Transport and Logistics Network
A lorry has come off the road in a serious crash on a major motorway in Leeds.
The lorry left the road on the A1 in Boston Spa at 1.20pm today (Tuesday, August 12). It came off the southbound carriageway[1] near junction 45 to the north Leeds village.
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The passengers’ replacement bus service suffered a fault on the motorway
18:05, 11 Aug 2025
The replacement bus service suffered a fault on the motorway(Image: Danny Singh)
Passengers desperately trying to make their flights at Manchester Airport fou…
Sparrow Recovery, one of the UK’s leading vehicle recovery specialists, has taken delivery of a custom-built 120-tonne capacity Renault Trucks recovery vehicle—marking its second vehicle of this nature.
The Renault Trucks C P8X4 13-litre Euro 6 chassi…
Sparrow Recovery has added one of the largest, most highly specified Renault Trucks recovery vehicles in the UK to its modernised frontline fleet – and it’s the second vehicle of this type to hit the road for the operator.
The new 120-tonne Renault Tru…
North Yorkshire Police said the fatal collision happened yesterday (August 1) around 10.30am on the A19 at Riccall, at the northbound junction with York Road.
John Michael Duggan, the 81-year-old driver of a black Nissan Juke was joining the A19 f…
An accident involving a lorry and a van blocked a major route.
Police were called to a collision on the M20 junction 8 roundabout in Maidstone at 7.04 am this morning.
Queues are backing up along the A20 after a crash involving a lorry at the M20 ju…
A lobby group representing manufacturers and a major bank is urging the government to think again about the abandoned sections of HS2 to Manchester and Leeds.
Make UK and Barclays UK Corporate Bank have published a survey of companies’ views and say bu…
The government cancelled plans for high-speed services to Sheffield and Leeds in 2021, with Birmingham to Manchester proposals axed in 2023.Sunak said at the time the decision was due to huge costs and long delays[1].Politicians and business leaders in…
Britain’s manufacturing sector has issued a powerful call to revive the shelved eastern leg of High Speed 2 (HS2). It would link Manchester and Leeds, as a strategic measure to free up vital capacity for rail freight. A new report published today, Mond…
Drivers have rated the M1 as England’s worst motorway in an annual survey from the independent watchdog, Transport Focus.
Just 57% of drivers said they were satisfied with their journey on the M1 – down from 69% in 2023/24[1].
Motorists on the motor…