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Cumbria Constabulary’s live road map is showing that the A66 is partially blocked in the area of Kemplay Bank Roundabout, due to the obstruction which is on the connected section of the A6.
Multiple reports have been made to police about the obstructio…
The FOI, submitted to Cumbria Constabulary, reveals that police recorded 11 fatal road traffic collisions on the A66 between 2023 and 2025.
Cumbria Police recorded a total of 44 fatal road traffic collisions on the county’s roads during that period and…
Aaron Drummond took police on a high-speed chase on the outskirts of Darlington when they tried to pull him over in a BMW they believed was stolen, before he abandoned the car and legged it.
On another occasion, he drove the wrong way down the A1(M) in…
The Government has committed over £3.3 billion over five years to upgrade and maintain roads across the North West, focusing on resurfacing, fixing potholes and replacing ageing sections of the network.
The investment is part of the third Road Investme…
A potential new link road at a ‘pinch point’ of the M60 has been announced
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Congested Simister Island(Image: National Highways)
Funding worth millions for the renewal of roads and motorways in the UK has been announced …
Let’s take a look at Cumbria’s top 10 most dangerous roads.
1. Hardknott Pass
Hardknott Pass, an old Roman road which links Eskdale and the Duddon Valley. (Image: Google Street View)
Notorious for its hairpin turns on a narrow road, Hardknott Pass was …
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54 minutes agoNetwork RailA minibus passenger diverted through rural villages because of a motorway closure says the route felt unsafe and “it wouldn’t need much for something to go wrong”.The M6 between junctions 39, near Shap, and 40, at Penrith, Cum…
But this modern motorway hub sits on one of the oldest and most historically significant crossroads in Britain, a junction used continuously for nearly two thousand years.
An old Scotch Corner sign (Image: ARCHIVE)
Historically, it was where armies cla…
Scotch Corner, the major interchange where the A1(M) meets the A66 near Richmond, North Yorkshire, might now be best known to drivers heading for the North East, Scotland or Cumbria.But this modern motorway hub sits on one of the oldest and most histor…