Into the first week in October and the temperatures are surprisingly quite warm after the hottest September on record. As ever, here are seven weekly stories in Gloucestershire where we have a range of stories from all six parts of our county. This week the overwhelming news Gloucestershire Live has …
Read More »Driver in Royal Stoke after crashing into wall
A driver has needed hospital treatment after crashing into a wall. Paramedics treated the casualty after being called to Main Road, in Betley, at 6.58pm last night. Staffordshire Police closed part of Main Road – near East Lawns – following the collision. StokeonTrentLive has approached the force for a statement …
Read More »Angry Ash slams council after £70 fine for ‘letting pedestrians cross road’
An IT manager has been slapped with a £70 fine by a council spy camera – after ‘letting pedestrians cross a road’. Ash Hulme says he was pulling onto the Royal Mail car park, on Leek Road, when he stopped to let pedestrians pass. But the 36-year-old has been left …
Read More »Council A500 blunder leaves taxpayers £1.50 out of pocket
A council has apologised to around 100 taxpayers – after an A500 blunder left some of them out of pocket. Cheshire East Council sent the letter regarding its desire to turn the entire stretch of the A500 between the M6 roundabout at Barthomley and the Weston roundabout into a dual-carriageway …
Read More »Trains disrupted near Ely as ‘concern for woman’s welfare’ sparks emergency response
Trains between King’s Lynn and Ely was disrupted on Thursday morning (June 8) after reports of concerns for a woman’s welfare. The incident is believed to have taken place just after 5am. Officers from British Transport Police were called to the line near Littleport station after what was first reported …
Read More »Woman seriously injured in Three Legged Cross crash
A woman has been left seriously injured in hospital after a car crash in Dorset. The woman, in her 40s, was cut free from a white Vauxhall Corsa following the single-vehicle crash on Station Road, near to the junction with Newman’s Lane, in West Moors yesterday (May 25). Dorset Police …
Read More »Car crashes into Swanage garden after smashing through wall
Firefighters had to help get a car back onto the road after it crashed through a wall and into a Dorset garden. A post on Facebook from Swanage Fire Station said the incident took place yesterday afternoon (May 24) after the team received reports of a crash. Pictures taken from …
Read More »Man fighting for his life after crash involving Royal Mail van in Dorchester
Two men have been taken to hospital after a crash north of Dorchester involving a Royal Mail delivery van. Old Sherborne Road was closed both ways at Westleaze, near Charminster following the collision at 7.15am today (May 24). Dorset Police has confirmed the crash involved a blue Land Rover Discovery …
Read More »A63 shut as lorry crashes near Brough ‘blocking all four lanes’ – live updates
A lorry has crashed across both carriageways of the A63. The road is blocked between North Cave and North Ferriby, police said. The crash is understood to have happened near Brantingham. Motorists have been advised to avoid the road in both directions. A witness told BBC Radio Humberside that the …
Read More »Royal Mail lorry crashes off M1 in Northamptonshire after car hits central reservation
A Royal Mail lorry crashed off the M1 in Northamptonshire this morning after a car hit the central reservation, Northants Live has learned. The crash, which has shut the route for several hours, happened shortly after 3.30am. Police have now released some information about the circumstances surrounding the crash. A …
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