Traffic and Travel

“I’ve got a ticket but my phone has died” is an increasingly popular excuse

Train operator trials phone charge power packs in Wigan Charles Graham

Damage ranges from burst tyres to shattered suspension (NationalWorld/Abode Stock)

2.7 million cars forced off the road by pothole damage Matt Allan

One of the closures is for roundabout litter clearance

Wigan road closures: six for motorists to avoid this week Sonja Tuttty

The cost of road repairs is outstripping councils’ maintenance budgets (Photo: Adobe Stock)

Roads resurfaced ‘once in 116 years’ as pothole funding gap hits £14bn Matt Allan

If only Lee Eves had paid the initial £5.50 he wouldn't be counting the cost now

Fare dodger ends up with a bill 90 times more expensive than his original ticket Charles Graham

Wigan Magistrates' Court

Wigan teenager jailed after being found driving a car that wasn't his Charles Graham

Road works on Preston Road, Standish, near Pepper Lane junction.

Road narrowing work to be partially reversed Charles Graham

One of the speeding motorists has been punished; the other two are awaiting sentence

Three Wigan motorists all convicted of breaking the speed limit by 30mph Charles Graham

Ian Rogers, who appeared in Wigan Town Hall representing the Wigan Taxi Drivers and Owners Coalition

Black cab fares in Wigan have been hiked George Lythgoe

Mobile speed camera locations have been revealed by Lancashire Road Safety Partnership for March

Mobile speed camera locations have been revealed for March Helen Nicholas

A total of 58 hackney carriage drivers voted in favour of the new fares and 23 voted against

The price of taxi fares could go up as cabbies respond to cost of living crisis George Lythgoe

Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court

Owner failed to ID driver of her car when when involved in a traffic offence Charles Graham

Northern Regional Director Chris Jackson

Train operator urges Wigan passengers to check timetables ahead of more strikes Charles Graham

Just Stop Oil protests on overhead gantries brought traffic to a standstill on the M25 across four days in November 2022(Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Just Stop Oil welcomes ‘challenge’ of new motorway gantry design Matt Allan

The latest expected works list shows that three closures already in place are expected to carry on this week

Road closures: four for Wigan drivers to avoid this week Andrew Dowdeswell

One of the new ‘super-span’ gantries across all eight lanes of the motorway

Updates on M6 technology upgrade Sian Jones

Wigan and Leigh Magistrates' Court

The latest court round-up Charles Graham

File photo dated 08/03/22 of an electric vehicle being charged. John Walton/PA Wire

North west "lagging behind" electric car uptake - and here's why Catherine Musgrove

Wigan gritter ready for action

Winter maintenance in full swing Sian Jones

Northern have advised people not to travel on specific dates

Northern issues advice ahead of strikes Sian Jones

The M6/M58 Junction 26 roundabout at Orrell

A £220m link road takes a step towards becoming reality George Lythgoe

Emergency services rushed to Frog Lane on Wednesday morning

Woman taken to hospital after three cars crash on busy Wigan road Gaynor Clarke

Heaton gave a reading of 138 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35

Wigan drink-driver admitts to being almost four times over the limit Charles Graham

Gareth Hock

Ex-Wigan second-rower charged with controlling and coercive behaviour Amos Wynn

Wigan Wallgate railway station

Man prosecuted under an 1861 act for obstructing trains at Wigan Wallgate Charles Graham

Two of Wigan's road closures are expected to cause "moderate delays" this week

Wigan road closures: four for motorists to avoid this week Joseph Hook

Springfield Road sealed off after the crash

Police hunt Wigan hit-and-run driver after pedestrian injured in road smash Charles Graham

Iqbal broke the 50mph speed limit four times on the same stretch of the M66 last year

Motorist broke speed limit four times on the same stretch of motorway Charles Graham

A police officer speaks to a driver on Westwood Way

Drivers prosecuted for speeding on link road and van seized in police operation Gaynor Clarke

Police are investigating

Police seize car after driver is arrested for drug and motoring offences Charles Graham

Simon Roberts was caught on camera driving at 99mph on the M62

Will driver be spared road ban after driving at almost 100mph on the motorway? Charles Graham

A decade ago there were 4.6 billion English bus journeys a year, and the number of trips has fallen every year since 2013-14 bar last year due to the pandemic.

GM bus journey numbers tumble by 40 per cent in 10 years Andrew Dowdeswell