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Preston-based James Hall & Co. has taken delivery of three custom Carrier TransicoldVector ® High Efficiency (HE) 19 Multi-Temperature (MT) units mounted on double-deck trailers, each equipped with a 23kW battery pack to enable diesel-free operatio…
‘To sum up our wonderful son, he was just truly an amazing young man’
16:33, 24 Apr 2025
Dominic Lloyd(Image: GMP/Family)
An inquest into the death of a 24 year-old man in a horror crash on the M62[1] motorway has been formally opened and adjourned.
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Ellis Redfern died aged 24 following the incident , which happened on the M61 between Farnworth and Little Hulton on October 11.[1][2]
An inquest into his death was held on Tuesday, March 24 at Bolton Coroners’ Court.[3]
The inquest heard how Ellis, fr…
At least five people were left injured in the major crash
21:00, 20 Mar 2025
The lorry crossed the carriageway, hit six other vehicles and crashed into an embankment(Image: @SuzanneHayward5)
Horror pictures have shown the moment a …
The incident took place on the M61 southbound between J6 Middlebrook and J5 Westhoughton[1] at 2.15pm.
The southbound carriageway was closed off following the crash, which saw one of the cars involved subsequently setting alight.
Lane one of the mot…
Ellis Redfern[1], from Farnworth[2], fell from a bridge.
At Bolton[3] Coroner’s Court this week an inquest has heard how he was hit by several vehicles on the southbound side towards the M60.
The Police Coroner’s Officer Andrew Pickles told the assist…
By Robert Folker[1] Published: 21:56, 11 October 2024 | Updated: 23:05, 11 October 2024
A driver who hit a 12-year-old boy as he ran across a motorway while fleeing a crash with his drunk father has been cleared of dangerous driving….
Prosecutors told Bradford Crown Court that Shahid Ilyas, 48, of Moorfield Chase, Farnworth[1], was not responsible for the death of Callum Rycroft, who died as he ran across the M62 on August 5 last year.
But they told a jury how Ilyas did not stop as …
Dramatic drone images have shown the moment a car became engulfed by flames after a major collision on the M61[1] on Sunday (October 6).
Emergency services, including police, paramedics and fire crews, raced to the blaze on the northbound carriageway n…
It’s not often that an otherwise humble hook loader can be argued as being a thing of beauty. Still, Lavelle Waste Services of Farnworth, Bolton, has just commissioned a full-spec HARSH-bodied example that’s a real eye-popper!
“We work in a challenging…