A bridge too far: Moment police bust a 30-person Covid-breaching rave taking place in an underpass beneath the busy M6 motorway Police shut down the 30-person rave which took place under the M6 on Saturday Details of 22 people were taken who will be issued £200 fines for the breach Organiser could face £10k fine … Read more
Reckless motorist drives along the M6 motorway with an eight-foot length of wood sticking out of their passenger window Witness Rickie Newell said the footage was shot on the M6 in Wolverhampton Several road users tried to alert the Skoda driver to the danger posed by his load The Highway Code warns drivers about the … Read more
A Royal Navy engineer died after his souped-up car crashed off a motorway at 150mph while attempting to impress a colleague, an inquest has heard. Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Keith ‘Paddy’ Ross had boasted to his workmate, Harry Malbon, that his car would ‘take the record’ before taking him for a drive from Portsmouth Naval … Read more
Offices around M25 surge in popularity as fewer people travel to work in City, new data reveals By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 13 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 13 March 2021 Offices around the M25 have surged in popularity as fewer people have travelled to work in the City, … Read more
Police rescue 18 people from the back of refrigerated lorry at motorway services near Peterborough after being alerted by driver Cambridgeshire Police rescued 18 people from the back of refrigerated lorry Police called at 11.30 this morning by the driver of the vehicle near Peterborough The driver noticed the people when they stopped at Haddon … Read more
The Foreign Secretary’s grace and favour country estate is planning a £5million project to build 10-metre-high earth mounds on its land – to block out any view of the M25 motorway. Historic Chevening House in northern Kent, which was left to the nation and is now at Dominic Raab’s disposal, wants to embark on a … Read more
Kent villagers are helping feed stranded truck drivers lined up along the motorway by lowering bags of food to them from bridges. They are using rope and shopping bags to deliver goods including beans, fruit and sweets to stranded lorry drivers waiting for Covid tests. Hundreds of hauliers are lined on the M20 as part … Read more
Moment two reckless drivers swerve across busy M1 motorway during rush hour in high-speed road rage row over lane ‘hogging’ The road rage row took place near Flitwick, Bedfordshire, in rush hour last month Vladislav Toshev became frustrated at motorist in outside lane driving ‘slowly’ Footage shows cars mimicking each other’s moves as he tries … Read more
No escape! Moment four police cars smoothly box in and stop a getaway driver on a busy motorway A BMW had been linked to a series of crimes in the West Midlands region The car triggered an intelligence alert on the M1 motorway in Northamptonshire Four police BMWs boxed in the suspect in a highly … Read more
Wind-turbines that fit around motorway lamp posts and are powered by passing vehicles could help the UK reach its target of being carbon neutral by 2050. Kent-based businessman Barry Thompson created the unusual-looking device and says they could initially be used to power the lights they are attached to. Eventually, the entrepreneur hopes the energy … Read more