Tag Archives: Traffic and Travel

An Edinburgh councillor has condemned the scourge of pavement parking that is making travelling around the capital difficult for those with disabilities. At around 9.00pm on Saturday July 9, wheelchair user Kayleigh O’Neill, a Green councillor for the Forth Ward, was travelling home after visiting family near Redhall Crescent. However, …

Average speed cameras could be installed on a section of the A38 in a bid to improve safety, while the speed limit on the road could also be reduced. National Highways has launched a public consultation for people to have their say on a potential programme of measures to improve …

Hello, and welcome to your run-down of the biggest stories across Yorkshire and the rest of the world this morning. This morning has seen accidents on the M62 and in Huddersfield town centre, lots of rain, and the latest intelligence update from Ukraine suggesting the Russian offensive is losing momentum. …

Omicron is spreading across the country like wildfire, and its lead to closures, disruption and chaos across vital services. Most rail operators across the UK have been forced to run reduced timetables due to the number of staff members off sick with the virus. This comes days before Christmas, leading …

Motorists could face delays after two vehicles crashed in Liverpool this afternoon. Emergency services were called to Gainsborough Road in Wavertree around 12.09pm after reports of a crash. Once Merseyside Police arrived at the scene, they found that two vehicles had been involved in a crash. Read More:Woman’s warning after …

Occupants of Royal Mail vehicle, Renault and Skoda sought Police have released more details of people they would like to speak to who may have seen the A5 crash or have further information. Detective Sergeant Paul Hawkins, from Leicestershire Police’s serious collision investigation unit, said: “I’d like to hear from …

A motorcyclist has died after a crash with a Royal Mail van. A yellow Ducati motorcycle was travelling south, along the A631 from Bishopbridge towards Glentham yesterday, April 15 when it was involved in a collision with the van, which was travelling in the same direction. Emergency services were deployed …

Edinburgh locals now have less than 24 hours to give their opinion on the council’s ‘Spaces for People’ scheme. The initiative was brought in during lockdown last year, and saw a number of roads pedestrianised, cycle lanes added and pavements widened to allow for social distancing. Over the last year, …

A brazen Royal Mail driver blocked off a designated Spaces for People zone in Edinburgh’s city centre this week. A member of the public snapped a picture of the van parked inside a row of bollards outside the Post Office on Forrest Road. The photograph, which shows a police van …

Another lorry has smashed into the ‘most-bashed bridge in Britain’ on the A5 in Hinckley. The roof of a Royal Mail trailer was completely torn off after it smashed into the low railway bridge near Dodwells island, forcing the road to close, in the morning of Saturday, December 12. Chris …