A trapped lorry driver was cut free from his cab after his truck left the road on the A40.
The man was released using hydraulic cutting equipment and specialist tools. He was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital for assessment.
Crews from Eynsham, Wit…
Devon engineering pioneer Dick Barr, who used his experience building early jet engines during the Second World War to found one of the region’s most successful companies, has died at the age of 100.Centrax, the firm he helped bring to Newton Abbot, ha…
A ‘happy-go-lucky’ young man died on his way to work after his motorbike collied with a lorry, an inquest heard.
Joseph Elliott left his home in Chadderton, Oldham, at around 7.20am on March 26, 2019, on his Kawasaki bike.
He was driving down Oldham Ro…
Firefighters battled a fire in a refuse lorry which threatened to engulf the entire vehicle.
Two crews from Newton Abbot’s fire station were called to reports of a large vehicle fire in Coombesend Road, in the Kingsteignton area, shortly after midday y…
50th Anniversary presents don’t come bigger than this! Family-run, Braintree-based haulage firm G&B Finch specialise in large-scale earth-moving, aggregates, ready-mix concrete and recycling, so it’s clear that heavy-duty features strongly in their…
The next phase of Exeter College’s redevelopment plans, restaurant plans for a farm shop, and alterations to approved new hotel developments are among the latest planning applications submitted across Devon.
Every week dozens of planning applications a…
Anwen Construction has never been busier – so the County Durham-based firm has just commissioned its first FUSO Canter, to help it stay on top of current and projected demand for its groundworks services.
With many businesses reporting pandemic-related…
A stretch of the A66 has been closed for a number of hours after a crash.
The incident, involving a lorry and a tipper truck, happened on the westbound carriageway on Friday morning.
Emergency services, including police, fire and ambulance attended the…
Coronavirus has brought heartache to thousands of families across Greater Manchester.
The latest figures show that more than 4,300 people have died in our region’s hospitals alone. And tragically, this number is continuing to rise.
But, behind these st…
DRIVERS on the A1, A689 and across County Durham are sat in queuing traffic after a myriad of problems on North-East roads this morning. Roads across County Durham are packed full of slow-moving traffic as drivers struggle to make their daily…
A DRIVER whose momentary lapse of concentration caused the death of his friend will be punished for the rest of his life, a court heard.Ethan Waller, 22, died on July 18 last year after the car he was travelling in collided with a stationary truck in B…
The vast majority of people in Devon and Cornwall have followed the rules and worked hard to combat Covid-19 since the pandemic took hold in March.
Thousands of people have lost loved ones and most have been unable to see relatives as much as they woul…
A PROUD dad has told how his soldier son helped truck drivers stranded in Dover make it home for Christmas.Ryan Jones, 19, of the Royal Welsh Regiment, was deployed to the Channel port at around 7pm on Christmas Eve.
He was one of 1,300 soldiers who ha…
The ‘new Notting Hill’ tops list of where Britons most want to live: Trendy Bruton in Somerset where George Osborne and Sam Taylor-Johnson own homes is most searched for area for buyers in 2020Rightmove has revealed Bruton in Somerset was the most sear…
A man deported from the UK on a controversial flight to Jamaica on Wednesday has tested positive for coronavirus, according to reports.He is being held in quarantine at the St Joseph’s medical facility in Kingston for 14 days, the Jamaican government t…