Highways: Last News

Nothing quite beats a bit of festive TV to get you in the Christmas spirit.

Laura Lynch, one of the founding members of nineties girlband Dixie Chicks, has died aged 65.The singer was involved in a car accident whilst driving in El Paso, Texas, according to US outlet, TMZ. Her death was confirmed by the Texas Dept. of Public Safety.

A former glass and mirror showroom could become a massive 35-bedroom shared house. Plans published this week by Bury Council seek to convert the former Finefit premises on Church Street West, Radcliffe, into a huge house of multiple occupation (HMO).

A mom-to-be was killed in a horrific car accident while on the way to see loved ones for Christmas.

A family in Wisconsin is beyond devastated after four siblings were killed in a car accident last weekend. Worse, the other car’s driver should never have been on the road that night.

Royal Mail has warned of potential delays after plans have been approved to build next to a sorting office. Planning permission has been granted to build new industrial units on a site next to Blackpool’s Royal Mail sorting office despite warnings the development could disrupt mail services.

A busy motorway has been locked down this morning after a huge lorry overturned in a rush hour crash.

Manchester Council raked in more than £10m from bus lane fines on just one street in 17 months, data has revealed.

UK drivers are expected to make 21 million leisure trips between Monday and Christmas Eve - with a stretch of the M6 motorway in Greater Manchester named as a delay hot-spot.

One person was rushed to hospital in an air ambulance while 'multiple others' were injured after a serious crash on the M6 this morning.

On a dark November morning in 1973, Geoffrey Ashworth was a young student staring down from the eighth floor of the Chemistry Building at the Victoria University of Manchester. Looking down at the busy junction of Brunswick Street and Upper Brook Street, Chorlton, he observed workmen uncover a large hole in the road.

A mum says she is being driven out of her Victorian four-bedroom home after the controversial approval of a plan to turn the nextdoor property into a house of multiple occupation (HMO). Hayley Trotter, 45, broke down in tears in front Salford planning committee councillors as she pleaded with them to refuse an application to convert the vacant house next to hers into a six-bed HMO.

More than 5,000 people were arrested for drug or drink driving in Greater Manchester last year. Motorists prepared to take a risk over the festive period have been warned there is no safe level of booze or drug use before getting behind the wheel.

Only 41 out of a potential 187 new homes will be built in Wigan after the planning committee could not make a decision on major housing development tabled for Leigh.

Jordan Moreau More than 10 years after Grand Theft Auto V first came out, the first look at the long-awaited and highly anticipated sequel, Grand Theft Auto VI, has officially been released. Rockstar Games dropped the first trailer to the massively hyped video game on Monday night after it first leaked online. Fans will have to wait a while longer to play it, however, because only a 2025 release window was teased.

More than 30 flood warnings are in force across parts of England as the UK faces heavy rain but a decreasing risk of snow, forecasters have said.

People in Scotland have woken up to a blanketing of snow today after temperatures plunged overnight, with many areas well below freezing.

Furiosa, the latest addition to the Mad Max franchise.Set as the prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road, which arrived back in 2015, the first glimpse at the upcoming film sees Anya Taylor-Joy shaving her head and taking on the role of Imperator Furiosa – the war captain originally played by Charlize Theron.Venturing back to before the events in Fury Road, the new movie follows the story of a young Furiosa as she is taken away from the Green Place of Many Mothers and forced to find a way to survive.It marks the fifth instalment to the Mad Max franchise, and also features Tom Burke and Chris Hemsworth – the latter of which looks unrecognisable with his prosthetics for the character Dementos.Other actors to star in the forthcoming prequel include Quaden Bayles, Daniel Webber and Lachy Hulme, as well as Fury Road actors Nathan Jones and Angus Sampson who will be reprising their roles of Rictus Erectus and The Organic Mechanic. Check out the official trailer below.The new trailer was first showcased at Brazil’s Comic-Con event, CCXP, last night (November 30), and this is also where the updated title was confirmed as Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.George Miller directed the prequel and also co-wrote the screenplay for Furiosa alongside Nico Lathouris.

A yellow weather warning will remain in place in Scotland today for snow and ice.

Holly Jones A chaotic and bittersweet love affair meets a compelling journey toward radical self acceptance in Brazilian writer-director Felipe Sholl’s second feature, “Glória,” which screens as part of Ventana Sur’s Primer Corte strand on Wednesday in Buenos Aires. Produced by Daniel van Hoogstraten at Brazil’s Syndrome Films, the plot follows bereft literature professor Gabriel as he moves to Río in an attempt to escape his close minded family after the death of his grandmother. There, he meets the enigmatic Monica (Diva Menner) who owns the neighborhood bar and becomes fast friends with regulars Mateus (Alan Ribeiro), Roger (Sandro Aliprandini) and Laila (Jade Sassará), who moonlight as sex workers.

EXCLUSIVE: Four-time Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke (First Reformed), Mason Thames (How to Train Your Dragon, Incoming), Madeleine McGraw (Toy Story 4, Secrets of Sulphur Springs), Jeremy Davies (Justified) and Miguel Mora (The Black Phone) are set to return for Black Phone 2, the sequel to the hit 2022 Blumhouse-Crooked Highway Production-Universal production. A theatrical release of June 27, 2025 has been set.