A lane remains shut on the M56 this morning after a lorry burst into flames.
Dramatic motorway camera pictures showed the HGV engulfed in flames last night (Wednesday), with the motorway fully shut off[1] as emergency crews responded. The Cheshire Fire…
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The car went up in flames following a multi-car crash
20:40, 24 Mar 2024
The scene of the fire on the M56(Image: VJ Bennett)
A car burst into flames following a multi-vehicle crash on the M56.
Emergency services were called to the motorway at around …
Craig Meade, 37, of Lockwood View, Runcorn admitted using a phone whilst driving on the M3 northbound near Winchester services.
He was behind the wheel of a Ford Transit at the time.
Meade was given a seven-day disqualification and a £233 fine at South…
A man was rushed to hospital following a three-car crash[1] on the M5. Police have now charged a woman, aged 65 and from Wellington, for failing to provide a specimen for analysis.
The crash took place on the southbound carriageway near Cullompton at a…
Two people have been taken to hospital after a crash blocked a road near Taunton[1] for several hours this morning. Emergency services were called to the scene of the collision – on the A358, near the junction with the A378 at Thornfalcon – shortly aft…
The company that runs The Priory Hospital has been fined for failing to ensure the safety of patients on the hospital’s Emerald Ward, after the death of a 21-year-old Cheshire woman.
Francesca Whyatt, from Knutsford[1], was found unconscious at The Pri…
Police are appealing for witnesses after a car hit a pensioner in Runcorn[1].
Shortly after 1.15am on Sunday October 29, police received reports of a crash between a car and a man near the Runcorn Spur Road Roundabout.
The 65-year-old man suffered seri…
A drink-driver caught behind the wheel of an Audi has been banned from the roads for two years. A woman who sped along the M6 in a Peugeot was also hauled before the courts.
She was one of several fined for breaking the speed limit on roads across the …
A ‘party flat’ has been shut down by police after reports of excessive noise and drugs offences.
Officers[1] have boarded up the doors to the flat in The Knoll, Runcorn,[2] which no one is allowed to enter for the next three months. It comes after poli…
Creamfields returns to the Cheshire countryside this weekend – and queues are already forming on the A56 and M56 as excited festival goers flock to the site.
Many will have travelled by train in the past but after the rail union announced strike action…
Two young brothers have been orphaned after finding both their mum and dad dead within months of each other.
Robbie, 12, and Logan Clinton, 13, returned home from a sleepover and went to check on their dad Mike, 41, when they noticed he wasn’t out of b…
Creamfields is set to take over the Cheshire countryside this weekend as the festival returns to the north.
While many will be getting the train in, some people may opt to travel by car after the rail union announced strike action for August 26. This w…
Residents on a country lane are “living in fear” due to the “dangerous” increase in traffic following the closure of a major road.
The Daresbury Express, the main route between Warrington[1] and Runcorn[2], has been temporarily closed due to ongoing wo…