From 10am this morning, November 13, Workington[1], Whitehaven, and South Cumbria, as well as Preston, Blackpool, Lancaster, have been cautioned of Storm Debi’s approach, which holds intense rain and high winds, and authorities have warned of danger t…
Police and Highways have closed the M6 northbound this evening (November 12) between junctions 33 and 34 for Lancaster.
Any traffic trying to get from the A6 onto the motorway at junction 33 is being told they have no option but to travel south.
A spok…
Enforcement of average speeds on the A581 between Rufford and Euxton has started as part of a major investment to improve safety on Lancashire’s historically most dangerous roads.
Work has been underway for the past year on five new schemes to install …
Fenham House, built as the Victorian era was drawing to a close, on Harrogate’s Duchy estate (Photo: Simon Hulme)Carrie Cook, a former Harrogate Advertiser reporter now working in PR, is one of those lucky enough to own one of the turn-of-the-20th-cent…
A lorry tipped has onto its side on the A142, near Witchford, on Friday morning (November 3). Police officers and firefighters are at the scene, and the road is blocked.
Cambridgeshire Police[1] said: “We were called at about 8.40am today with reports …
Railway ticket offices across Lancashire will remain open after passengers – and the organisation representing them – objected in their droves to plans to pull the shutters down on the facilities for good.
The proposed closure of Chorley station’s ti…
Lancashire road policing team have been busy over the last 24 hours keeping the roads safe and clamping down on serious, organised crime.
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A van was stopped at Forto…
According to official notices, roadworks include electricity, gas, broadband installation, IX Wireless installations[1], and more – with some disruption planned for weeks.
A total of five road closures have been scheduled throughout the borough, for ro…
Thirty youngsters were left disappointed at a bus stop after their rail replacement service failed to turn up to take them on a school trip.
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Thirty young schoolchildren were left disappointed at a bus stop after their rail replacement service failed to turn up to take them on a school trip.
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Bensons for Beds is opening a new outlet in Fleetwood this week. (Photo: Third party)
The bed and mattress retailer is moving into the former Leading Lables store at the site on Anchorage Road, formerly known as Freeport.
Accrington-based Bensons, …
A service station on the M5[1] in Somerset has been named the joint second worst in Britain. Bridgwater[2] Services did not fare well in a Transport Focus survey of more than 30,000 visitors to 120 stop-offs on the country’s motorways, with an overall …
Preston North End forward Finlay Cross-Adair is in a serious condition in hospital after being involved in a car crash on Thursday.
Cross-Adair was travelling in a Seat Ibiza which collided head on with a Mercedes Sprinter van on the A6 near Lancaster …
The M6 was closed after a crash between Preston and Lancaster this afternoon (Wednesday, October 4).
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All northbound traffic was temporarily held from junctions 32 (…