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Bolton driver stopped as police urge people to check cars

Police stopped a driver on Avonhead Close in the early hours of Friday morning.

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Drivers told to follow simple rule to help avoid pothole damage

The RAC says its latest figures show that it attended nearly 30,000 pothole-related breakdowns in 2023, up by 33 per cent compared to the year before.

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Mum's fury as Manchester Airport confiscates son's life-saving allergy medication as he boarded flight

Mum Emma Wakefield has now slammed Manchester Airport for taking away the child's life-saving medication without checking with an adult who was with him on the school trip to Italy

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Pothole-related car breakdowns up by almost 10 per cent

More than 27,200 calls caused by pockmarked roads were received by RAC in 12 months to end of March

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BBC News

sometimes it's, they're repairing something and they'll turn it off. do you trust the radar? no. why? because i've seen it fail too many times. the department for transport says smart motorways are among the safest roads on our network. and national highway says safety is its highest priority, and national highways says safety is its highest priority, and reinstating the hard shoulder would increase congestion. it says there are well—rehearsed contingency plans to deal with power outages. we've got only one aim. we want the hard shoulder back in every single circumstance. claire mercer's husband was killed on a smart motorway. she now campaigns against them. she says she's contacted by people inside national highways who are worried about power outages. i mean, this one, he actually says, "we've been in tears for 24 hours. it's making us sick. once again, people need to stay off our roads tonight. if you break down in a live lane, we won't know you are there." national highways says it

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Breakfast

sometimes they're repairing something and they'll turn it off. do you trust the radar? no. why? because i've seen it fail too many times. the department for transport says smart motorways are among the safest roads on our network. and national highways says safety is its highest priority, and reinstating the hard shoulder would increase congestion. it says there are well—rehearsed contingency plans to deal with power outages. we've got only one aim. we want the hard shoulder back in every single circumstance. claire mercer's husband was killed on a smart motorway. she now campaigns against them. she says she's contacted by people inside national highways who are worried about power outages. i mean, this one, he actually says, "we've been in tears for 24 hours. it's making us sick. once again, people need to stay off our roads tonight. if you break down in a live lane,

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Tories accused of great train robbery as they lower performance targets for rail firms

Labour's Louise Haigh accused ministers of 'rigging the rules' to help fat cat bosses as she prepares to set out details of her plan to renationalise the railways

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DVLA issues new licence rules affecting all drivers and people who want to learn

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has announced new plans that will affect all drivers and those wanting to learn

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How Britain's train making industry ran out of track

Once a Victorian behemoth, train manufacturers are now fighting for survival

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Campervan owners could be hit with huge fines if they don't work out complicated rule

The UK has experienced a surge in the popularity of campervans in recent years, a trend spurred on by the need for new staycation ideas during the global pandemic

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