A DRIVER has been hospitalised following a three-lorry crash on the M62 in Warrington.Emergency services were called to the scene on the westbound carriageway between junction 11, Birchwood, and junction 10, Croft, at around 11.10am yesterday, Monday.T…
There is bitter disappointment within the UK rail freight industry on the news that Royal Mail, the flagship postal carrier in the nation, is to abandon rail from its delivery proposition. The company, founded by royal decree over five centuries ago, h…
MV Commercial has supplied specialist rail and infrastructure services provider Readypower Rail Services with three 32-tonne 8×2 Volvo FH460s, mounted with heavy-haulage plant bodies and Palfinger PK33002 loader cranes.
The three new trucks join the co…
MV Commercial has supplied specialist rail and infrastructure services provider Readypower Rail Services with three 32-tonne 8×2 Volvo FH460s, mounted with heavy haulage plant bodies and Palfinger PK33002 loader cranes.
The three new trucks join the c…
A school furniture manufacturer has signed up for a 28,425 sq ft unit on Ashville Industrial Estate in Runcorn.
Spaceforme has taken unit nine at the site on a 10-year lease to enable its expansion, in a deal facilitated by commercial property consulta…
WARRINGTON, England, February 15, 2024 — South Lincs Foodservice has taken delivery of two new trucks equipped with Carrier Transicold Supra 1150 MT units and the company’s first-ever purchase of Eco-Drive systems. This combination allows the units to …
WARRINGTON, England, February 29, 2024 — To help improve fleet sustainability and overall operational efficiency, Hunt’s Food Group has taken delivery of its first ever tractor fitted with the Carrier Transicold Eco-Drive system, alongside three new sp…
Magistrates have dealt with a number of offences recently, all of which related to motoring[1] law.
Steven Baynes drove a Peugeot on Bury New Road, Prestwich, under the influence of cannabis and amphetamine.
The offences took place in September last ye…
Transport and logistics firm, Currie Solutions, has strengthened its long relationship with Asset Alliance Group after taking delivery of 13 Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks.
The Dumfries-based company, which provides bespoke freight forwarding, transport d…
WARRINGTON, England, March 28, 2024 — Bakery wholesaler BAKO has taken delivery of 24 new rigid trucks, mounted with a combination of Carrier Transicold Supra 1150 MT (multi-temperature) systems and engineless Iceland 11 MT units. The trucks will deliv…
A drug dealer who led police in a car chase while carrying nearly £300,000 worth of heroin has been jailed.
Neil Corrigan was sentenced to five years in prison for supplying class A drugs, dangerous driving, failing to stop and driving without insuranc…
As previously reported, Jack Watson has been jailed after reaching ‘staggering and startling’ high speeds of more than 110mph on the M6[1] through Warrington, Haydock and Wigan, as well as on residential roads.
The 35-year-old ‘floored it’ in a bid to …
Residents in Winwick have frequently raised concerns over cars parking in the area on car boot sale days, with the situation having been described as ‘chaos’.
The issue has also featured regularly in the Warrington Guardian’s letters[1] page.
One reade…
Drivers are facing a series of diversions on a major stretch of a motorway as dates are released for overnight closures.National Highways said most of its M6 Warrington to Wigan upgrade was set to be completed over the next month, starting later and en…