A man collapsed into a puddle as his friends realised what was wrong.
Ray Hughes, 78, met up with five of his friends at his Windes[1] home on a rainy September morning last year. Ray, along with Mike Baker, Bernie Smith, Alf Hagar, Cliff Walker and Gr…
The motorway is partially blocked eastbound due to an accident from junction 7 of the A57 Warrington Road (Rainhill Stoops) to junction 8 of the A5281 Burtonwood Road (Warrington West / Burtonwood).
National Highways traffic officers from the outstatio…
To improve the display of information, train operator Northern is to install more than 100 new customer information screens at 77 of its stations.
They new screens have white LEDs that make them more legible from a further distance away. They also have…
A festival and “major international event” is on the way to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of modern railways on Teesside.
Organisers have started the two-year countdown to the bicentenary of the Stockton[1] and Darlington[2] Railway in 2…
New data collated by On Times Trains has revealed how each railway station in the UK has performed so far in 2023[1].
Researchers have collected data of the number of cancellations, delays, and disruptions from each station in the UK – with the majorit…
A huge part of Rainhill’s history, the locomotive trials was a competition that took place in the village in 1829, which tested which trains would have the best power for the nearly-completed Liverpool to Manchester railway.
Stephenson’s Rocket was the…
Dunbeath Avenue, Rainhill
There is a closure on the full length of the road due to carriageway resurfacing works by St Helens Council
These started on Monday, and are due to last until Wednesday, August 23.
Elton Head Road
St Helens Council is carryi…
The M62 has been closed by emergency services due to a lorry fire.
A section of the motorway westbound is closed from J7 A57 Warrington Road (Rainhill Stoops) to J6 M57 J1 (Tarbock Island).
The closure is in place as National Highways officers, police …
Heartbreaking tributes to ‘Jono’ have been paid after a man, 28, died in a crash on the M62.
Just before midnight on Thursday, July 27, police[1] received several reports of a crash on the Liverpool-bound carriageway of the motorway, just prior to Tarb…
Stretches of two major motorways have been named among the most dangerous routes for potentially deadly carriageway debris in the UK.
New research names the M6 and the M62 – and reveals an alarming number of reported incidents across the country’s road…
It comes after a two-vehicle crash involving a white Ford van and a grey Nissan car.
The incident occurred on the westbound carriageway of the motorway between junction seven for Rainhill Stoops and junction six for Tarbock Island.
North West Motorway …
Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced that the first of the Liverpool City Region’s new publicly owned battery powered trains will begin final testing on the network this week.
The fleet is now ready to enter final tests and driver training between Kirkby…
Thousands of pounds in ill-gotten cash seized from drug dealers will be given to a stable supporting disabled jockeys.
Since the start of last year, Liverpool Crown Court has handed over monies taken from criminals to a charity of the month as part of …
In an effort to help combat anti-social behaviour, and following the success of playing classical music at other stations in Northern’s network, the tactic is to be repeated at four more stations in the North East – Nunthorpe[1], Seaton Carew[2], Stock…