Mobile speed camera units will be out across of Somerset during the course of this week in a bid to clamp down on dangerous driving. Police are continuing their assault on speeders in an effort to improve road safety in the county.
Vans and other units…
A man in his 20s died at the scene of a crash on the north Devon link road on Wednesday, police have confirmed.Devon and Cornwall Police were called at about 13:30 BST to reports of a crash involving a van and a lorry on the A361 at Loxbeare, near Tive…
Thursday, 27 July 2023 08:37
By Radio Exe News
Van and lorry collide
A man in his twenties has died in a crash on the North Devon Link Road.
Emergency services were called at around 1:30pm on Wednesday to the A361 at Loxbeare near Tiverton.
A brown M…
Two people have died following a crash in Frome and another is fighting for their life in hospital. Emergency services were called out to the A361 Frome Bypass at around 10.30pm on Tuesday night (July 25) after receiving reports of a serious crash[1] i…
New traffic orders issued by Swindon Borough Council show that several streets will be temporarily closed to traffic over the next few weeks.
Groundwell Road will be shut for resurfacing between the junctions with Lincoln Street and Westmorland Road on…
A woman and child from Somerset were airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following a major collision[1] across the border in Devon. The crash, which involved a HGV and a yellow Peugeot 107 Urban, happened near South Molton yesterday afternoon (…
People will find out more about plans to repair a historic bridge in the Cotswolds[1] that was damaged when a car crashed into it. Halfpenny Bridge is closed to vehicles while engineers assess the damage and seek to repair it.
The crash happened in the…
There are long delays on the M5 after a third incident resulted in all traffic being held just over the Somerset border.
The crash between junction 27, for Tiverton, and junction 26, for Wellington, was reported shortly before 10.30am. There are now re…
These pictures from the Oxford Mail archives recall the 1960s when diesel trains were ushering in a new era of travel.
The photograph above shows tank engine No 3653 in the bay platform at Oxford having hauled a passenger train from Carterton through W…
There are huge queues on the M5 near Tiverton following a dramatic crash involving a lorry. All traffic has been temporarily held following the collision on the southbound carriageway.
A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police has confirmed that a l…
There are delays and heavy traffic on the M5 near Tiverton today (June 19) after a lorry driver lost control of their vehicle and skidded off the southbound carriageway[1]. A picture submitted by a SomersetLive reader shows a lorry at a right angle to …
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M5 – SOMERSET – SOUTHBOUND
One lane closed and slow traffic due to overturned lorry on M5 Southbound from J26 A38 (Wellington) to J27 A361 (Tiverton). Travel time is ten minutes.Lane one (of three) is closed.
M5 – GLOUCESTERSHIRE – SOUTHBO…
B4643 (Part), Chippenham: From its junction with B4528 for a distance of approximately 575m in a northerly direction to enable Openreach to carry out safe access to carriageway boxes and associated works.
Alternative route via B4643 (unaffected length)…
B4643 (Part), Chippenham: From its junction with B4528 for a distance of approximately 575m in a northerly direction to enable Openreach to carry out safe access to carriageway boxes and associated works.
Alternative route via B4643 (unaffected length)…