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These are the EVs we’re most excited about for 2024

2024 is set to be a huge year for electric cars[1], with major new launches from Audi, Hyundai and Polestar, plus an all-new Mini and the first electric SUV from Maserati.
There’s also the Lotus Emeya, a four-door super saloon set to do battle with the…

The Mancunian Way: Clean air zone back on track

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Volvo EX30 (2023 onwards) | Expert Rating

Summary
The Volvo EX30 is a small all-electric SUV/crossover that launched in the UK around the end of 2023, and arrived to consistent praise and acclaim from the British motoring media.
Already the winner of three separate ‘Car of the Year’ titles fro…

Centre of village shut by police after lorry crashes into pole

The centre of a village in Charnwood was closed to traffic this morning after a lorry was reported to have hit a telegraph pole. Police advised drivers to avoid Mountsorrel due to the incident.
The closures were in place along Loughborough Road, from t…

Series of overnight road closures at busy flyover

A busy Leicester flyover will be hit with a series of overnight closures in the coming weeks. Leicester City Council[1] said extensive repair works are underway at the Redhill Flyover, at Red Hill Circle.
The flyover, on the outer ring road, will be cl…

M6 near Lancaster closed following multi-vehicle crash

Police and Highways have closed the M6 northbound this evening (November 12) between junctions 33 and 34 for Lancaster.
Any traffic trying to get from the A6 onto the motorway at junction 33 is being told they have no option but to travel south.
A spok…

Average speed cameras installed on Lancashire ‘danger’ road

Enforcement of average speeds on the A581 between Rufford and Euxton has started as part of a major investment to improve safety on Lancashire’s historically most dangerous roads.
Work has been underway for the past year on five new schemes to install …

Biker in hospital with serious injuries after crash closed A38

A motorcyclist was taken to hospital with serious injuries following a collision which closed part of the A38[1] in Derbyshire. The incident happened just before 5.15pm on Thursday evening (November 9) on a stretch of the main road near Little Eaton Is…

Possible 14-mile bus journey to lessons as flooded Duffield …

More than 300 pupils, some as young as four, could be taken on a 35-minute bus ride each way to Matlock and back every day for their lessons, after Derbyshire County Council conceded that it could be at least six months before their flood-hit school ca…