All news on the topic: Motorways
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M25 travel misery as van engulfed in flames causing chaos for rush hour drivers
Fire services were called to the M25 on Thursday morning after a van burst into flames on the clockwise carriageway near Sevenoaks, Kent, causing major traffic delays
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Britain's favourite motorway services settled as full list ranks best and worst
A pit stop for a Costa coffee and a toilet break has never mattered so much, as TransportFocus surveys Britain on which motorway service stations rack up the best satisfaction ratings
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'I work at the UK's worst motorway service station - we try our best'
Hartshead Moor East services on M62 in West Yorkshire has again been ranked the worst motorway service station in the country, a survey which rates Moto's Rugby services on the M6 as the best
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School bus driver had 'medical issue' behind wheel before girl killed
The family of a coach driver who tragically died after the bus flipped over on the M53 has revealed he suffered from 'medical issues' ahead of the crash - he has been named as Stephen Shrimpton
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Blogger spends £10k a year visiting all of UK's 95 service stations
Rich James Cross, 25, developed the unusual hobby after spending many of his childhood days travelling the country in the passenger seat of his dad's truck
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'White van man' voted politist on the road and least likely to hog middle lane
A poll has found transit drivers have excellent motorway manners and are the least likely vehicle in the country to hog the middle lane, unlike Range Rovers which came bottom
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Teenage boy dies after falling off motorway bridge and 'being hit by car'
The boy, who has not been named, fell from the bridge close to junction 21 of the M6 motorway on Thursday night
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'We love living under the M4 - we can't sleep if traffic isn't shaking our home'
Arthur and Gwyneth Howells and their son Jason have got so used to living under the M4 that they struggle to sleep if they don't have the chaotic noise of congestion and horns
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Horrifying moment cow falls from lorry into path of 70mph traffic on motorway
Drivers on the M6 northbound near Wednesbury, West Midlands, swerved to dodge the cow as it - and another of its herd - tumbled off a lorry as it hurtled along the road
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Drivers forced to 'swerve' clothes on M5 as roof rack bursts causing chaos
Drivers on the M5 in Devon had to "swerve" around clothing after a roof rack broke spilling its contents onto the road. The owners were seen looking on helplessly from the hard shoulder
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'We live under a busy UK motorway - we love it but it's not for everyone'
Joanna Care, husband Ritchie Care and their daughter reside under the M4 near Port Talbot, south Wales, and in their garden, the constant hum of traffic can be heard
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Brits warned to avoid 'worst places for traffic' as summer holidays kick off
An estimated additional 4.8m journeys will be taken on Britain's roads at some point between Friday and the end of Sunday as schools break up for the summer holidays
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Travel chaos as landslide blocks railway line and several areas underwater
Two accidents are causing delays on the M4, with a speed limit in place in one area due to flooding, and railway lines have also been blocked "due to a landslip"
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'Our home is caged in by endless fences we have to jump to get to work'
Rhiannon Leigh, who lives near Cobham, told how she and her partner have been "barricaded in" due to widening work on the M25 and they have to jump fence after fence just to leave
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'We live in middle of two motorway lanes - it's bleak and noisy but we're happy'
Infamous Stott Hall Farm is located directly between junctions 22 and 23 on the M62, on a rather peculiar patch of land. But what is life really like for the family there?
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Motorway closed after gallons of milk spill onto carriageway after tanker crash
The M6 - the longest motorway in Britain - was shut in both directions between junction 31 for Preston, Lancashire, and junction 32 - the M55 link - following the accident
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Car still trapped after collapse as officials warn it will take months to fix
A concerning collapse on part of the northbound I-95 highway in Philadelphia, US, could take 'months' to fix, according to officials. One vehicle is still trapped hours after a truck fire
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Mad moves drivers have made as AA survey shows UK's craziest M-way behaviour
The AA Driving School quizzed 13,000 drivers about the bonkers moves they have seen motorists make on the country’s motorways
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Massive clean-up after battery acid and oil spills from overturned lorry
Officials in Louth, Ireland said environment and highways officers have rushed to a motorway which runs between Dublin and Derry “to oversee a major clean-up following spillage from an overturned lorry"
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Child ‘falls out of car’ on M25 motorway as air ambulance races to scene
Essex Police are investigating after a child is said to have fallen from a moving car on the A127 slip road near Junction 29 of the M25 earlier today, closing the road
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'We live by one of UK's busiest roads - you never get used to the noise'
This section of the M62 in West Yorkshire may be surrounded by some of the country's most breathtaking scenery, but for residents just yards away it's a different story
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'We live under a busy motorway - it's not for everyone but we love it'
Mums Joanna Care and Gabrielle Gillings from Port Talbot in Wales explain why they enjoy living under a 45ft high flyover
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'Impatient' elderly driver filmed moving traffic cones to escape queue on A12
An HGV driver has filmed an elderly woman getting out of her car during a traffic jam on the A12 in Essex and moving cones so she could move into another lane before being stopped by an irate workman
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Woman gives birth to daughter on a motorway as hospital turned out to be too far
The mum-to-be was forced to give birth to her baby girl in the car on the side of a motorway in the Netherlands when her partner was unable to reach the hospital in time
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Radio presenter's motorway nightmare after being exposed to '6 willies' on trip
Today FM lunchtime host Pamela Joyce spoke of her shock on air after seeing half a dozen men doing "emergency wees" on the motorway which ruined her commute into work
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