All news on the topic: M6

The M6 has ground to a halt after a lorry has fallen off the Thelwall Viaduct and crashed into the ground below.

Rugby Service Station in Warwickshire was voted the best in the UK for two years running, beating the likes of Tebay to the top spot - so one person went to see if it lives up to the hype

The speed limit on the M1 and other motorways has been slashed - with £8,000 of fines a day dished out as part of a trial to make roads safer amid a growing spate of crashes and pile-ups

The road in Salford, Greater Manchester, was left strewn with debris as the car appears to race through a set of traffic lights at speed before crashing to a halt

One driver was heading down from Junction 6, onto the M6 yesterday evening when they passed a Just East delivery rider cycling along the busy slip road - leaving them shocked

An M6 lorry crash has left a driver lucky to be alive, escaping the burst tyre and ditch crash with just minor injuries after his vehicle careered through a fence and into the hard shoulder

Former NHS worker Helen Kilch was in the passenger seat when the Kia she was travelling in collided with a black BMW on December 21 in Staffordshire. She was pronounced dead at the scene

Getaway traffic in the run up to Christmas will climb this week, peaking at 3.2 million drivers, with the RAC revealing the exact date as well as the routes with worst congestion

The AA predicts more than 16m car journeys on the Friday and Saturday before Christmas, but the outlook looks slightly better for those travelling by train

Yesterday, a 34-year-old man from Manchester failed to stop in Warrington, before racing out onto the motorway, where officers chased him down, ramming him repeatedly in an attempt to stop the vehicle

Faye Dawson, three, was killed when the car she was in collided with a Porsche driven by Terence Unsworth who had "deliberately" performed a U-turn on the M6 motorway

Ashley Dale, 28, died after being shot in the abdomen and collapsing in the back yard of her home in the Old Swan area of Liverpool. Five men are currently on trial for her murder

The boy, who has not been named, fell from the bridge close to junction 21 of the M6 motorway on Thursday night

Drivers on the M6 northbound near Wednesbury, West Midlands, swerved to dodge the cow as it - and another of its herd - tumbled off a lorry as it hurtled along the road

Carlisle has long been a tempting place to re-locate due to its stunning scenery and cheap house rates – the city in Cumbria has homes averaging at £167,976 as property prices decrease by an average of more than £5000

Motorists faced delays of up to two hours at Dover as people tried to cross the Channel, and at Folkestone there was a five-mile tailback that extended into the town itself

North West Highways received reports of seven people travelling in a five-seater vehicle on the M6 - the motorist told police they were going on a family holiday

The M6 - the longest motorway in Britain - was shut in both directions between junction 31 for Preston, Lancashire, and junction 32 - the M55 link - following the accident

Lee Boardman lives in Up Holland, West Lancs, and says Lancashire County Council's failure to repair the road surface is effectively resulting in house being torn apart

Shocked officers from the North West Motorway Police made the arrest after horrified members of the public reported a vehicle swerving down the motorway

Two men were caught with more than £100,000 worth of cannabis after police stopped them on the M6 with a cracked windscreen and subjected the driver and passenger to a drugs test

Birmingham City have endured a torturous few years in the Championship, having last featured in the top-flight over a decade ago when they won the League Cup

Justin Swain, from Ilfracombe, had a number of jobs including working for the Saudi Arabian embassy and in later life for the London Fire Brigade before his death in January last year

Abba singer Anni-Fryd Lyngstad sent a congratulatory message to trainer Lucinda Russell after her horse won the famous steeplechase at Aintree on Saturday

Emergency services rushed to the scene on the M6 in Staffordshire after a lorry was sliced in half and burst into flames after crashing between Junctions 12 and 13