M69

M6 shut and drivers face two-hour delays after man dies

The M6 was closed after a man died this morning. Police and paramedics were called to the scene, betwen junctions three and two, just before 5am. They found a man who was confirmed dead at the scene.
The M6 was closed southbound between junctions 4A, f…

Two-hour delays and ten-mile queues as M6 closed for serious …

Drivers are facing delays of two hours and ten miles of congestion after a serious incident closed a section of the M6. The southbound carriageway between junctions 4A, for the M42, and two, for the M69, was shut at around 5am by Warwickshire Police.
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Man and two children die in crash between car and lorry on A5

A man and two children have died following a crash between a car and a lorry on the A5 near Hinckley[1]. Police were called to the A5 Watling Street near Burbage at 4.24pm on Friday afternoon to a report of a crash involving a silver BMW car and a lorr…

Four vehicles crash on northbound carriageway of M69 …

Four vehicles crashed on the M69 in Leicestershire on Friday afternoon, August 11. Emergency services were called to the incident, which happened just before junction 21 of the M1, at around 2.30pm.
One lane of the northbound carriageway was closed due…

Objectors to rail hub fear ‘concreting’ of the countryside

People have slammed proposals for a massive rail freight hub between Leicester and Hinckley[1] as a “blight on the community” and a “monstrosity” which would devastate the countryside and exacerbate traffic problems. Plans for the £750m, 440-acre Hinck…