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Devon funds ?24m freeport road

Councillors in Devon have given the go-ahead to a £24m road, largely funded by the county council’s own borrowing.
The highway authority’s cabinet approved the delivery of the two-phase spine road to a new employment development at Langage, which aims …

Serious lorry and car crash leaves two in hospital in Plymouth

Two people have been taken to Derriford Hospital after a serious crash between a lorry and a car on a major route near Plymouth.
The A380 between Kingsteignton and Newton Abbot has been closed southbound since just after 9am today (Tuesday, April 16) w…

Man dies following A38 lorry crash in Devon

A man has died after sustaining life-threatening injuries in a crash on the A38. A 51-year-old man was taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth[1] after a serious lorry crash on the A38, Deep Lane on Wednesday, March 27[2], but has since died.
Police we…

M42 closure due to police incident

A section of the M42 near Birmingham Airport was closed in both directions on Wednesday night due to a police incident, the National Highways service said.The service said on X, formerly Twitter, that the motorway was closed between junctions six and s…

Driver in hospital after lorry and car crash on A38

A driver has been taken to hospital following a collision between a lorry and a car this morning, Tuesday, March 12. Emergency services attended the scene of the crash outside a petrol station on the A38 Bristol Road, in Gloucestershire. The road was b…

M5 reopened near Bristol after lorry crash on slip road

There were delays on the M5 this afternoon after a crash involving a lorry. The motorway was blocked northbound near Bristol, leading to queueing traffic on the exit slip road approaching junction 16.
It happened at about 3.30pm on Saturday. The traffi…

Consultation over where 35,700 new homes should go

To meet the housing target for the three districts it is estimated that 600 homes will need to be built every year in each area.Gloucester has been allocated 13,620 homes, there are 11,140 planned in Tewkesbury and Cheltenham is set to have a total of …

M5 live as crash halts traffic in both directions

There are serious delays on the M5 this afternoon[1] after a crash caused traffic to be halted in both directions. Drivers heading towards Bristol were stopped between junctions 24 and 23 near Bridgwater at around 3.30pm today, Wednesday, February 14.

Long M6 delays around Spaghetti Junction after lorry crash

Motorists are facing long delays on the M6 today after a lorry crash. Drivers could be stuck in traffic for 45 minutes around Spaghetti Junction.
A collision involving a heavy goods vehicle happened at junction six of the southbound carriageway, at aro…