Police and masked activists clashed at a protest over a motorway project in southern France Saturday, leaving five people hurt, local officials said. Thousands of demonstrators ignored a ban on the gathering to turn out for the protest at the site of the A-69 motorway between Castres and Toulouse in the southwest. A police officer […]
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has been fined for speeding after being caught doing 73mph in a 60mph zone on the M1 motorway. Details of the case, dealt with under an administrative system called the Single Justice Procedure, were revealed by the Evening Standard newspaper on Wednesday. Mr Davey wrote a letter of explanation […]
The High Court has begun hearing a challenge to permission for a long-stalled €10 million Supermac’s motorway plaza in Co Clare. Representing himself in the action, engineer Michael Duffy is asking the court to overturn An Bord Pleanála’s 2022 decision to approve Pat McDonagh’s plan for the development off the M18, at Kilbreckan, Doora, outside […]
West Midlands Police have removed offensive banners aimed at Leicester’s late owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha placed on the motorway ahead of the Foxes’ clash with Coventry. Several photos emerged on social media displaying messages which were put up on the M69, which Leicester fans will use to travel to the game, ahead of the Championship derby […]
A man has been arrested after images emerged on social media of a vehicle being driven at 180mph (290km/h) on a motorway in Britain. The man (30s), from Swindon in England, was held on suspicion of dangerous driving on the M4 on Thursday night, police said. He was taken into custody at Gablecross police station […]