A car with a smashed windscreen was caught on the M6 in Staffordshire – despite the driver’s view of the road being almost completely obscured.
Motorway cops stopped the black Citreon DS3 travelling south on the M6. It had travelled through Cheshire an…
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The New Year is traditionally a time for new beginnings: turning over a new leaf, writing a new page, righting past wrongs. ‘We look backwards to go forwards’ as the coach proclaimed at a rugby match I attended in Portland Pris…
Strong winds were disrupting the Christmas getaway on Britain’s domestic railway and continued unsettled weather may extend travel issues.
Passengers hoping to travel from London Euston could continue to face disruption after services were cancelled on…
Christmas getaway disruption is continuing with long queues for cross-Channel journeys, motorway closures and train cancellations.
The Port of Dover in Kent said it is taking about 90 minutes to process cars.
It attributed the delay to a surge in deman…
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Christmas getaway chaos is expected to continue on Friday as the backlog from the suspension of cross-Channel rail services begins to clear and the weather remains unsettled.
An unexpected strike by Eur…
The disruption comes as the Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning[1] for parts of the West Midlands, with strong winds forecast throughout the day. Rail passengers travelling between Hednesford and Rugeley were warned of disruption to their jo…
Transport analysis company Inrix warned these delays are likely between Friday (December 22) and Christmas Eve on the M25 clockwise west of London.
It predicted the worst queues on the motorway network will be on the M25 clockwise between junction 7 (f…
It comes as 21 million leisure trips are estimated to take place, with getaway traffic to between 2.2m trips on Thursday and 3.2m on Friday, the RAC said.
Over the pre-Christmas weekend[1], around 13.5m leisure trips by car will take place between Frid…
UK drivers[1] are expected to make 21 million leisure trips between Monday and Christmas[2] Eve, leading to warnings of daily delays.
Getaway traffic will climb slowly at the start of the week before jumping from 2.2 million trips on Thursday to 3.2 mi…
Drivers are being warned to expect delays on roads[1] from Monday as the Christmas getaway begins, with 60 per cent of trips crammed into the three days before 25 December.
Motorists are expected to make 21 million leisure trips between Monday and Chri…
Getaway traffic will climb slowly at the start of the week before jumping from 2.2 million trips on Thursday to 3.2 million on Friday, the last working day before Christmas Day, the RAC said.
Some 13.5 million leisure journeys by car are expected betwe…
A family have paid tribute to their ‘loving’ grandad who died following a collision with a bus in a Midlands town. Roy Corfield, aged 88, died at the scene in Bridge Street, Stafford[1], on Wednesday, December 6.
Staffordshire Police[2] said it was cal…
A stretch of A-road near Wolverhampton[1] is being used as a race track in scenes similiar to the Fast & Furious movies, concerned residents say. Large crowds descend on the A449 Stafford Road[2] in Coven Heath, Staffordshire[3], at weekends where moto…
An air ambulance has been scrambled after a pedestrian was hit by a lorry on the A34 this afternoon (November 23).
The road is currently closed both ways following the collision at 3.21pm.
Traffic monitoring system Inrix states: “A34 Stone Road in both…