Plans for a ‘Tebay-style’ motorway service station for the M56 – to be built on green belt land – are hanging in the balance. Cheshire East council’s planning committee gave the proposal for the service area, similar to the revered Tebay stopping point…
A truck and a car have been involved in a head-on collision in Altrincham town centre.
The incident happened at around 3pm this afternoon at the junction of Railway Street and Lloyd Street.
Witnesses at the scene say a white truck belonging to the DX G…
Snow has fallen across Greater Manchester this morning. People across the region woke up to a blanket of snow after it fell overnight, with temperatures plummeting below freezing.
A Met Office snow and ice weather warning is in place[1] across all of G…
The M60 was blocked for hours on Friday after a lorry caught fire. Photos showed huge plumes of smoke and flames coming from the Asda delivery lorry, which was ablaze on the anti-clockwise carriageway.
The motorway was blocked for several hours on Frid…
This is the moment an Asda delivery lorry burst into flames, sparking traffic chaos on roads across south Manchester. The drama unfolded on the M60[1] at around 2.45pm this afternoon (Friday, January 12).
The supermarket-branded HGV caught alight on th…
There’s traffic chaos on the M60 with part of the motorway blocked after an Asda[1] lorry caught fire[2].
Fire crews battled to put out the blaze as huge queues of vehicles formed from the scene near Junction 3 for the A34 Kingsway in Greater Mancheste…
Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discountsGet Simon Calder’s Travel emailPassengers have had their New Year’s Eve[1] plans thrown into disarray after hundreds of trains were cancelled across the country [2]…
In 2023 we welcomed a number of new restaurants and bars into the fold – from the dazzling Greek restaurant[1] from the team behind Tattu and Gordon Ramsay’s ‘1930s Tokyo-inspired’ eatery Lucky Cat[2], to hit American chicken joints like Popeyes[3] and…
By Matt Strudwick[1] Published: 19:05, 29 December 2023 | Updated: 19:18, 29 December 2023
The Elizabeth Line will run an overnight service for the very first time on New Year’s Eve – amid chaos and disruption on the str…
Greater Anglia, LNER, ScotRail and Southeastern suspend trains on some routesDisruption also on West Midlands Railway, Southern and South Western RailwayPort of Dover reports 90-minute wait times for tourists at French border controlBy Mark Duell[1] P…
A new amber warning for frequent snow showers is in place for the North West of England, as temperatures across the UK plummeted below freezing.
The alert, which runs until midnight, means travel delays and power cuts are likely and rural communities c…
With more than two months to go, Marcus Simmons-Allen was already counting down to his birthday and the festive season. He had plans in the diary for Halloween and New Year’s Eve.
His mum, Paula Allen, had bought the first of his birthday gifts for Dec…
Ebbsfleet United vs Cray Wanderers – Kent Senior Cup 2nd Round – Tuesday 31st October, 7.45 pm
Cray Wanderers are in Kent Senior Cup action this evening and will it be a trick or treat this Halloween as Neil Smith’s side visit National League Ebbsfleet…
Plans for a new motorway service station on green belt land off the M56[1] have been approved – despite one councillor branding it ‘a very large invasion of a very significant facility’.
Tatton Services wants to build the Tebay-style services, which wi…