GTS Logistics’ MD Tony Prescott was named ‘‘Business Leader of the Year’ at the Logistics UK Awards, as the company continues to set new benchmarks in the sector.
GTS Logistics UK has, since its inception eight years ago, been driven by a commitment to…
Contracts have been awarded by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to operate the final round of Bee Network services in Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and remaining parts of Manchester and Salford from 5 January 2025 – at which point all buses…
Work to electrify Oldham bus depot and enable charging for a new fleet of modern zero emission buses for the Bee Network has been completed.
As part of the Bee Network, buses in Greater Manchester are being brought back under local control for the firs…
Shocking footage shows the moment a stolen car raced caused a huge smash – before a cabbie was robbed of his taxi at knifepoint as a suspect made their getaway.
Police only brought the incident to an end when they ‘boxed in’ the stolen can on the M6 an…
A £65m speculative logistics development within Liverpool City Region Freeport could lead to the creation of up to 500 jobs. Tony McDonough reports
CGI of the £65m XDock logistics scheme in Widnes
A new 550,000 sq ft logistics complex within Liverpool…
Network Rail[1] has announced a £2.7 million investment to upgrade Manchester Oxford Road station, aiming to improve the experience for commuters and visitors traveling through the city centre.
The project, set to begin in March 2024, will involve a re…
A taxi driver who ran over and killed a pensioner, who was lying injured in the road, has walked free from court.
Henry Vueza-Ngindu failed to heed the “frantic” warnings of members of the public who were tending to a stricken John Lee and ploughed int…
By Jack Walton
Back in the antediluvian days of 2022, I was living and working in Liverpool while my girlfriend was based in Salford. Twice a week, I would take on the Takeshi’s Castle challenge of travelling between the two cities. Despite this being …
A man was fighting for his life in hospital today after a car he was driving collided with another vehicle[1] on the M60[2] and flipped over onto its roof.
Police said the man, who is 37, was in a ‘critical’ condition at Salford[3] Royal Hospital after…
At around 5.45am today (Saturday, December 30), emergency services were called to reports of a “serious” crash on the M60 near Stockport.
It is believed a car travelling on the motorway struck the nearside barrier, flipped and came to rest on its roof….
It’s been nearly 40 years since a fatal train crash rocked Greater Manchester. The rail tragedy happened in Eccles[1] when an express passenger train crashed into a freight train carrying oil tankers.
On the morning of December 4, 1984[2], an eight coa…
Police who stopped a driver on the motorway were stunned after discovering he was using an expired provisional licence – SIXTY YEARS after failing his test. The silver Citroen was pulled over by officers on the M55 on Boxing Day.
And after asking to se…
The daughter of a Glasgow[1] mum who went missing in 1969 is demanding answers after it was revealed her mum’s disappearance is being treated as a murder.
Isabella Skelton, nee McDowall[2], from Glasgow, was living in Manchester when she vanished from …
Researchers have examined daily traffic flow across the country, with Warrington featuring in the top ten local authorities in the UK for this metric.
The study looked at traffic levels across England, Wales, and Scotland, then divided this by the leng…