Knutsford

Live: Huge M6 delays after crash between truck and motorhome

Motorists are facing long delays on the M6 following a collision between a truck and motorhome. And during the height of the incident near Knutsford two lanes were shut off.
Now there are queues of around five miles following the smash. National Highwa…

Van fire closes three lanes on northbound M6 in Cheshire

A vehicle caught fire on the hard shoulder between junctions 18 and 19, from Middlewich to Knutsford.
Firefighters were called at 6.45pm.
Highways England says there is three miles of congestion as emergency services are at the scene.
Drivers face heav…

Rescue centre spent Xmas Eve saving bird from busy motorway

Wild Wings Birds of Prey, a bird rescue, conservation, and education centre based in Risley, was called out to the M6 after receiving word from Highways England that a buzzard had been spotted ‘in trouble on the motorway’. This took place between Lymm …

HS2 decision scuppers local schemes and projects in Cheshire East

The impact on the council’s finances have been well documented over the past couple of months.
Cheshire East had already invested £11m in preparations for HS2 coming to Crewe and there are fears more than £8m of that will have to be written off at a ti…