesterday (Sunday, September 10), it has emerged.
Late last night, Avo…