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Man dies and arrests made after M27 crash involving lorry

Police were called shortly after 12.30pm on Wednesday to reports of a serious multi-vehicle crash[1] at junction five, on the M27 westbound.
Officers, along with other emergency services rushed to the scene of the crash involving a Mercedes lorry, Niss…

M27 crash: Man dies and three arrested after lorry collision

Police were called shortly after 12.30pm on Wednesday to reports of a serious multi-vehicle crash[1] at junction five, on the M27 westbound.
Officers, along with other emergency services rushed to the scene of the crash involving a Mercedes lorry, Niss…

M27: Lorry involved in multi-vehicle crash burst into flames

The crash took place at around 12.30pm. It involved a number of cars and a lorry, which hit a gantry on the side of the westbound carriage way.
As a result of the incident, the motorway was closed for at least seven hours causing traffic chaos on the M…

The M27 diversion route as serious lorry crash closes motorway

Drivers have been diverted away from the M27 as the motorway is closed after a serious accident, between junctions 5 and 7, which has seen motorists diverted through the city.
The diversion routes have caused more traffic chaos throughout the city and …

Truckstop Review: Hillside Cafe

There has been a cafe on this site for around 100 years, if local accounts are accurate. Situated on the A36, which runs between Southampton and Bristol, just 3 miles from the junction with the A303. Hillside Cafe was built by the current owner’s famil…

HGV driver ‘guilty of killing cyclist’ after Holborn crash

On August 4, 2021, Kevin Allen, a HGV driver from Forest Town, Nottinghamshire, was transporting steel from Leigh Delamere services, on the M4 near Chippenham, to a London building site when his vehicle hit Dr Marta Krawiec.
The 41-year-old, who was cy…

DP World London Gateway goes fossil free

DP World has gone fossil free at both its UK logistics hubs with the removal of fossil diesel from its operations at London Gateway.
Diesel-engine equipment and installations were switched over to run on Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) at the start of…

Lyndhurst accident: Driver in court after lorry shed load

Salwomir Kotlowski from Stevenage, Hertfordshire appeared before magistrates last month in connection with an incident on the A35 in Lyndhurst. 
He is accused of driving with an unsecured load after concrete slabs fell from a lorry travelling west near…

Runcorn man fined for using a phone while driving on motorway

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…

Where does the law stand on Banksy’s stolen artwork?

A man removed Banksy’s installation in Peckham within an hour of it being confirmed as genuine. (PA)A second man has been arrested on suspicion of theft and criminal damage after a Banksy[1] artwork was ripped off a lamppost in south London.The street …