36 h. ago M25 traffic LIVE as motorway closed due to lorry fire chaos in Hertfordshire

A stretch of the M25 is closed in Hertfordshire following a lorry fire, with emergency services racing to the scene

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37 h. ago LIVE updates as West Coast Mainline shut due to major incident on line

The emergency services are responding to an incident between Macclesfield and Stoke-on-Trent

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42 h. ago A82 incident: Major road closed in both directions at Arden after crash causing rush hour delays

Drivers have been told to expect delays.

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42 h. ago Hundreds of homes evacuated in middle of the night after WW2 bomb blown up at sea and school shut for another day

ONE of two WW2 bombs that caused thousands to be evacuated from their homes has been blown up - and the second will be detonated this morning. A major incident was declared in Devon yesterday, with schools and hotels closed and thousands of people evacuated. Bomb squads raced to a building site and a marina...

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57 h. ago Drivers in North Lanarkshire warned of temporary restrictions on M8 next month

The eastbound carriageway of the M8 motorway between Junction 5 (Shotts Interchange) and Harthill Services will be closed for resurfacing on the nights of February 10, 11, 12, 13 and 16 between the hours of 8.30pm and 6am.

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60 h. ago M9 incident: Major motorway closed at Dunblane following 'fuel spillage'

Drivers have been told to expect delays.

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68 h. 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 Apocalyptic images as fire tears through UK factory in 'major toxic incident'

The massive fire has been declared a 'major toxic incident' by a local former councillor after fire services warned residents to evacuate smoke covered Wolverhampton

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3 d. ago Firefighters rush to 'major toxic incident' at Wolverhampton factory as 'explosions' are heard and smoke is visible for miles

More than 40 firefighters have rushed to tackle a blaze at a factory in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, where a major toxic incident' has been declared.

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3 d. ago 'Major toxic incident' as huge factory fire sends 'explosions' across city

Residents say they have been left 'struggling to breathe' while schools have been shut in what is quickly transpiring to be a 'major toxic incident'

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3 d. ago 'Major toxic incident' as huge 'explosions' heard at city factory

Firefighters are tackling the blaze at a factory

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3 d. ago Explosions heard across city after 'major toxic incident' at factory fire

Residents say they heard 'explosions' before seeing smoke billowing into the sky this morning.

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3 d. ago Wolverhampton factory fire as 'multiple explosions' heard in 'major toxic incident'

A blaze in Wolverhampton has broken out causing a huge plume of smoke to spread across the city after multiple reports from locals describe hearing several explosions

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3 d. ago M3 shuts in one direction as firefighters tackle lorry fire with drivers warned of 90

DRIVERS are warned of mammoth queues as firefighters tackle a lorry fire on the M3. National Highways say there are delays up to 90-minutes on the road. The M3 eastbound between junction four at Farnborough and junction three at Woking is now closed. This is while fire crews tackle the blaze which started at around...

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4 d. ago Major Cardiff road taped off as emergency services respond to incident

Fire engines and police cars were seen at the incident

Transport

4 d. ago M5 crash LIVE: Major UK motorway shuts both carriageways after police incident

The M5 between junction 13, for Stroud, and junction 14, for Dursley/Falfield, is shut in both directions following a collision this morning with emergency services at the scene

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4 d. ago Major Greater Manchester road closed and air ambulance lands amid serious incident

Emergency services are at the scene

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5 d. ago Water company boss faces calls to be moved on after 30,000 homes hit by shortages in ‘major incident’

Storm Goretti, burst water mains and a power cut are among the reasons why some customers are struggling with water pressure

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5 d. ago 'Bomb' handed into Merseyside police station as major incident declared

Merseyside Police reported that at around 2.40pm on Monday, January 12, a member of the public arrived at Wallasey Police Station on Manor Road with an 'unexploded bomb'

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5 d. ago Thousands without water in Kent and East Sussex as major incident declared

See all the affected areas as council declares major incident

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