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Zero emission HGV registrations surged in 2025 even as the wider UK truck market contracted by 10%, according to new figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
A total of 40,504 new heavy goods vehicles were registere…
Do you have a story? Email [email protected] By LETTICE BROMOVSKY, NEWS REPORTER[1] Published: 18:02, 16 February 2026 | Updated: 20:09, 16 February 2026
Alerts designed to warn drivers of broken-down veh…
Enquiries are ongoing to find the driver and passenger of the van, who officers believe to have serious injuries
10:54, 15 Feb 2026
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The collision occurred at the Junction 29 slip road off the M6 northbound, at Bamber Bridge near Preston(Ima…
Two people who fled the scene are ‘believed to have serious injuries’
12:05, 15 Feb 2026
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Stock image of the M6 motorway (Image: James Maloney/Lancs Live)
Police are urgently seeking witnesses and video evidence following a hit-and-run colli…
A baby girl has been seriously injured after a van struck three stationary vehicles in a hit-and-run crash on a motorway slip road, police have said.Officers are looking for the driver and passenger who ran away after their white Ford Transit van hit t…
By JAKE HOLDEN, UK NEWS REPORTER[1] Published: 18:54, 11 February 2026 | Updated: 18:54, 11 February 2026
National Highways knew its smart motorway[2] system was down and ‘did nothing about it’ before a grandmother was k…
By DAVID CHURCHILL Published: 13:35, 4 February 2026 | Updated: 13:35, 4 February 2026
This is the shocking moment a van ploughed into the back of a car stranded on a smart motorway[1] with ‘dangerously defective’ safety…
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The Van Standard, published in January 2026 by RHA, is designed for businesses operating goods vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight. This includes not only van-only fleets, but also HGV operators that rely on vans for local, time-critical or …
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