Bus lanes bedlam: After cycling chaos, now Boris Johnson finds £3bn to keep motorists off the roads Boris Johnson to unveil new plans to hundreds of miles of bus lanes later today Councils and operators to be urged to run more frequent services for customers The aim to is discourage people from driving and to choose public … Read more
Heavy rainfall has blocked railway lines and triggered a host of flood alerts as some parts of the UK were hit by more than a month’s worth of rain in a 26-hour period. A stretch of seven Met Office weather warnings covering mostly western areas from Scotland south to Plymouth are in place this weekend … Read more
Plague of potholes in the garden of England: Kent is the cracked roads capital of Britain with 52,000 defects in three years, data reveals Kent recorded 52,245 defects recorded in past three years – almost 50 a day Across country nearly 600,000 potholes reported between 2018 and 2020 Staffordshire recorded 40,725 potholes and Fife in Scotland … Read more
Parts of Britain could be brought to a standstill by blizzards over the next five days as forecasters warned ‘significant’ falls of snow up to 3ft 4in (100cm) deep could cripple transport in the worst-affected areas. Much of northern England and Scotland are under weather warnings for snow and ice until at least the end … Read more
Three of the nation’s major roads are due to receive new government funding as part of ministers’ pledge to bolster transport links and ‘make journeys safer and more reliable for motorists’. Transport secretary Grant Shapps has pledged £93million to revamp routes in North Yorkshire, Hampshire and the Midlands, which will total £107million with local councils providing … Read more
Rush-hour traffic congestion in London reached its highest level of the third national lockdown so far this morning with 216 traffic jams totalling nearly 90 miles as Britons continued to travel into work. TomTom data put congestion at 36 per cent at 7am and 37 per cent at 8am today – with both the highest … Read more
Town halls have squandered nearly £1million after being forced to scrap controversial road schemes brought in during the pandemic. An investigation reveals councils have spent millions more on schemes that have been riddled with problems, including increased pollution, traffic gridlock and delaying emergency services vehicles. Freedom of Information requests were sent to local authorities across … Read more
The Bachelorette’s Elly Miles urges people to take care on the roads after coming across a horrific car accident while driving to Newcastle By Abi Moustafa For Daily Mail Australia Published: 09:11 GMT, 13 January 2021 | Updated: 09:11 GMT, 13 January 2021 She’s best known for her stint as The Bachelorette on last year’s … Read more
Britain today awoke to a fresh warning of ice and freezing fog after England suffered its coldest night of the winter so far, with bracing lows of -11.C recorded in the North. Yellow weather warnings for ice are in place across most of the UK this morning, with only southern parts of Scotland escaping the … Read more
Mirror, signal and one heck of a manoeuvre: Skilled hauliers negotiate huge 220ft rotor blades through tiny villages and narrow roads Haulier company P. Adams Schwertentransporte shared the astonishing images The Luxembourg transporters carried the 25-tonne blade through country lanes The blades are attached to a platform which can pivot according to the roads By … Read more