Local lines benefit from culling HS2’s northern route (image courtesy: Mid Devon District Council)
HS2 cash diverted to local lines
MPs, council leaders and rail campaigners across Devon have welcomed government investment in the county’s rail service…
M5 traffic had to be stopped overnight (September 25) due to goats getting out on the motorway in the West Country. A tweet from National Highways at 1.42am said the animals were roaming around between junctions 28 (Cullompton) and 27 (Tiverton) on the…
The M5 was closed in Devon this morning (Monday, September 25) – because of goats.
National Highways announced the closure at 1.42am. The motorway has been closed northbound, between Cullompton and Tiverton, while police try to round up the animals.
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A drink-driving electrician fled the scene of a horror crash he had caused when he drove the wrong way up the M5[1]. Ryan Physick, 27, was walked free from court after seriously injuring a female passenger of a BMW he hit while both over the drink-driv…
A drink-driver left a woman and her three dogs with serious injuries after he joined the M5[1] in the wrong direction and crashed head-on into her car.
Ryan Physick, of Crewkerne[2], had been celebrating his birthday with after work drinks before he tr…
Somerset councillors are “extremely concerned” by plans to close ticket offices at every railway station in England.
Train operators across England launched a consultation in early-July over plans to close all staffed ticket offices at every railway st…
Drivers on the M5 in Devon had to “swerve” around clothing after a roof rack broke spilling its contents onto the road. The owners were seen looking on helplessly from the hard shoulder
M5 Drivers Swerve Around Luggage After Roof Rack Incident
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Drivers were left having to dodge clothing and bags which ended up getting scattered over the M5 today (July 29). An apparent roof rack failure tossed items across the carriageway and forces motorists to “swerve” out of the way.
The items, including a …
There are huge queues on the M5 near Tiverton following a dramatic crash involving a lorry. All traffic has been temporarily held following the collision on the southbound carriageway.
A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police has confirmed that a l…
There are delays and heavy traffic on the M5 near Tiverton today (June 19) after a lorry driver lost control of their vehicle and skidded off the southbound carriageway[1]. A picture submitted by a SomersetLive reader shows a lorry at a right angle to …
Wellington could end up with hourly rail services to Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter if demand for the new railway station proves sufficient.
Somerset West and Taunton Council[1] and Mid Devon District Council put together plans to reopen Wellington[2] and…
A spillage of large concrete blocks was affecting travel off a busy junction on the M5 this morning. Police were called to deal with the incident this morning, April 22, which was reported at around 7am at junction 27, southbound, on the A361 turn off …
M5 services have been ranked from best to worst by motorists with the Black Country[1] to Birmingham stretch faring the worst. Frankley services between J3 for Quinton[2] and J4 for Bromsgrove[3] on the southbound carriageway was given the thumbs down …
Every week magistrates courts sentence people for a wide variety of criminal offences. They include drink driving, theft, battery, domestic violence and criminal damage.
Magistrates have the power to impose unlimited fines, bans, community orders and u…