Transport and Logistics Network
Simister and Bowlee are countryside-like villages situated on the edge of the M60 motorway – near Simister Island junction 19. A large section of green space there has been eyed up for 1,550 homes[1], shops and a healthcare facility.
This plan would ef…
Archbold Logistics, headquartered in Haywood within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, has recently received 10 new MAN TGX tractors.
Featuring the range-topping MAN TGX GX cabs, the 10 new vehicles are uniform in specification, …
An air ambulance, fire crews, police officers, paramedics and a technical response unit were all on the site between Junction 20 at Rochdale and Junction 19 at Heywood.
National Highways shared that there had been a “very serious collision” and that th…
There are long delays and the emergency services are at the scene
Tom Burnett Content Editor
17:37, 01 Mar 2026
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Emergency services at the scene of a ‘serious’ collision on the M62 Westbound near Rochdale. March 1 2026. (Image: ASP)
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The car pulled into a petrol station and the driver spotted police, before starting a chase and trying to U-turn on a busy motorway
Caroline Barry and Helena Vesty NHS, social care and patients reporter
18:54, 17 Feb 2026
Greater Manchester Police ram …
A diversion route is in place overnight
Tom Burnett Content Editor
22:25, 11 Feb 2026
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The burnt out truck on the M62(Image: National Highways)
The M62 motorway is shut overnight on Wednesday night following a lorry fire that damaged the car…
There are long two hour delays on a stretch of the M62 this morning amid a HGV fire.
Traffic was initially fully stopped on the eastbound stretch of the motorway between junction 18 for Simister Island and junction 19 for Heywood as emergency services …
There are long traffic delays on the M62 due to a crash this evening (Sunday, November 30). The crash has taken place on the westbound carriageway between Junction 19 and Junction 20.
The crash was first reported at around 5.30pm and traffic is moving …
Drivers faced a morning of misery on Greater Manchester’s motorways with heavy traffic across the region.
Two breakdowns led to long delays on the M60 and M62 this morning (November 12).
A lane closure was in place on the M60 anticlockwise between junc…