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Crash on M6 at Preston causes severe delays of an hour

Junction 32 and 33 on the M6 motorway are currently closed in both directions due to a crash.
Police anticipate this will be closed for some time, and ask drivers to find an alternative route where possible.
LIVE UPDATES: M6 closed in both directions a…

Crash on M6 causes lane closure and severe delays of an hour

Junction 32 and 33 on the M6 motorway are currently closed in both directions due to a crash.
Police anticipate this will be closed for some time, and ask drivers to find an alternative route where possible.
LIVE UPDATES: M6 closed in both directions a…

Road Test: Scania 460R Super

We go to work in a Scania 460R Super and find the Swedish marque’s new 13-litre engine pushes the boundaries for both performance and economy.
There’s been such a shift in recent years toward bigger cabs and higher outputs that a truck with a mid-sized…

M60: Motorway fully reopened after lorry fire halts traffic

Fire crews were called to the incident at around 2.50pm to the M60 anticlockwise between J11 and J10 after a lorry was reported to be on fire, halting traffic and causing four miles of congestion.
Traffic was released and all lanes reopened at around 3…

HMV blames ‘lack of investment in Boston’ for store closure

A major entertainment retailer blamed a “lack of investment” in a Lincolnshire town for its decision to close a store. HMV will be closing up shop in Pescod Square in Boston[1] for the second time, having reopened the store in 2018.
Staff have been not…

Round-up of recently-heard cases in North and West Cumbria

Police sting caught 62-year-old who planned sexual encounter with 14-year-old
A 62-year-old Carlisle man arranged a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old boy unaware that he was blundering into an online police sting operation.
When Keith Fisher was conf…