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Modern trucks, packed with tech but it’s mostly up to the driver to suss it out
HGV driving. It’s not easy, never was easy, isn’t getting any easier and whatever golden era there was, is long gone. Technological advances in trucks have improved thing…
Astemo, a global designer and manufacturer of automotive componentary, has unveiled plans to create and safeguard 200 automotive engineering and manufacturing roles at its facility in Bolton. The site will be the base for multiple new inverter producti…
Footage has been released by police showing the burnt-out car which started the high-profile manhunt for child killers Constance Marten and Mark Gordon.Reports of the Peugeot 206, which had broken down on the M61 near Bolton, first reached firefighters…
The incident took place this afternoon, July 12, on the M60 anticlockwise between J25 Bredbury and J24 Denton.
The Bolton News understands that the motorbike rider who was involved in the crash has been taken to hospital with serious injuries, and tha…
Drivers speed in 20mph zones more than any other limits, a massive survey of motorists has found.
It comes as councils across the country continue to push for blanket 20mph restrictions across their towns and cities.
The poll of more than 10,500 driver…
‘To sum up our wonderful son, he was just truly an amazing young man’
16:33, 24 Apr 2025
Dominic Lloyd(Image: GMP/Family)
An inquest into the death of a 24 year-old man in a horror crash on the M62[1] motorway has been formally opened and adjourned.
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By PADRAIC FLANAGAN FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY Published: 23:09, 19 April 2025 | Updated: 23:14, 19 April 2025
Easter[1] travellers faced road and rail misery yesterd…
Over the Easter weekend from Good Friday, 18th April until Monday, 21st April there will be major disruption to train services around Merseyside because of major engineering works, with Liverpool Lime Street[1] Station closed completely on Easter Sunda…
Roadworks have overrun this morning
08:23, 03 Apr 2025
Queues approaching the M61 on the M60(Image: National Highways)
Commuters are being warned to expect disruption as a major Greater Manchester road is closed.
Roadworks have overrun on Kearsley Sp…
Ellis Redfern died aged 24 following the incident , which happened on the M61 between Farnworth and Little Hulton on October 11.[1][2]
An inquest into his death was held on Tuesday, March 24 at Bolton Coroners’ Court.[3]
The inquest heard how Ellis, fr…