Plans for a ‘Tebay-style’ motorway service station for the M56 – to be built on green belt land – are hanging in the balance. Cheshire East council’s planning committee gave the proposal for the service area, similar to the revered Tebay stopping point…
A move to open a 24-hour off licence at a motorway service station has been ‘temporarily’ backed by the council. Sandwell[1] Council’s planning committee was forced to allow the Gateway Service Station, in Birmingham Road, Great Barr, next to junction …
GRIDSERVE Sustainable Energy Ltd has filed an application for planning permission to construct the Electric Vehicle Charging Hub (EV Hub) at the Southwaite Motorway Services between Junctions 41 and 42 of the M6.
GRIDSERVE plans to create the EV hub i…
A police swoop on England’s best loved motorway services smashed a multi-million pound drugs operation. Stephen Buckley and Scott Chadwick-Greer, from Thornton-Cleveleys[1], were stopped in September last year at Tebay services on the M6[2] in Cumbria….
Ray Rono Rachier was driving a Mercedes Sprinter returning home from work when he crashed into the central reservation on the M6 Southbound near Brunthwaite, prosecutor Martin Turner said.
As a result, the motorway was forced to be temporarily closed, …
The operator of an M6 service station has hit back recieving negative reviews from drivers on TripAdvisor. Hilton Park services, located between Junction 10a and Junction 11, received 2 out of 5 stars on the popular travel website – with some motorists…
Drivers are facing a series of diversions on a major stretch of a motorway as dates are released for overnight closures.National Highways said most of its M6 Warrington to Wigan upgrade was set to be completed over the next month, starting later and en…
I’m a regular user of motorways in the West Midlands, particularly the M6. It’s one of the busiest highways in Europe, cutting through the region from northwest to southeast, passing through the Black Country[1] and Birmingham[2] along its way.
You’ll …
A vehicle caught fire on the hard shoulder between junctions 18 and 19, from Middlewich to Knutsford.
Firefighters were called at 6.45pm.
Highways England says there is three miles of congestion as emergency services are at the scene.
Drivers face heav…
Stuart Sutcliffe, 43, who was driving on the motorway towards Carlisle while “highly intoxicated,” was seen taking his Ford Ranger the wrong way along a slip-road into Southwaite Service Station.
His driving was so bad that a lorry driver who encounter…
One of the biggest money seizures in recent weeks was outlined at Carlisle’s Rickergate court, where magistrates approved the forfeiture of £215,000 that was found in a man’s hire car as he drove south on the M6.
Cumbria Constabulary applied to permane…
If you were thinking of buying a new W12-powered Bentley[1], I’m afraid I have some bad news. You can’t have one.That’s because the W12 is no more. Actually, that’s not quite true; Bentley is currently winding down production with a view to fulfil…
A crash on the eastbound carriageway of the motorway this morning (April 9) has caused queuing traffic.
This happened between J7 A556 Chester Road and J6 A538 Wilmslow Road.
Lanes had to be closed as a result of the collision, however, it is understood…
Part of the M6 motorway is closed this morning due to a ‘serious incident’.
The closure has been put in place on the northbound carriageway between junction 21 near Warrington and junction 21A for the M62 Croft Interchange. The road has been closed sin…