Traffic and Travel

A proposed “M65 extension” linking East Lancashire with Yorkshire should be renamed – because it does not necessarily reflect the route which any new road might follow.

In her column this week, Cat Smith MP calls for renewed efforts to improve Fleetwood's transport links, takes the Goverment to task over cuts to special educational needs funding, and praises a local group for helping to clean up the environment

A dramatic crash involving two cars closed Church Road, St Annes this afternoon.

£1m in road safety and cycling safety schemes are due to be rolled out across Lancashire over the next two new years.

Fuel prices in the north west have risen by more than 7p in just one year, according to new figures, with drivers in the Ribble Valley and Pendle the worst hit.

Record-breaking numbers of passengers are using the West Coast Main Line - which runs through Wigan, Preston and Lancaster - new figures reveal.

Choosing an airline to travel abroad is typically swayed by price, but paying less money doesn't always guarantee the best service.

Traffic police closed a lane of the M6 to assist roadside recovery teams with changing a tyre on a horsebox.

Dramatic new footag shows the dangers of driving too close on the region's motorway network.

Rail chiefs are warning bank holiday travellers of delays over the Easter weekend for people using the West Coast Main Line.

The Big Ferry Fortnight public ballot is now open, with over 2,400 free pairs of ferry tickets up for grabs during Big Ferry Fortnight, which runs from March 23 to April 6 this year.