Transport and Logistics Network
A Cheshire haulage business has passed a significant milestone after celebrating 100 years of delivering a top-quality service across the Northwest and UK.
The long-established, family-run firm S. Cooper & Sons, in Winsford, have marked the company…
This is the moment a HGV driver swerved across a road, mounted the kerb and hit a 67-year-old pedestrian. Glen Brady, from Tan Y Braich, Gwynedd, was driving the lorry along the A527 Biddulph Road, towards Congleton, Cheshire, at about 13:40 GMT on 17 …
Motorists regularly complain at the sorry state of some motorway service stations – after all no-one wants overpriced weak coffee or soggy sandwiches. Earlier this year we revealed how Sandbach services on the M6 received a number of very grim TripAdvi…
An intrepid North Staffordshire explorer is on top of the world after climbing one of the globe’s tallest mountains. Jack Breed, 27, is setting his sights on the highest peaks in the world.
Earlier this year, Jack summited Mount Manaslu, in Nepal – the…
A pub claims it has been the victim of a “long-standing vendetta” as it accused some neighbours of “unjust” objections over noise. Emily Hamand, who runs The Wharf Inn in Congleton, made the comments during a staunch defence of the historic watering ho…
A miniature steam railway that has been transporting families for years has been put up for sale. The 10.25 inch gauge Leek[1] and Rudyard Railway runs alongside the lake on the site of original rail tracks, for 1.5 miles.
It is a popular tourist attra…
Collision investigators are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist has been left in hospital following a ‘serious’ crash in North Staffordshire. Police[1] and paramedics had been called out to Biddulph’s[2] Congleton Road where the route was shut off …
Coming soon to Crewe: Ruby Wax, a night of Halloween ghost stories and a tribute to Rod Stewart. That’s according to the posters outside the town’s Lyceum Theatre, where the red-velour interior and cherub-adorned balcony evoke the theatre’s Edward…
The family of a professional rugby player killed by a careless driver have paid tribute to “a kind, gentle soul with the biggest heart”. Liam Walsh, 23, died in a crash on Cronton Road in Widnes in 2021.
Glyn Davies, 59, pleaded guilty to causing death…
A new Aldi store and a Starbucks drive-thru planned for Congleton should be open for business next year. Cheshire East’s strategic planning board approved the scheme for the supermarket, coffee shop and another retail unit at Viking Way on Wednesday (S…