An “all-round top bloke” who died in a motorbike crash near Writtle has been named for the first time. Christopher Thame, 31, from Southminster, died after a two-vehicle collision on the A414 close to Chelmsford on August 13.
Mr Thame, who is understoo…
The incident occurred at around 9.30pm on Friday, June 7 June as an offender broke into a silver Hyundai i20 while the driver was in the M40 Welcome Break services.
The offender was searching in the vehicle’s back seat and boot at junction 8A of the mo…
The incident occurred shortly before 1pm on Tuesday, April 30, close to the Welcome Break Oxford[1] Services.
Thames Valley Police raced to the scene and closed the road in both directions between Junction 9 near Bicester[2] and Junction 8A near Oxford…
This week, engineers have begun the next stage of constructing HS2[1]’s Wendover[2] Dean Viaduct, above the Misbourne Valley in Buckinghamshire[3].
The work involves sliding almost half a kilometre of bridge deck into position, and will take around a y…
The council wants to stop heavy goods vehicles ‘rat-running’ through areas like Ashendon, Brill, Chearsley and Cuddington to prevent the negative impacts of local residents.
HGVs would be banned from these areas – with exceptions for deliveries and col…
A viaduct in Northamptonshire has become the first on the HS2[1] project to have all its deck beams installed as work on the project continues to ramp up between London and the West Midlands.
The 163m long Highfurlong Brook Viaduct, near the village of…
The Highfurlong Brook Viaduct in Northamptonshire[1] has all its deck beams installed, becoming the first on the HS2[2] project to reach this stage.
The 163m-long viaduct is near the village of Aston le Walls, and is one of more than fifty major viaduc…
At around 3.45 yesterday (July 14), an appliance from Rewley Road Fire Station and two from Thame Fire Station were mobilised to a single vehicle crash on the motorway.
On arrival, South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust were already atten…