Swindon transport firm, Les Smith Haulage, is marking its 50th year in business by investing £4 million to meet increased service demand. As one of the largest, local independent haulage companies, it was founded by Les Smith and today is run by …
Recycling and waste disposal expert, W&S Waste Management Ltd, has announced the addition of twelve new Renault Trucks Cs to its fleet. The company has taken delivery of three C460 8x4s with Boughton hook lift bodies, with nine more set to ar…
Recycling and waste disposal expert, W&S Waste Management Ltd, has announced the addition of twelve new Renault Trucks Cs to its fleet. The company has taken delivery of three C460 8x4s with Boughton hook lift bodies, with nine more set to ar…
National Highways will close the eastbound carriageway of the motorway to drivers between 8pm on Monday, August 12, and 6pm on Tuesday, August 13.
A listing on the one.network website suggests work will begin at 8pm, but the National Highways website l…
There are severe delays on a stretch of the M4 this afternoon (Sunday, August 11) following a vehicle fire. Hold-ups are continuing due to recovery work and the need for resurfacing.
The affected stretch of motorway is from junction 15 (for the A419) n…
A banned driver who rammed police cars during a 125mph motorway chase has been jailed for his crimes. Jonathan Walsh wrote off a friend’s Audi Q7 during the pursuit and he was given a suspended sentence as a final chance in March this year.
But the 38-…
Residents of Royal Wootton Bassett travelling from Swindon back to their home town have become accustomed to the junction 16 roundabout which connects Swindon to the M4.
For those who have lived in Bassett their whole lives, it makes sense to join the …
PURTON: Bleue Griffin, of Hoggs Lane, has been sentenced for drink driving.
The 21-year-old pleaded guilty to driving a Ford Fiesta along Hook Street on June 8, 2024, after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in the driver’s breath – na…
Robert Tomasz Blaszczyk took the bus back from a relative’s celebration in Calne on Saturday, December 9, 2023.
An inquest held at Swindon and Wiltshire Coroners Court on Friday heard that before arriving at his Walcot address, the 54-year-old walked i…
A road in Cheltenham was closed following a serious crash. Emergency services were called shortly before 2.20pm with a report of a collision involving a lorry and cyclist outside Funky Warehouse in Swindon Road.
Police say the rider of the bicycle, an …
MOTORWAY: Anthony Cole, of Gascelyn Close in Chippenham, has been sentenced for drug driving.
The 38-year-old pleaded guilty to driving a Renault Master along Junction 15 of the M4 on January 5, 2024, while having 2.3 micrograms of Delta-9-tetrahydroca…
PENHILL: Huseyin Karabulut, of Trowbridge Close, has been sentenced for driving offences.
The 50-year-old pleaded guilty to driving a vehicle along Lichfield Road in Cannock, Staffordshire while disqualified, without due care and attention, and without…
Isuzu Truck UK has named Cross Street Garage as its authorised repairer for Swindon, in a move designed to improve aftersales support for customers along the busy M4 corridor and surrounding area.
In preparation for the appointment, Cross Street Garag…
SWINDON: The parents of two children who failed to attend school regularly has been sentenced.
Magistrates proved that the father, who cannot be identified so as to protect the identity of the youth involved, that his son an daughter did not attend les…