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Paul Merson banned after M40 drink-driving crash - BBC News

Former England footballer Paul Merson has been given a 14-month-driving ban after pleading guilty to drink-driving following a motorway crash. Merson crashed his Mercedes ML350 into a 38-tonne lorry after falling asleep at the wheel on the M40, near ... More...

Snow latest: Gritter and BMW in M40 crash - Bucks Free Press

Although the motorway has been cleared by The Highways Agency ... Last night there were reports of 100 cars being abandoned on the M40 between junctions 6 and 4. However, the agency said today, only about ten at most were actually abandoned. More...

Dozens of cars trapped on M40 by snow - Oxfordshire News

Police said the M40 was closed between junction five for High Wycombe and ... Both carriageways were closed while police and the Highways Agency worked to clear the motorway. It was reopened shortly after midnight. There have been no major incidents ... More...

M40 crash causes delays this evening - Bucks Free Press

MOTORISTS are facing delays of at least ten minutes on the M40 this evening after a crash. One lane has been shut going northbound before junction 1A, where the motorway joins with the M25. An accident involving a car and lorry happened shortly after 4pm. More...

Motorway drivers forced to spend night in cars as heavy snow causes chaos - Daily Record

Many motorway drivers were forced to spend the night in their cars ... Thames Valley Police said the snow caused a tailback between junctions nine and four southbound on the M40 from about 9pm until the early hours of today. Drivers on sections of the ... More...

Snow traps up to 100 motorists on M40 for many hours - BBC News

Up to 100 motorists were stuck on the M40 between Junction 4 High Wycombe and Junction 9 ... Tom Jones, who was stuck on the M25, said there was a "nose-to-tail standstill" on sections of the motorway in Hertfordshire as he tried to make his way home ... More...

Biggest cash haul ever for police who stop car - Stratford-upon-Avon Observer

POLICE seized their biggest haul of cash ever when they stopped a car on the M40. Officers discovered a staggering £112,000 hidden in the boot of a Honda Civic after they stopped a woman driving it on the motorway, near Gaydon. And it didn't stop there as ... More...

Warwickshire Police Seizes More Than £420,000 Following Motorway Stop - AboutMyArea

Warwickshire Police has seized more than £420,000 following a motorway stop check last Tuesday, January 17. Police officers stopped a Honda Civic on the M40 and arrested a 43 year old woman on money laundering offences. Cash totalling nearly £112,000 was ... More...

Country diary: HS2 or more car chaos? - Daily Telegraph

No one seems to have thought of simply removing as much of the motorway traffic as possible onto rail. The M40 and its access roads have been widened almost continuously ever since the first section opened in 1967, but protest has been muted. (Even Lord ... More...

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