Frustrated residents have hit out at plans to build a new recycling centre on a site already used for landfill in Bury[1]’s green belt
Valencia Waste Management wish to develop land at the Pilsworth South Quarry near Pilsworth Road, just to the east of…
Drivers are being hit by delays this evening after a crash on the M60 and M62 tonight.
Travel service Inrix says: “Three lanes closed and queueing traffic due to accident on M60 clockwise from J17 A56 Bury New Road (Prestwich / Whitefield) to J18 M66 J…
Manchester Piccadilly has been hit by serious disruption tonight after an overhead line ‘exploded’ as Storm Elin battered the city tonight (December 9).
The clip, sent in by a passenger who was on a train near Piccadilly station at roughly 5:40pm, show…
A crash involving a lorry on an Essex motorway led to a fuel spillage and long delays this morning (December 6). The incident, which took place on the southbound M11 near Loughton, resulted in road closures and miles of traffic.
The crash, which occurr…
With more than two months to go, Marcus Simmons-Allen was already counting down to his birthday and the festive season. He had plans in the diary for Halloween and New Year’s Eve.
His mum, Paula Allen, had bought the first of his birthday gifts for Dec…
Earlier this year, the transport body announced “vital” plans to improve Simister Island interchange, which is used as a route to the M60, M62 and M66 by more than 90,000 vehicles every day.
National Highways says it received hundreds of responses to t…
Boltonian Darren told BBC Radio Manchester’s “In the Hotseat” the motorway is “more of a car park than a road”.
Greater Manchester mayor Mr Burnham agreed, saying the Simister Island and the Trafford Park sections are a nightmare.
“It just does not wo…
The third largest force in England and Wales, Greater Manchester Police is responsible for serving and protecting over 2.8 million people in the region.
Formed in 1974, Greater Manchester Police[1] employs 6,866 police officers and over 3,500 members o…
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Queues are building on a stretch of the M66[1] this morning after a crash.
One lane has been shut off on both sides of the motorway between junction two for Bury and junction one for Ramsbottom. A vehicle has hit the central reservation, motorway polic…
A tent remained in the centre of the motorway amid police investigations into a horrific crash that killed a man in the early hours of Tuesday (September 19).
Emergency crews raced to the scene of the smash, involving a car and a pedestrian, on the M62…
A senior police officer has warned of an “epidemic” of reckless drivers using apps like TikTok[1] and Facebook to live stream videos from behind the wheel.
Adrian Leisk, head of road safety for Devon and Cornwall Police, said there needed to be more ed…
The accident is believed to have happened close to Simister Island to the south east of the borough at around at around 6.45pm on the evening of Friday September 15.
It is thought to have occurred on the M60, a stretch of road well used by people going…
The crash took place on the M66 southbound near Ramsbottom at around 9am this morning, Tuesday, September 5.
Fire, police and ambulance services all attended the crash, which was between two cars[1]. Firefighters secured the area before handing over to…