Transport and Logistics Network
Joseph Robert Thomson, now aged 51, was one of two men handed life sentences in 2003 after they admitted murdering a 67-year-old widow in an arson attack on her home in south Wales.
Thomson and a partner-in crime confessed to pouring petrol through the…
On a map, Newcastle Airport looks like the natural choice.
In practice, it is Manchester – more than 100 miles away down the M6 – that increasingly emerges as the most cost‑effective gateway to the skies.
Newcastle still earns an honourable mention.
At…
A logistics training company is the first further education provider in the country, across all sectors, to achieve Ofsted new ‘exceptional’ rating.
Carlisle-based SP Training was awarded the unique rating for its adult learning programmes, putting it …
Bimson Haulage, the UK’s premier brick-and-block transport specialist, is taking delivery of 20 new DAF XG 530 ‘FAN’ 6×2 rear-steer drawbar trucks as part of a major fleet investment programme. With eight of the new vehicles already deployed across th…
Drivers have been warned to plan ahead this January, as part of the M6 will shut for two consecutive weekends, causing major disruption.
08:02, 18 Dec 2025
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Warning for M6 drivers using motorway on two weekends in January
M6 drivers will se…
But this modern motorway hub sits on one of the oldest and most historically significant crossroads in Britain, a junction used continuously for nearly two thousand years.
An old Scotch Corner sign (Image: ARCHIVE)
Historically, it was where armies cla…
Scotch Corner, the major interchange where the A1(M) meets the A66 near Richmond, North Yorkshire, might now be best known to drivers heading for the North East, Scotland or Cumbria.But this modern motorway hub sits on one of the oldest and most histor…
The telecoms provider and tech giant has optimised connectivity on over 40 motorways and A roads in boost to Britain’s EV future, it says.
06:44, 21 Nov 2025
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Drivers on M1, M6, M25 motorways face big change from this week
Drivers on the M1…
Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity, Fiona Hyslop MSP, visited Panmure House[1] at Heriot-Watt University[2] yesterday to address an industry event on decarbonising road freight in Scotland.
The event was hosted …
Carlisle-based rail freight operator DRS has launched a new England-Scotland intermodal trial between Daventry and Coatbridge. It’s low-key enough, but it could strike a chord with logistics operators and road hauliers, seeking to address some perennia…