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Stott Hall Farm on the M62

The traditional wall is a work of art on our farm - Jill Thorp
We spend too much of our time in meetings; with our landlord, Natural England, The Woodland Trust or Highways England. Builders, joiners, plumbers and plasterer...

Queensbury Tunnel

New plans to fill in disused Yorkshire rail tunnel to be submitted to council

Farmer John Barlow, of Barlow Brothers, from Preston, with the Champion Simmental 'Denizes' and her triplets heifer calves a very rare event around 1/100 thousand and never before seen at the Great Yorkshire Show. Picture: James Hardisty.

Why I already can't wait for next year's Great Yorkshire Show - Jill Thorp

Sleepless Stott Hall farm residents Paul, Jill and John Thorp.

A very wet horse show left my son disappointed but still smiling - Jill Thorp

Traffic on the M62 motorway. PIC: Tony Johnson

Highways England needs to consider inconvenience of roadworks - YP Letters

A629 roadworks at the bottom of Salterhebble. PIC: Jim Fitton

When will someone get a grip on Highways hell - YP Letters

The A1 has been closed northbound due to a crash

Yorkshire motorway closed during rush hour due to crash involving lorry

Scotch Corner. the focus for numerous proposed developments

More fast food restaurants and another petrol station planned for Scotch Corner

Police have closed the A180 on Humberside

Major Yorkshire road closed throughout the night due to 'police incident'

Hollie and Patrick helped rescue the swan

Swan causes rush hour delays after 'strutting' down hard shoulder of motorway

A1(M) Scotch Corner.

Scotch Corner plans now include Amazon warehouse, film studio and drive-thrus

Leeds Bradford Airport. (Pic credit: Tony Johnson)

Leeds Bradford Airport issues advice as snow causes flight disruptions

Stock photo of the M62 at Brighouse.

Multiple lane closures on M62 in Yorkshire after crash

A19 North Yorkshire

A19 closure: Road shut in North Yorkshire due to serious lorry crash

One of the new gritters added to National Highways’ winter fleet in Yorkshire

Making Yorkshire winter ready: new fleet of gritters and salt stores stockpiled

The M18 in South Yorkshire is closed in both directions due to a police led incident, Highways England confirmed.

M18 in South Yorkshire closed both directions due to a police incident

Traffic stuck behind the road closure being turned around on the M1 (Photo: Highways England)

M1 closed for eight hours as air ambulance called to serious crash

M18 junction 6

M18 closed in both directions in East Yorkshire after crash

The crash happened on the southbound carriageway of the A1M between Bramham and Boston Spa. Picture: Google

A1M closure: Motorway reopens southbound near Leeds after crash

A1 closed at Markham Moor due to major incident.

UPDATE: A1 all lanes reopen after major incident that closed all lanes north and...

Snow at Old Spital Farm at Barnard Castle just after 6am this morning

Widespread travel disruption as part A66 closed due and snow settles on M62
The A66 is closed in both directions between the A685 (Brough) and the A1M (Scotch Corner) due to heavy snowfall, Highways England announced on Friday morning (January 7).
Caroline Howley

A stock picture of a Yorkshire Air Ambulance for illustrative purposes, following a serious crash on the A1(M) near Leeds

Long delays on the A1(M) near Leeds as air ambulance called out to serious crash

Damage to the HGV involved in the collision

M62 to be closed in West Yorkshire on Friday evening due to 'complex' clear-up

Highways England is looking to improve congestion on a six-mile stretch of the A64, where the road narrows to two lanes between the Hopgrove roundabout and Barton le Willows.

Drivers urged to have their say on notorious A64 bottleneck in Yorkshire

Part of the M606 is closed due to a crash. Photo: West Yorkshire Police Roads Policing Unit

Severe delays as M606 closed and air ambulance called after serious crash

Highway Code changes bring two new rules and 33 updates from this week

There are major delays on the southbound carriageway near Wakefield (Photo: Motorway Cameras)

Live updates as multi-vehicle crash closes M1 near Wakefield causing major delay...

Self-healing roads and a pothole-predicting map to cut roadworks

The growth in the order book has been driven by several significant project wins including the new stadium for Everton Football Club.

Yorkshire steel firm supplying new Everton stadium is in a good financial positi...

The A64 at Flaxton, near the Jinnah restaurant

A64 closed for almost 12 hours as police investigate serious crash

'Repairs' leave fence insecure for livestock

Government body's "ineptitude" at fencing repairs causes a headache

Archaeologists at work on the dig Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

Latest finds from Hull archaeological dig reveals victim of docklands disaster
A victim of one of Hull’s worst docklands disasters, an explosion 180 years ago on a ship moored in the city, has been identified in a dig on an old burial ground.
Alexandra Wood

The M62 near Brighouse.

Live as M62 closed after lorry catches fire - causing huge delays

The M62 at Chain Bar (file photo).

Apology after 'technical fault' sees three M62 lanes wrongly signed as closed

The A19 has been closed by police due to a serious crash for the second day in a row

A19 in Yorkshire closed for second day in a row after another serious crash

Several sections of road will have their limits cut temporarily as part of the trial

Motorway speed limits cut to 60mph in bid to tackle pollution

The lorry has been totally gutted by the fire (Pic: Highways England/Twitter)

Pictures show damage to lorry which caught fire and closed A1(M) in Yorkshire

Crowds gather at the Great Yorkshire Show.

Great Yorkshire Show visitors warned of A1(M) closure and bus route diversions

Rui Vieira/PA Wire.

Promises not kept on smart motorways - Yorkshire Post Letters

Highways England will be resurfacing the A1(M) this week with the aim of creating safer, smoother and quieter journeys for road users in Yorkshire. Photo credit: JPIMedia

Work underway to improve vital A1 'backbone' route through Yorkshire

Smart motorways are said to be statistically safer

Where is John Major’s Cones Hotline when we need it? – David Behrens

Engineers are on site and "ongoing" road closures in place after multiple faults were identified on a bridge carrying the M62 between Wakefield and Leeds. Photo: Google Maps

Multiple faults identified in motorway bridge over M62

The Carling lorry on fire this afternoon
cc @HonigUk

Hundreds of motorists stuck for hours on M62 fear missing England match

Highway Code changes are coming

Highway Code changes to add new smart motorway rules this year

Waterproofing and resurfacing will be carried out on the Rother Lane Bridge and Long Lane Bridge south of junction 33, M1 in Rotherham

Yorkshire motorway bridges and structures set to receive summer facelift

The A64

£8m to be invested in A64 which has worst serious accident record in the North

Farmers know their land better than anyone

Ad Feature Call for local support to reduce flood risk along A616

Damien Cameron, a firefighter in West Yorkshire, described the incident as a "very lucky escape" - with no serious injuries reported according to his update.

Shocking pictures show aftermath of huge M62 crash as HGV plummets from bridge

The M3 is among stretches of smart motorway with no hard shoulder

Are smart motorways dangerous? New figures cast doubt on safety claims

The video shows cars driving through standing water on the M62

Flash flooding on the M62 as weather continues to be a mix of sunshine and rain

A emergency refuge area on the M3 smart motorway near Camberley in Surrey. The motorways have no hard shoulder for emergencies, and use technology to close off lanes. Pic: PA

All new smart motorways will get radar technology to detect broken-down vehicles

The A19 between Ellerbeck and Knayton

Highways England to begin further safety improvements on A19 near Thirsk

More than eight in 10 people want to see the rollout of smart motorways halted until their safety can be proven, a poll has found

'Majority of motorists want to see smart motorways scrapped', poll finds

The new bridge over the A63 - called Murdoch's Connection - in Hull

Couples urged not to put padlocks on Hull's new bridge over A63

Dangerous parking on the A616 near Langsett Reservoir

Warning over dangerous parking on major road near to popular Yorkshire reservoir

A smart motorway, which opens the hard shoulder as a live lane with refuge points for motorists who have broken down

Smart motorways 'reduce safety to cut costs', report claims

Stock images

Multi-vehicle crash on M62 causes long delays as air ambulance lands on scene

Smart motorway rules to be added to Highway Code in latest shake-up

Nargis Begum

Highways England could face criminal charges over grandmother's death

Undoing the controversial system of smart motorways would require land equivalent to 700 Wembley Stadium-sized football pitches, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has claimed as he admitted the roads were "anything but" smart.

Scrapping smart motorways 'would mean buying land the size of 700 Wembleys'

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