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MPs from across the region have met with representatives at the Office of Rail and Road (ORR)[1], that is responsible for access to the rail network, to make their case for why the proposed Wrexham to London rail service should be approved.
The Wrexham…
Leading supply chain partner for UK business Wincanton today announces the first arrivals of 24 new electric-powered trucks scheduled to join its logistics fleet this year. The move represents a significant milestone as part of the company’s investment…
Wincanton is bringing 24 electric HGVs into service this year, marking a major step towards its goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2040. The new vehicles are supplied by DAF, Volvo, and Renault, and will operate at more than 40 tonnes.
The multimil…
The 2025 everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards, in association with bp, has unveiled an impressive shortlist of finalists, celebrating exceptional women who are transforming the industry through innovation, leadership and vision.
Now in …
S & T Buckley Livestock is reaping the rewards of its new Volvo FH 540 8×2 rear steer Tridem rigid fitted with specialist Pezzaioili livestock bodywork.
Supplied by Gerard Sheehan, Sales Executive, McCarthy Commercials, the FH arrives as a direct …
Frankie Hough, 38, from Chadderton, died after 22-year-old Adil Iqbal, from Accrington, crashed into the back of her car on the M66 in Bury on Saturday, May 13 last year.
Ms Hough had pulled over on the motorway following a flat tyre, before Iqbal, who…
The Bayston Hill[1] community was in shock on Monday morning after the HGV ploughed through[2] the Three Fishes pub and a building next to Hong Kong City takeaway, leaving huge holes in the brickwork in a trail of destruction.
The lorry driver broke hi…
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsAegon II Targaryen is not a villain, or so says the man who plays him on House of the Dragon[1]. For all his …
On the morning of August 2, 2003 there was a knock on Andrew Malkinson’s door. It was the police. They told him he matched the description of a man who had brutally attacked and raped a young mother-of-two on a motorway embankment in Little Hulton.
The…
A police swoop on England’s best loved motorway services smashed a multi-million pound drugs operation. Stephen Buckley and Scott Chadwick-Greer, from Thornton-Cleveleys[1], were stopped in September last year at Tebay services on the M6[2] in Cumbria….