Alsager

M6 closures throughout the morning after lorry hits bridge

Traffic was stopped at around 6am after the collision.
Diversions are in place as National Highways North West[1] says the closure on the southbound carriageway will be in place for sometime.
The crash has taken place between Junction 17 and 16 between…

Remembering the North Staffordshire icons we lost in 2023

Historian and Sentinel columnist Mervyn Edwards looks back on those we have lost during 2023
As we begin to pack away the tinsel and the Christmas decorations and reflect on the last 12 months, it’s as well to remember just some of those who passed on …

Luxury hotel and spa scoops two top awards

An independent spa and hotel in Alsager with the UK’s first swim-up bar has scooped two prestigious awards. The Spa at the Manor House Hotel on Audley Road won both titles of Best Luxury Garden Spa in Europe and Best Luxury Countryside Spa in the UK at…

Paramedics treat HGV driver after A500 lorry crash

Paramedics assessed a lorry driver after an A500 crash. The HGV finished on a grass verge alongside the A500 between the Audley and Talke junctions yesterday.
It followed reports that a lorry had ‘hit a bridge’.
West Midlands Ambulance Service sent one…

LIVE: A500 lane closed amid reports ‘lorry has hit bridge’

One lane was closed on the A500 after a lorry reportedly hit a bridge. The accident happened just before midday today (September 25).
It has been reported by traffic updates service Inrix the lorry hit a bridge then went off the road on the A500 D Road…