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Wattle Syke roundabout, located just off the A1(M) outside Wetherby[2], will be closed for a period of evening closures from Monday, March 11 to Friday March, 15….
Belmont level crossing. Image: Google Streetview.
Belmont level crossing on Forest Lane in Starbeck is to close overnight twice this week, Network Rail[1] has confirmed.
The crossing will be shut to allow maintenance teams to carry out a rail corrosio…
5 October 2023, 11:52
Rugby services which has bene crowned Britain’s best for the second year running. Picture: Alamy
Britain’s newest motorway service station has been crowned the country’s best for the second year running.
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More than 30,000 drivers have had their say on which of Britain’s 120 motorway service stations are best and worst – and it’s the nation’s newest site that has taken the top honour for a second year running.
Moto Rugby services on the M6 – which only o…
Bewick crashed into the broken-down van and trailer parked on the hard shoulder close to J45 on the northbound carriageway of the A1(M). (pics by Google Maps / National World)John Paul Bewick had been travelling from Devon up to the north east when he …
A driver who “nodded off” at the wheel smashed into a broken-down van and trailer on the A1(M) hard shoulder near Wetherby, seriously injuring an 11-year-old boy.
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Now marshals are being brought in to police ‘charge rage’ rows between electric vehicle drivers: Boss of Britain’s biggest motorway services reveals long waits for plug-in points are making motorists ‘angry and stressed’Moto chief Ken McMeikan warned s…
Britain’s biggest motorway service station provider has brought in marshals to police “charge rage” among electric vehicle drivers battling for access to plug-in points[1].Moto chief executive Ken McMeikan warned the UK’s motorway service stations…
Valencia Waste Management Ltd, formerly known as Viridor, has been fined £3million after Michael Atkin and Mark Wheatley died in separate incidents.
Michael, a 63-year-old from Wetherby in West Yorkshire, died in October 2019 at Valencia’s site in Ear…
Michael Atkin, who was 63 at the time, and Mark Wheatley, who was 31, died following incidents in 2019 and 2020 respectively at the two separate sites, both run by Viridor at the time.
In a statement on Friday (8 September), the HSE said it investigat…
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said Valencia Waste Management Limited has received a £3m fine following the death of the workers in separate incidents.
Michael Atkin and Mart Wheatley died following incidents in 2019 and 2020 respectively.
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The mum of a Sutton Coldfield man crushed to death says she is haunted by seeing him dying under a skip as the firm responsible was fined millions. Mark Wheatley died following an incident at the Dartmoor National Park Conservation Works depot in Bovey…
Pic: Livvy Elder with friends and Calvin Harris
One of the biggest names in music, Calvin Harris, was spotted by fans in a motorway service station near Harrogate this week.
Livvy Elder and her friends had stopped at Wetherby Services on their way bac…
A number of roads and streets will either be shut with delays likely along major routes as Leeds Festival 2023[1] gets underway. This weekend, Leeds Festival 2023[2] will be underway with acts coming from around the country and the world to perform. As…