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 …
Britain’s ageing population has been blamed for spiralling car insurance premiums[1] for pensioners. Elderly motorists face being taken off the road by rapidly rising bills, with renewal quotes jumping by hundreds of pounds. Some have been denied …
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…
Contracts have been awarded by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to operate the final round of Bee Network services in Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and remaining parts of Manchester and Salford from 5 January 2025 – at which point all buses…
We will have to wait and see whether the council’s ambitious plans come to fruition, although one thing is certain – if the new station is built it will not be designed to serve ice-skaters as the original one had been!
That station had closed in 1917 …
A Wigan-based supplier of road-rail vehicles for track maintenance on the railway have appointed administrators after running into financial difficulties.
Clare Boardman and Kristian Shuttleworth of Teneo Financial Advisory Limited have been appointed …
David Travis has joined the logistics developer from Hargreaves Land to head up operations in the city.
Tritax Symmetry, part of Tritax Big Box REIT, has appointed Travis as the head of the company’s Manchester office.
Travis has left Hargreaves aft…
Snow has fallen across Greater Manchester this morning. People across the region woke up to a blanket of snow after it fell overnight, with temperatures plummeting below freezing.
A Met Office snow and ice weather warning is in place[1] across all of G…
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A Wigan-based supplier of road rail vehicles has fallen into administration after facing falling demand amid budgetary constraints across the industry. Clare Boardman and Kristian Shuttleworth of Teneo Financial Advi…
Administrators have been appointed to TXM Plant Ltd (Image credit: Pixabay)
About 150 employees have been made redundant at a Wigan-based supplier of road-rail vehicles, it has been confirmed.
TXM Plant Ltd, Equipment and Track Solutions Ltd and Bacch…
Staff at the Wigan based business are now looking for new jobs following the news.
Latest accounts for TXM show the company had a turnover of £38.9m for the year to April 29 2022 generating a pre-tax loss of £2.1m while employing 276 staff.
The firm w…
Traffic was stopped at around 6am after the collision.
Diversions are in place as National Highways North West[1] says the closure on the southbound carriageway will be in place for sometime.
The crash has taken place between Junction 17 and 16 between…
A man has been jailed for drugs supply offences after his vehicle was stopped in Ellesmere Port[1].
Jack Pritchard was sentenced to 10 months in prison at Chester Crown Court[2] on Thursday, December 21.
The 27-year-old, of Scotton Avenue, Little Sutto…
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Raft of major road changes for Lancashire Central development including M6, M65, A6 and A582
Posted on – 28th December, 20…