The Environment Agency[1] has investigated almost 1,500 pollution[2] incidents relating to landfill sites in the past decade but less than 1 per cent have led to a prosecution, i can reveal.
Around 500 landfill[3] sites remain in operation across Engla…
Peter Gibbons, from Bury, was behind the wheel of a heavy goods vehicle and drove in a dangerous manner, colliding with two other vehicles.
The 41-year-old was subsequently charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving and fail to comply wit…
Shanker Singham (centre) gives £600 cheque to school near Anglesey freeport earlier this year. Conservative MP Virginia Crosbie (right)
Early last year I was reading transparency releases of ministerial meetings – yes, I do that for fun – and somet…
A taxi driver has reportedly been taken to hospital after a crash on a major road in Bury[1].
Manchester Road has been taped off at its junction with Parkhills Road following the incident, which happened at about 8.50am today (Tuesday).
Pictures from t…
Rail freight from Felixstowe may not be the defining issue of the forthcoming UK General Election. However, the broader question of rail freight development is on the agenda of all the major political parties. With less than a month until the UK goes t…
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) says the order will be in place at Heaton Park and its surrounding streets from 10am on Saturday, June 8 and finishing at 4am on Monday, June 10, giving officers temporary heightened powers to disperse large groups.
The …
Police have issued a dispersal order for Parklife Festival as an epic two days of music and performances get underway this morning (June 8).
Greater Manchester Police[1] officers say the crackdown on anti-social behaviour comes after ‘problems in recen…
A family has paid a heartfelt tribute to a teenage girl who died in a collision with a lorry, calling her “a star in every sense of the word”. Georgia Scarff, 16, died following the collision on the A14 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, at around 1.30am on …
Magistrates have dealt with a number of offences recently, all of which related to motoring[1] law.
Steven Baynes drove a Peugeot on Bury New Road, Prestwich, under the influence of cannabis and amphetamine.
The offences took place in September last ye…
FREEPORT (WGME) – Some kids in Freeport are hoping to make history.
Seventh graders from Freeport Middle School buried a time capsule in Memorial Park Friday.
They included items such as a COVID test, photos of their class, Friday’s newspaper, which f…
Donald Trump has become the first former US president to be criminally convicted – but what could the historic verdict mean for his ongoing election campaign?
A jury in New York deliberated for nine-and-a-half hours before unanimously agreeing Trump is…
Citing fuel efficiency, back-up and above all else reliability as key factors in their choice of Scania, third-generation family-run Bacton Transport drives business growth with the addition of 11 trucks.
With a clear vision for the future, the Suffolk…
A person was taken to hospital after emergency services were called to a four-vehicle crash.
Suffolk Police was alerted at 2.30pm to the collision involving three cars and a lorry on the A143 in Great Barton.
The ambulance service was called and the ro…
Police closed off a Greater Manchester road following reports of a serious collision. Moor Road in Orrell, Wigan, was closed in both directions this morning (May 13).
The road was shut between Munro Avenue and Wentworth Gardens, according to Inrix. It …