A BUSY motorway has shut in both directions after a woman was hit and killed by a lorry. The woman was struck around 3.am this morning on the M5 Somerset. Junctions 23 (Dunball) and 24 ...

Thirteen Sydney tunnelling workers, one of them just 32 years old, have been diagnosed with the deadly respiratory disease silicosis. All 13 worked on the first stage of the M6 tunnel between ...

The Serious Crash Unit attended the scene and the motorway was closed until 3.45am. An investigation is under way.

THE UK'S busiest motorway has shut in both directions all weekend due to work on a delayed £317million project. Drivers can check the National Highways map of diversion routes below to plan their ...

The closures are part of a three-year improvement project for one of the UK's busiest and most dangerous motorway junctions ... Here is a map showing the diversion route: National Highways ...

Glass and debris everywhere. On the other side of the motorway I could see other cars that had obviously been damaged but obviously not as severely." Greater Manchester Police said in a statement ...

Several people are reportedly injured after a lorry has crashed into six vehicles on a major motorway. The crash has happened on a section of the M60 near Swinton, Greater Manchester, which is closed.

The police have closed two lanes on the M6 after a vehicle fire. They are advising that drivers look to find an alternative route, with lanes one and two of four shut, heading southbound.

France’s first motorway – or autoroute – was opened in 1941. Called the A13, it was the result of a two-decade-long study into the suitability of a ‘highway to the west’ connecting Paris ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A motorway is shut this evening after a serious multi-vehicle crash in which a HGV smashed into the central reservation. The crash ...