Drivers on a major motorway in the North West face nearly hour-long delays after a crash sparked a fire and blocked traffic.

The first 73-mile stretch between Watford and Rugby was completed on Monday 2 November 1959 having taken 19 months to ...

There are now 95 motorway services areas in the UK, with hundreds more on A roads. Here are some of the highlights… Stop off for music legends Watford Gap services were were frequented by a who ...

On the same day, Britain’s first motorway service station opened at Watford ... 1989 (8 January): In the last fatal accident involving a UK jet aircraft – the Kegworth air disaster – a ...

Emergency services have raced to the scene on the M6 junction 30 ... Pictures from local traffic cameras show huge queues ...

The motorway is currently closed in both directions while emergency services deal with the incident. "We will release further information when we are in a position to do so." Lancashire Police ...

Inrix says: "Queueing traffic and two lanes closed due to accident on M5 Northbound before J21 A370 (Weston-super-mare).

The incident occurred at around 10pm Sunday and has closed all lanes in the motorway's clockwise direction ... need to be resurfaced." Emergency services warned drivers to avoid the area.

It has been a tragic 24 hours on UK roads after several ... collision close to the Rivington services at about 11.40pm yesterday. The victim, who was a passenger in a Citroen C1, was pronounced dead ...

Man V Food presenter Adam Richman says he and his crew have had their van "completely cleaned out" at a motorway service ...

Long delays were building after a serious crash closed the M6 in both directions near Garstang. The collision occurred between junctions 32 (Broughton) and 33 (Hampson Green) at around 11.30am on ...

It is 65 years to the day that the M1 - the UK's first cross-country motorway ... But do drivers love it or loathe the M1 today? Use our map infographic to find out how it ranks in the order of ...