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Three-quarters of motorways not adequately equipped with electric car chargers
The Government is set to miss one of its own targets on improving electric vehicle charging infrastructure – after the RAC found fewer than a quarter of motorway service areas in England are equipped with the right number of rapid chargers.
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Man lawfully killed by police during motorway stop, inquest finds
An organised crime suspect was lawfully killed by police during an enforced stop on a motorway slip road in West Yorkshire at the start of 2017, an inquest has found.
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Dover disruption: Hundreds of lorries backed up on motorway as France travel ban kicks in
Traffic to Dover had already been disrupted for more than a week, but the travel ban put in place by France last night has piled on the pressure in Kent.
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The private company failing to tame epidemic of litter on our motorways
Instead of pristine stretches of road, Britain’s motorways are being treated as a rubbish dump with verges covered in piles of discarded trash.
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Motorway bridge collapse in Genoa kills at least 20
It is one of Italy’s busiest motorways, especially in the holiday season. It is the main artery from southern France to the Italian coast, passing through the heart of the northern city of Genoa. Today in the midst of a thunderstorm, one of the main bridges on the motorway collapsed. Lorries and cars plunged 90 metres to the ground…
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Lilian Greenwood MP: Motorway hard shoulders must be made safer
We’re joined by former Labour Shadow Transport Minister Lilian Greenwood who now chairs the Transport Committee.
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Family’s motorway horror
Now to an exclusive report about a family who broke down on a motorway which didn’t have a hard shoulder because of conversion to be a new smart motorway. As they dialled 999 a lorry smashed into their car with three small children in the back seat. Their emergency call is still distressing, but they…
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French police shoot down and wound man in motorway car chase
Police in France have shot and wounded a man after a dramatic motorway car chase near Boulogne. The incident came after the same car was driven into a group of soldiers in a suburb of Paris, injuring six of them. There have been six previous attacks on French security forces so far this year and…
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Motorway speeding fines could hit £10,000
Maximum fines issued by magistrates are set to soar dramatically under the latest proposals for England and Wales, with huge increases in penalties for motoring offences. But would they work?
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Two dead in massive motorway crash
Two people have died and seven have been taken to hospital following a collision involving five vehicles on the M26 motorway in Kent.
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Motorway pile-up in Kent leaves dozens hurt
Eight people are seriously injured and 60 suffering minor wounds after 100 vehicles were involved in a pile-up on the new Sheppey Crossing in thick fog.
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Italy coach crash: dozens killed in motorway fall
At least 39 people die after a coach full of tourists plunges 100 feet from a motorway into a ravine in southern Italy.
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Hogging the middle motorway lane? That’s a £100 fine
Drivers caught hogging the middle lane and tailgating will be hit with £100 on-the-spot fines and three points on their licence from July, under new plans from the government.
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Motorway speed limit set to be raised to 80mph
Transport Secretary Philip Hammond tells Channel 4 News “I am the motorist’s friend” as he proposes raising the speed limit for cars on the UK’s motorways to 80mph.
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Woman jailed for driving wrong way along motorway
A woman is jailed after driving the wrong way along a motorway for 23 miles while twice over the drink-drive limit.