BOTH the M6 and M56 were closed by crashes at rush hour. Emergency services have shut the M6 southbound between junction 20 at Lymm and junction 19 at Knutsford following a serious accident, which saw a car collide with a bridge at around 4pm today, Wednesday. Two casualties were cut from the vehicle by firefighters having been trapped inside. Cheshire Police and the North West Ambulance Service have also been in attendance, with investigations continuing this evening. The northbound carriageway was temporarily closed in order to allow the air ambulance to land at the scene, although this has since been lifted. Congestion of at least 45 minutes is tailing back southbound to junction 21 at Woolston, with 10-minute delays having been reported on the M6 northbound before its closure as a result of vehicles slowing to look at the crash on the opposite side.
12-hour-long police stand-off with man on roof ends in arrest
Scores of armed police, paramedics and firefighters attended the scene
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Police vehicles at the scene in Maple Close, Kearsley
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A man who climbed onto the roofs of a row of houses in Bolton was arrested after a 12-hour-long stand-off with police.
Mercedes crashes into Heywood bridal boutique shop window Date published: 11 May 2021
The incident on Market Place
A Mercedes crashed into the shop windows of Heywood bridal boutique Lavinia Rose on Monday afternoon (10 May).
Emergency services attended the Market Place incident with the North West Ambulance Service attending as a precaution. No-one was taken to hospital.
Two fire engines from Heywood and Ramsbottom stations, and the Technical Response Unit from Leigh arrived quickly and assisted Greater Manchester Police and North West Ambulance Service to make the scene safe. Crews were in attendance for around two hours.
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said: “At around 12.45pm, police were called to a report a car had collided with a building on Market Place, Heywood.
Man in 60s taken to hospital in seriously ill condition after A66 Penrith crash
A man in his 60s was taken to hospital in a seriously ill condition after a crash involving a HGV and a car on the A66.
Police, fire and paramedics were called to the A66 near Kemplay Bank Roundabout in Penrith shortly before 4.30pm yesterday.
The road was blocked westbound just before the roundabout.
It is understood that a forensic investigation unit also attended. A spokesman for North West Ambulance Service said: “Multiple resources attended following a call reporting an RTC between an HGV and car.