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The crash, which took place on Monday morning, April 27, has seen two HGVs collide on the westbound motorway between Reading and Swindon.
One lorry has had its empty shipping container knocked off, while the second lorry which was carrying 20 tonnes of…
I received an unprecedented response from Wirral Globe readers following last week’s column about hauntings and other strange incidents reported to me over the years concerning the M53 motorway.
Because of that, I thought I would share two of the more …
The Brynglas Tunnels once represented pioneering motorway infrastructure, today the story is very different
04:45, 25 Apr 2026
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The Brynglas Tunnels opened in 1967(Image: Mirrorpix)
Once a triumph of 1960s engineering, the Brynglas Tunne…
The driver was placed in handcuffs by West Midlands Police following the incident along the M5 in Birmingham
10:45, 22 Apr 2026
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The lorry driver was pulled over by police(Image: WMP)
Police were left gobsmacked after catching a lorry drivin…
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Once Tridems were a novelty, now, less so as more operators want maximum weight on a rigid are finding they offer the payload of a conventional 8×4 twin steer and the manoeuvrability of a six-wheeler.
Tridems are eight-wheelers capable of a 32-tonne GV…
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The lorry broke through a metal fence between the motorway and railway land
16:22, 16 Apr 2026
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The HGV lorry broke through a metal fence between the M2 motorway and railway land(Image: NI Railways)
A near miss between a train and a lorry th…
West Yorkshire Police is appealing for witnesses after a fatal collision on the A1(M) northbound at Darrington and an earlier collision that took place nearby earlier this morning (April 16).
The force says that it received reports at 7.36am of a man w…
The UK transport and logistics sector relies entirely on Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) drivers. Without them, supermarkets empty, construction halts, and the supply chain breaks down. Because of this constant demand, a career as an HGV driver offers excell…