Transport and Logistics Network
A number of government-funded projects are putting zero-emission HGVs on the road with real fleet operators to generate data and insights that will shape the future of cleaner road freight. We explore how these projects are progressing
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Award-winning catering butchers and fine food supplier MC Kelly has taken delivery of two new Renault Trucks Master vans, supplied by Sparks Commercials, to support its daily multi-drop deliveries across Devon, Cornwall and Somerset.
Based at Elston Fa…
A car crash in Devon has led police to discover eight potential victims of modern day slavery.Devon and Cornwall police said it had attended a collision involving a van and a lorry on Dolvin Road, in Tavistock, at 07:30 BST on Monday.During the investi…
A busy road in a town in Devon was blocked after a lorry crashed into scaffolding on a building this morning, Monday, March 3. Whitchurch Road in Tavistock[1] is blocked near The Market Inn, with heavy traffic building in the area[2].
Drivers were told…
New Milton’s Bashley Football Club player Jordan Chiedozie is in hospital after a car crashed into his on the hard shoulder of the M27 late on Saturday, February 1.
Jordan was travelling back from Saturday’s Southern League match at Tavistock with clu…
A “serious collision” on the A30 today (Sunday) in Cornwall has left two people injured with the road set to be shut for “some time”. The A30[1] is closed in both directions between the A388 junctions of Liftondown and Launceston[2] (west).
The acciden…
A painstaking investigation has been carried out to establish why a 53-year-old Devon dad-of-two veered at speed into the path of an oncoming lorry and did not brake. David Boon, an electronic design engineer, died on the A386 between Mary Tavy and Lyd…
Road closures are in place
A police spokesperson said: “Police were called to a report of a lorry blowing over on the A388 between Launceston and Callington at around 11.55am today, Tuesday 2 January.
“There are no reports of any injuries. Local road c…
While it is easy to be distracted by the constant churn in politics, I have been laser-focused in 2023 on long-term delivery for Plymouth, MP Johnny Mercer writes. I am determined that Plymouth achieves its extraordinary potential we all know our City[…
A man has died following a serious crash near Tavistock[1] yesterday (December 14). Emergency services rushed to the collision on the A386 between Mary Tavy and Lydford at around 11.20am.
The road was closed for around 10 hours after a DAF lorry and a …