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
Road chiefs have pledged to accelerate the rollout of potentially lifesaving safety measures on smart motorways following crisis talks with Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. The minister ordered Highways England to bring forward the deadline for installing vital technology which can detect when vehicles are marooned and prevent collisions. More CCTV is to be rolled out to … 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
A woman has been banned from the roads after being convicted of drink driving on an e-scooter today. Kyah Jordan was almost three times over the limit when she went through a red light and almost crashed into an unmarked police car. In court, her lawyer tried to argue that she was travelling so slowly … Read more
Snow will fall in London tomorrow with up to four inches expected in the South East as Britons endured another day of icy chaos and temperatures plunged to nearly -12C (10F) on England’s coldest morning of the winter so far. The Met Office has issued a snow warning from 3am to 8pm tomorrow covering the … Read more
Britons woke up to another icy morning today after temperatures plunged to -11C (12.2F) on England’s joint coldest night of the winter so far and forecasters issued a further 18-hour snow warning this weekend. People travelling during the lockdown were warned to expect more ‘tricky’ conditions as ice and freezing fog brought further hazards one … 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
Londoners are following Government advice to stay at home and avoid going into the office, data suggested today as it emerged Underground journeys are now at just a fifth of pre-pandemic levels. Public transport usage is now at 20 per cent for the Tube and 34 per cent for buses – also well down compared … Read more
Kent has been revealed as the most dangerous county for drivers in the UK according to new research. The county in the south east of England has seen the highest number of fatalities and seriously injured casualties on its roads in the last five years. Of the UK’s 131,369 deaths and serious injuries which took place … Read more