Dr Alan Billings wrote to Grant Shapps after this week’s inquest into the deaths of Rotherham man Jason Mercer and Alexandru Murgeanu, from Mansfield, who died in a collision on a stretch of the M1 motorway near Sheffield in June 2019.
Mr Mercer, a…
A CHARITY doing big things to support the people, landscape and wildlife of the Yorkshire Dales has extended its conservation work to include a service area on the A19 in North Yorkshire.Now in its second year, the partnership between the Yorkshire Dal…
Wakefield Coroner’s Court
Luke Deegan, 19, of Whinmoor, was riding an Aprilla motorcycle on Paradise Way, Bramham, on January 24 2019 when the accident happened, Wakefield Coroners Court was told.
Mr Deegan was pronounced dead at the scene just af…
Sparks Commercial Services’ Swindon site has been appointed as a full Isuzu Truck UK dealership. It will handle new truck sales, service and parts, from its 2.5-acre site located close to the M4.
“The appointment of Sparks Commercial Services in Swindo…
Stagefreight has invested in its in-house truck maintenance facilities, with the purchase of testing equipment from Totalkare. The Yorkshire-based events haulier has added a mobile wheel play detector and Totalkare’s 2500 headlamp tester, which it will…
Timothy Taylor’s brewery has taken delivery of a new 32-tonne DAF curtainsider to keep its beer cool in transport.
The CF will work alongside two 2018 Scania curtainsiders, an 18-tonner and a 26-tonner, which have also been equipped with similar Carrie…
The TelegraphNicola Sturgeon under pressure over far faster English vaccine roll-outNicola Sturgeon is facing mounting anger over Scotland’s slow vaccine roll-out after it emerged her government has more than 400,000 unused doses and England’s deployme…
Timothy Taylor’s brewery has taken delivery of a new 32-tonne DAF curtainside rigid truck mounted with a Carrier Transicold Supra® 1150 unit. The new vehicle continues a 20-year working relationship with the brewery, built on Carrier Transicold’s abili…
Ajay Blackley, 18, and his sister Stella spent hours digging cars, buses and an ambulance out of the snow in Leeds.
A picture of the pair – shared on social media – went viral, with hundreds praising the duo’s attitude and willingness to help the c…
A Hull lorry driver who killed two men when his truck ploughed into their vehicles on a stretch of smart motorway has told an inquest he believes he would have avoided them if there had been a hard shoulder.
Jason Mercer, 44, and Alexandru Murgeanu, 22…
Three people involved in a family dispute which led to a teenager, 16, having her head banged against the pavement have avoided jail.
Police were alerted to a residential street in Goole on October 29 last year after reports a man had allegedly been th…
A lorry driver who killed two men when his truck ploughed into their vehicles on a stretch of smart motorway has told an inquest he believes he would have avoided them if there had been a hard shoulder.Jason Mercer, 44, and Alexandru Murgeanu, 22, died…
Businesses across Yorkshire, UK, are being urged to apply for a share of £600,000 (€673,700) to support their anaerobic digestion (AD) processes.The funding is being awarded through the Anaerobic Digestion and Circular Economy Yorkshire (ADCEY) project…
A hearse bound for a crematorium found itself stuck on a snowy hill in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, on January 14, prompting members of the community to jump into action.
Annette Rollinson captured footage of the incident, writing on Facebook that sever…
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ovid testing centres in Luton have been closed due to snowfall while some Londoners woke up to a white dusting.
The three rapid testing centres in Hertfordshire have been shut as snow fell amid icy conditions.
Confirming the decision on Twitter, …