Transport and Logistics Network
A stoned biker crashed through a garden wall into a car just hours after buying a new motorbike. Benjamin Green, 21, had no insurance and claimed he had been on his way to buy some when he crashed off Winchester Road, Countesthorpe, at 11.30pm on Monda…
Works are due to start next week on the installation of a new flood alleviation system in the village of Groby. The project aims to help ensure the village does not suffer from surface water flooding caused by heavy rain.
Severn Trent Water’s teams wil…
Warnings have been issued by police of a ‘traffic incident’ on the M1 this morning. The nature of the incident is unclear at this stage.
Leicestershire Police have issued the warning, saying that the northbound stretch of the M1 at Junction 20 for Lutt…
Police closed a main route near Coalville[1] this morning after a lorry left the road. Drivers were urged to avoid the area for several hours.
The incident happened at around 5.20am on Friday (November 17) when a lorry left the road[2] at the A512 in C…
Trains through Leicester and Loughborough have been delayed and some are cancelled after a person was hit by a train and died, on an East Midlands Railway[1] route. Services between London St Pancras and Sheffield, via Derby, will be affected until the…
BBC Radio 2 presenter Vernon Kay is set to run through even more of Derbyshire today as he gets closer to finishing his Ultra Ultra Marathon challenge for Children in Need. The broadcaster will be taking on marathons and ultramarathons across four days…
A busy Leicester flyover will be hit with a series of overnight closures in the coming weeks. Leicester City Council[1] said extensive repair works are underway at the Redhill Flyover, at Red Hill Circle.
The flyover, on the outer ring road, will be cl…
A decision on whether a Leicester pub with historic links to the city’s railway station can be bulldozed is set to be made this week. Members of Leicester City Council’s planning committee[1] will meet on Wednesday (November 15) to debate the plan, wit…
A Leicester supermarket is cordoned off today after thieves targeted an ATM overnight. Co-op in Sturdee Road was hit by a raid in the early hours of this morning.
Leicestershire Police say they received the report at 3.54am today, with Sturdee Road ini…
Britain’s first motorway service station[1] opened in November 1959 to much fanfare – and hesitation. As car-fever was at its peak in the UK, and after much to-ing and fro-ing from planning to completion, names such as Watford, a local village not…