3 d. ago Live M60 traffic updates as 'sewage infrastructure malfunction' leaves motorway closed

Overnight roadworks on the motorway are overrunning as a result of the closure

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3 d. ago M60 LIVE traffic updates as stretch of motorway fully SHUT due to flooding

The closure is within a planned roadworks closure on the anticlockwise side of the motorway

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8 d. ago What does your car say about you? A global portrait of people and their rides, from Shanghai to Santa Monica

You can tell a lot about someone from the vehicle they drive, as Martin Roemers’ collection of photographs show. Introduction by author William BoydIn my novels I find that I very rarely write “a car” or “a van” or “a lorry” – I always tend to specify the marque and the model, often with some pedantic precision. Why should this be so? After all, I am a non-driver, someone who claims to be able to drive (I did learn), but who never passed his driving test. And yet, paradoxically, I’m something of a car enthusiast – a sort-of petrol-head, I confess – perhaps a consequence of spending many hours, or maybe that should be years,  in the back of minicabs that conveyed me here and there around London. In my long experience of minicab use I’ve found that most conversations with minicab drivers often end up being about cars. I’ve learned a lot.There is another reason why I like to specify. I have a conviction that the type of car, or vehicle, that you drive is as much an expression...

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9 d. ago 'Hidden' mega pothole leaves more than a dozen motorists stranded on motorway slip road in one night

At least 14 drivers had their wheels mangled in one evening by a lethal pothole hidden on a motorway slip road.

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1 week ago Major UK route to be closed both ways as 'heavy snow' predicted amid Storm Goretti

National Highways said winter breakdowns on motorways and major A roads have risen by 21% over the last five years, as the traffic authority plans to close a major road through the Peak District

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1 week ago Learner drivers face major test rule change under new safety plans

A major rule change may see learner drivers waiting six months between their theory and practical tests

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1 week ago Learner drivers could have to wait six months before taking test under new strategy

The first road safety review in over ten years was published today

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1 week ago Learner drivers may have to wait six months before taking test thanks to new rules

Leaners could have to wait six months between their theory and practical tests

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1 week ago New drivers to face minimum learning period of up to six months

The UK Government will consult on whether to introduce a minimum learning period of three or six months as part of its road safety strategy.

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1 week ago M27 Portsmouth crash LIVE: Serious collision closes motorway as air ambulance called

An air ambulance is en route to a serious crash on a major motorway, with the road closed to traffic in both directions - National Highways say the closure will remain in place for some time

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1 week ago M27 Portsmouth crash recap: Serious collision closes motorway as air ambulance called

An air ambulance was called to a serious crash on a major motorway, with the road closed to traffic in both directions.

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1 week ago New figures confirm Livingston learner drivers face 24 weeks for practical driving test

The UK Government has pledged to cut waiting times to seven weeks. However, despite promises from Transport Minister Heidi Alexander that action was being taken to “get Britain’s drivers moving” have since been rolled back, with deadlines pushed back until next summer.

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2 w. ago Learner drivers making lives hell for people in Welsh village

It has been named the 'easiest place' to get a driving licence which is attracting learner drivers from all over

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2 w. ago The village taken over by learner drivers: Residents in 'easiest place to get a licence' accuse novice motorists of making their lives hell

Learner drivers have flocked to the village of Miskin, Glamorgan, from far and wide after word spread of its relatively straightforward test route.

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2 w. ago M56 LIVE: All traffic stopped on motorway due to 'people in the road'

Traffic is stopped in both directions

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3 w. ago Stranger Things fans slam 'pure nonsense' episode as it bags worst rating ever

Stranger Things fans have slammed a season five episode, which has become the lowest-rated in the Netflix show's history

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3 w. ago M6 crash LIVE: Traffic chaos on motorway as police shut road after major collision

All traffic is being held and traffic queues are growing due to an accident on the M6 Northbound between J32 M55 Broughton Interchange and J33 A6 Preston Lancaster Road

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3 w. ago M6 closure LIVE: Traffic stopped on major motorway as debris in road after crash

Lane three of three is closed southbound due to debris following the crash

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3 w. ago M6 closure recap: All lanes reopen on major motorway after debris in road from crash stopped traffic

Lane three of three was closed southbound due to debris following the crash

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3 w. ago Motorists baffled as they learn what 'odd' structures over motorways are

Many drivers have spotted the wire and net structures over UK roads and motorways without knowing that they actually serve a very specific purpose to help save drivers and animals from collision

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