1900 (April): The Automobile Club (later to become the RAC) organises a Thousand Mile Trial “to counter hostility to the car ...

The land now known as Italy brought us Europe’s first coherent route network: Roman roads. The movement of people (mostly ...

How the original autostrada has expanded ... an eight-mile bypass around Preston, now part of the M6. Italy had built a motorway four times longer, decades earlier. But the UK decided to go ...

Part of it was also Britain's first. The first motorway in Britain was the Preston Bypass, which was then incorporated into the M6 when construction was continued. The motorway has major junctions ...

The M6 has ground to a halt after a lorry has fallen off the Thelwall Viaduct and crashed into the ground below. A number of ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Traffic is slow on the M6 due to an abnormal load straddling two lanes. It's currently affecting the motorway between J40 A66 (Penrith) and J42 A6 (Carlisle South). The abnormal load is straddling ...

All traffic heading northbound on part of the M6 has been halted after a lorry reportedly fell from the side of Thelwall ...

MOTORISTS heading southbound on the M6 motorway this afternoon are being warned of 45-minute delays. There is currently a backlog of traffic on the approach between Junction 33 for Garstang and ...

MOTORISTS heading southbound on the M6 motorway this afternoon are being warned of 45-minute delays. There is currently a backlog of traffic on the approach between Junction 33 for Garstang and ...

Traffic is slow on the M6 due to an abnormal load straddling two lanes. It's currently affecting the motorway between J40 A66 (Penrith) and J42 A6 (Carlisle South). The abnormal load is straddling ...