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The stench, known as the Pilsworth stink, had prompted concern from local authorities, including calls for Valencia to be stripped of its licence. New monitoring facilities were put in place by the EA around the site as a result, according to the Local…
Date published: 12 August 2024
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Pilsworth South Landfill
The company responsible for the Pilsworth stink earlier this year now wants permission to deal with more waste.
Valencia Waste Management operates the Pilsworth South…
All traffic was held on the M62 near Rochdale this morning following a vehicle fire.
Queues are building as emergency services race to the scene at J19 A6046 Middleton Road (Heywood). Traffic was held back to J18 M66 J4 (Simister Island). It has since …
The Environment Agency[1] has investigated almost 1,500 pollution[2] incidents relating to landfill sites in the past decade but less than 1 per cent have led to a prosecution, i can reveal.
Around 500 landfill[3] sites remain in operation across Engla…
A driver was arrested after being caught behind the wheel of a car with a missing tyre after a crash on the M66.
Traffic officers at the North West Motorway Police said the car had been involved in a crash on the motorway. But the driver continued the …
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…