Transport and Logistics Network
A slip road on the M6 is closed after a lorry crashed and spilled its load.
The M6[1] south exit slip road at junction 20 – leading to the M56 junction 9 is closed following the incident last night.
Road users looking to join the M56 are advised to lea…
These ae your rugby headlines on the evening of Tuesday, January 28.
Former Welsh rugby captain jailed
A former Welsh rugby captain who turned to drug dealing has been jailed after a 139mph motorway chase saw him try to escape police.
While doing so, p…
A former rugby player threw drugs out of the car window as he drove at 139mph during a high-speed police chase on the M56.
Maredudd Francis, 31, lobbed the packages out of the car during the pursuit from Manchester before he smashed into another vehicl…
Maredudd Francis, of Coed Aben, appeared at Mold Crown Court for sentence on Tuesday morning via video link from HMP Altcourse.
The 31-year-old had previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cannabis and cocaine at Wrexham, money lau…
After Maredudd Francis crashed, police searched his home and found plenty of evidence to confirm his involvement in the supply of illegal drugs.
The 31-year-old is now behind bars – not for the first time, after previously grabbing a policeman’s testic…
The Wrenbury[1] and District Model Railway Club has put an urgent appeal out to the public after a model railway layout and trailer was stolen off a Cheshire[2] motorway last weekend.
Two of the club members were travelling to a show in Merseyside[3] o…
Traffic was stopped on the M6 motorway in Cheshire tonight (Friday, January 10) after sheep got onto the motorway. The animals were on the northbound carriageway between Junction 18 for Middlewich and Junction 19 for Manchester Airport.
The incident wa…
There are “severe delays” and closures on some roads and motorways across Merseyside[1] this morning. It comes after another yellow weather warning was issued by the Met Office for snow and ice, which was in place from midnight until 12pm on Monday, Ja…
THE M56 in Cheshire is closed westbound between J6 (Manchester Airport) and J7 (Bowdon) due flooding which has covered all lanes of the carriageway.
National Highways Traffic Officers are on scene.
Contractors have been working throughout the morning t…
A major incident has been declared in Greater Manchester after flooding forced homes to be evacuated and closed train lines and roads following heavy rain.
Greater Manchester Police said the major incident had been declared as mountain rescue teams hav…