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M60: Motorway fully reopened after lorry fire halts traffic

Fire crews were called to the incident at around 2.50pm to the M60 anticlockwise between J11 and J10 after a lorry was reported to be on fire, halting traffic and causing four miles of congestion.
Traffic was released and all lanes reopened at around 3…

Expert roasts these once-popular baby names and yours might be …

A handful of baby names are on their way out, according to experts – and might not make a comeback for 100 years. Girls names are apparently the most susceptible to falling out of favour as they tend to be more ‘ornamental’ and therefore follow changin…

M62 Closed due to fatal collision

At around 12:15 a.m. today, police were called to a crash involving a car and a pedestrian[1] on the M62. Emergency services pronounced a man dead at the scene.
A 25-year-old man remained at the scene after the accident and police arrested him on suspi…

M62: Children ‘repeatedly’ climbing motorway gantries

Police reported on Saturday that they had received several calls about children who appear to be aged between six and ten climbing gantries on the M62 between junctions 11 and 12.
They have warned parents that this could be extremely dangerous.
A North…