A quiet North Wales farm at the centre of a massive heroin and cocaine operation had been monitored by police for months, detectives have said. Tirlas Goch farm, Flintshire[1], was at the centre of a £250m smuggling operation that flooded the UK with t…
To the casual observer, the last five years looked to many like the beginning of a new electric era for car makers as they shuffled into line astern behind Nissan, oddly, and then Tesla in the race to win over the expected new breed of car driver/owner…
Amid the mansions in one of Greater Manchester’s leafiest suburbs sits a row of pristine white cottages with a little-known history.
The picturesque properties that make up The Crescent, in Worsley, were once home to the workers who kickstarted the Ind…
The AC Group of Maltby, South Yorkshire, has just put into service five new ’24 reg tippers, comprising two rigid eight-wheelers and three 6×2 tractors. All of them depend on HARSH power to lift their bodywork.
“We’ve standardised on HARSH for our hydr…
Industry and Government are jointly investing £16.5 million to improve 38 truck stop rest areas across England.
The Department for Transport (DfT) will invest £6m with £10.5m coming from industry, to significantly improve their facilities for lorry dri…
Big Tree Country swirls with myth and mystery, its landscapes evocative and inspirational. Less than an hour after collecting the car keys from the car rental desk at Edinburgh Airport on a dreich winter’s day, there is a change. Heading north, the mot…
ZAFAR ALI, 29, of Ruperra Street, Newport must pay £110 in a fine and costs after he admitted failing to comply with supervision requirements after being released from prison.
LUCY HAYDEN, 26, of Commercial Street, Abertillery must pay £110 in a fine a…
Drivers often wonder why there is a farm right in the middle of the M62[1] motorway between junctions 22 and 23 near Huddersfield.
There is a rumour the farmer wouldn’t move when the road was built, so the six lanes of traffic were constructed around t…
View image in fullscreen[1] This article is more than 2 months oldDrive-by culture: monuments you can see by road, rail or waterThis article is more than 2 months oldFrom Welsh castles to an unearthly Soviet monument in Bulgaria, these beautiful sites…
Bretts Transport Managing Director Simon Brett was just 23 years old when he took the reins of his family’s well-established and successful business.
Celebrating 30 years at the helm this year, he has successfully steered the company first ventured by …
A golf course greenkeeper drank a bottle of wine before leading police on a high-speed chase that saw him weaving in and out of motorway traffic and racing through villages.
A court heard officers were “amazed” Jake Bonds didn’t flip his car when he dr…
The Bridgnorth[1] Yard Project is a major scheme being undertaken by the Severn Valley Railway[2] in a bid to protect the long-term future of the yard which supports the running of the well-loved railway.
Volunteer[3] Project Manager Nick Yarwood has r…
Kayden Yates, 18, of St Paul’s Avenue, Shanklin, admitted drug driving, with no insurance and licence, in Wroxall on June 23 last year.
Police were called to the collision at the junction of St John’s Road and Appuldurcombe Road, at around 10pm.
When …
CCTV footage shared with A Little Bit of Stone reveals an opportunist theft from a pickup truck near the Three Crowns pub, raising concerns about local security.
In an unsettling incident captured on CCTV, a man was seen stealing items from a pickup tr…