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Police appeal after fatal crash on A1(M) near Darlington

The incident happened between junction 57 and junction 56, near Barton, at about 9.30pm last night (Friday, April 5).
A man riding an orange motorcycle was travelling south on the motorway when bike left the carriageway and ended up on the verge. 
Sadl…

British electric motor maker Saietta goes into administration

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8 March 2024
British electric motor developer Saietta has gone into administration after running into cashflow problems.
The Silverstone-based company[1] built lightweight axial flux traction motors aimed at smaller EVs, such as motorbike…

Historian jailed for killing Sunderland couple in horror crash

The court was shown video footage from a passing vehicle that recorded the moment Leslie’s car drifted across solid double white lines on the A66, near Warcop, on 23 May 2022.The Volkswagen T-Cross, containing Leslie and her son Theo, collided with the…

Woman jailed for causing couple’s deaths after A66 crash …

A woman has been jailed for killing a couple in a crash after apparently falling asleep at the wheel.
Front seat Volkswagen Golf passenger Christine Goodings, 61, died at the scene and her husband Steve, the driver, died in hospital 24 days later — t…

Grand Central now calls at Peterborough

The Office of Rail and Road has given the go-ahead for some of Grand Central’s trains to call at Peterborough – six years after its most recent proposal was rejected. Arriva-owned GC has been operating on the East Coast Main Line since December 2007, b…

New Nissan Qashqai to get radical look and all-electric power

The Nissan Qashqai[1] has been at the sharp end of the UK’s new-car sales charts[2] for nearly 20 years. Now the brand has confirmed that the next-generation family SUV[3] will be manufactured at the firm’s factory in Sunderland[4] – and our sister si…

Best new cars coming in 2025 and beyond

Car manufacturers have to think ten steps ahead, so even though there’s a shed load of exciting cars arriving in 2024, plenty more are already far along their development timelines and gearing up to hit our streets in 2025, 2026 or even later than tha…