Transport

Senior Tories including former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine have urged Philip Hammond to commit £100 billion to transform northern England’s rail and road network to prevent future generations enduring the misery faced by today’s commuters.

The proportion of potholes in Lancashire fixed within 4 weeks of being reported has plummeted.

A road has been partially blocked following a two vehicle crash, say police.

County Hall could spend an extra £2.5m on improving traffic flow over the next four years.

Today Virgin Trains are removing ticket restrictions on all of its services to help England fans get home earlier for tonight’s semi-final match against Croatia.

Blackpool Transport has announced plans to replace its Knott End service with state-of-the-art Palladium buses.

A rail passengers in Lancashire are facing a nine-day closure of the track for further works.

Moves to introduce new roadside breathalysers that will allow police to gather on-the-spot proof of drink-driving have been welcomed in Lancashire.

Coastguard and lifeboats from Fleetwood were called out yesterday to help a boat that had got into difficulty.

Northern has today released its timetables for two of the three days of RMT strike action next week.