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The motorway will close as demolition work takes place
19:21, 18 Sep 2024
Images show the near complete demolition of Castleton Bridge during work which has closed the M62 this weekend(Image: National Highways)
Drivers using the M62 this weekend are …
Drivers using the M62 this weekend are being warned of major delays as a section of the motorway will be completely shut.
Motorists planning to use the motorway network around Rochdale, Oldham and north Manchester this weekend are being urged to check …
A major £22m railway bridge upgrade[1] will see a section of the M62[2] shut over two weekends with work beginning tonight.
Two weekend closures will take place, starting from 9pm on Friday (September 6) with the eastbound carriageway closed between ju…
All traffic was held on the M62 near Rochdale this morning following a vehicle fire.
Queues are building as emergency services race to the scene at J19 A6046 Middleton Road (Heywood). Traffic was held back to J18 M66 J4 (Simister Island). It has since …
The Environment Agency[1] has investigated almost 1,500 pollution[2] incidents relating to landfill sites in the past decade but less than 1 per cent have led to a prosecution, i can reveal.
Around 500 landfill[3] sites remain in operation across Engla…
Police have issued a dispersal order for Parklife Festival as an epic two days of music and performances get underway this morning (June 8).
Greater Manchester Police[1] officers say the crackdown on anti-social behaviour comes after ‘problems in recen…
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) says the order will be in place at Heaton Park and its surrounding streets from 10am on Saturday, June 8 and finishing at 4am on Monday, June 10, giving officers temporary heightened powers to disperse large groups.
The …
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The LMS-Patriot Project has moved the chassis of the new-build The Unknown Warrior locomotive to a new assembly base at Tyseley[1] Locomotive Works in Birmingham[2].
The move came about because the Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust[3] wanted the ch…
East Lancashire Railway[1] has adopted a battery-electric locomotive built in 1944 from Manchester[2]’s Science and Industry Museum.
The eighty-year-old loco was transported to Buckley Wells’ locomotive depot on 30 October to have its missing battery c…
The M62 was closed in both directions by police on Sunday afternoon (October 22) after an ‘aggressive bull’ had escaped.
Armed police attended the incident with police helicopters circling overhead, as the motorway was shut off between J20 and J19 near…
There are long queues on a section of the M62 in Greater Manchester this afternoon after both carriageways were shut following animals getting into the road. All traffic was stopped by police just before 4pm today.
Pictures show huge queues on both car…