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Cullompton: give your views on 'second' M5 Junction plans

Local people are invited to share their views on proposals to reduce traffic queues at Junction 28 (M5) at Cullompton by building a second bridge and junction to the south.

The new junction is a key part of Mid Devon District Council’s (MDDC) development of allocated Local Plan sites at Culm Garden Village and North West Cullompton.

From Wednesday December 13th until Monday...

Police target rogue drivers on M5

Operation Vortex, the successful road safety campaign run by Devon and Cornwall Police, is to be staged on Thursday 2 April and on days throughout April and May.

Police will be using a number of unmarked vehicles including police motorbikes to help identify and target motorists who disregard road traffic laws and cause danger to others.

Officers from the Armed Response Unit...

M5 policing operation hailed a success

Police have hailed a roads policing operation which took place yesterday (22 December) on the M5 aimed at combating the ‘Fatal Four’ driving habits as a success.

As part of Operation Vortex, police used a number of unmarked vehicles to help target motorists who disregard road traffic laws and cause danger to others.

The operation focused on tackling the ‘Fatal Four’ behaviours...

M5 police crackdown catches 291 drivers

The first ever policing operation covering the entire length of the M5 has resulted in 291 people being dealt with for traffic and other offences.

Operation Unity brought together officers from seven police forces working jointly as a team to proactively police the M5 corridor, from its start at Junction 1 in West Bromwich, near Birmingham, to its end at Junction 31 at Exeter where the...

Talent from South West being lost up the M5

A wealth of young talent is being lost up the M5 and more needs to be done to retain graduates in the South West, business leaders have warned.

Perceptions that the region is a poor place to work with no obvious ladders of progression and better career opportunities elsewhere are the key issues, they say.

The warning came as a national report was released this month stating...

Police appeal following RTC on M5 Motorway

Emergency services attended an injury road traffic collision on the M5 Motorway at just after 12.45pm on Friday 27 December.

A Peugeot 206 was travelling southbound when it left the carriageway and overturned into a ditch shortly after junction 27. An articulated lorry was also inovlved.

Police closed the motorway in both directions for a time to allow the air ambulance to land...

Fatal accident results in M5 closure

The M5 Devon is currently closed following a fatal accident involving one vehicle.

The M5 has been closed between junction 27 and 26 northbound this afternoon. It followed a serious single vehicle road traffic collision, which happened shortly before 4pm.

A car is reported to have left the motorway and gone down an embankment, ending up in a field. The incident has been...

M5 closed between Burnham and Bridgwater following collisions

Update 2.30pm: On the M5 southbound in Somerset there are currently long delays between junctions J21 and J23 due to an earlier incident. All lanes are now open.

Lane 3 remains closed northbound for emergency repairs after the incident.

Update 12.30pm: The M5 Southbound carriageway remains closed between J22 and J23 following earlier collisions, causing delays of approximately...

Police arrest driver after A38 collisions

An 18-year-old man from South Wales has been arrested after crashing twice on the road to Plymouth this morning.

Police in Devon would like to appeal to early morning drivers who may have seen a white Vauxhall Corsa being driven erratically along the M5 westbound and then onto the A38 heading towards Plymouth.

It is understood a white Corsa was in collision with another vehicle...