The scrapping of HS2 has resulted in job losses and will stop local road improvement schemes going ahead in Cheshire East and hit volunteer groups and charities in the pocket, councillors said.
The impact on the council’s finances have been well docume…
A convicted people smuggler[1] has been jailed for his role in an illegal immigration plot that saw 39 people killed.
The final member of a people-smuggling gang linked to the deaths of 39 men[2], women and children in Essex has been jailed for seven y…
Motorists are being warned of delays on the M6 in Cheshire following a crash involving a lorry. Traffic is building up on the southbound carriageway between junctions 17 and 16 following the collision, which happened at around 6.45pm.
Two lanes are cur…
Motorists were being warned of delays on the M6 heading towards Stoke-on-Trent following a crash involving a lorry. Traffic was building up on the southbound carriageway between junctions 17 and 16 following the collision, which happened at around 6.45…
All traffic is being held northbound on the M6 after a multi-vehicle rush-hour crash. The crash happened around 4.45pm between junction 17 for Crewe and junction 18 for Holmes Chapel.
Traffic camera images show a car perpendicular to the carriageway, a…
The northbound carriageway of motorway is currently closed after multiple vehicles were involved in a crash this afternoon (November 17).
Cameras near the scene of the crash, between J17 for Sandbach and J18 for Middlewich and Holmes Chapel, show that …
Motorists regularly complain at the sorry state of some motorway service stations – after all no-one wants overpriced weak coffee or soggy sandwiches. Earlier this year we revealed how Sandbach services on the M6 received a number of very grim TripAdvi…
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Rugby services which has bene crowned Britain’s best for the second year running. Picture: Alamy
Britain’s newest motorway service station has been crowned the country’s best for the second year running.
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National Highways is reporting delays of up to 45 minutes on the southbound carriageway.
This comes after a lorry broke down, causing two lanes to be closed.
The closure is in place between J17 (Sandbach) and J16 (Stoke-on-Trent).
Traffoc pffocers are …
An 80-year-old woman has died following a crash on the A531 in Madeley Heath today. Staffordshire Police said the woman was driving a vehicle involved in a collision on the A531 Main Road this morning (Sunday).
They said they were called to reports of …
There are major delays on the M6 this afternoon as multiple incidents have blocked a section of the motorway on both sides.
Three out of four lanes are currently closed northbound near Junction 17 for Sandbach, with traffic reportedly queuing back seve…
Traffic on the northbound carriageway was brought to a complete stop due to a collision between junction 17, for Sandbach, and junction 18, for Middlewich.
While lanes one, two, and three are now open, lane four is still closed while the vehicles invol…
As part of a wider £60 million investment programme, significant additional capacity for electric vehicle charging has been created at the region’s busiest motorway services.
Upgrades carried out on the electricity network mean that around 350 rapid el…
A driver sustained serious injuries in a two-car collision that closed the Haslington by-pass yesterday evening. The A534 was closed between Crewe[1] and Sandbach yesterday following the crash.
Photographs taken by a bystander around 7.45pm show emerge…