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BBC News
10 hours ago
- Automotive
- BBC News
Severe M1 delays warning after 'damage incident' near Leicester
Motorists have been warned of severe delays on the southbound carriageway of the M1 near Highways said drivers faced delays of up to 90 minutes between junctions 21a, near Kirby Muxloe, and 21 at Fosse lanes of the motorway have been closed while National Highways staff assess what they described as an "infrastructure damage incident".There is about six miles of slow moving traffic, the organisation added, with congestion back to junction 22. Drivers have been urged to avoid the area.
CTV News
2 days ago
- Automotive
- CTV News
QEII cleared after vehicle collision between Airdrie and Crossfield: RCMP
The QEII between Airdrie and Crossfield has been cleared following a crash Wednesday afternoon. Airdrie RCMP issued an update around 5:46 p.m. saying the scene was now clear. On social media, the province said to expect delays due to volume.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Health
- BBC News
Belfast maternity hospital delay a 'scandal'
The announcement that the opening of Belfast's new maternity hospital could be delayed is "nothing short of a scandal", according to a member of Stormont's health assembly member Diane Dodds said that it was "10 years too late and double the cost".On Monday Northern Ireland's Health Minister Mike Nesbitt announced that the opening of hospital could be delayed by another 28 months, after ongoing building work problems which include dangerous bacteria found in the water Belfast Trust has said while the delays were frustrating it was vital that water safety issues were addressed before vulnerable patients were cared for. 'People deserve much better' Nesbitt told the assembly he could not "soften the news" and has asked for an external expert to review if the decision taken is the best one and if parts of the hospital, at the Royal Victoria Hospital site, could be opened in the to BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme, Dodds said that it had been 15 months since the building had been handed over to the Belfast Trust and "most worryingly of all, the health minister said that none of the options might actually solve the problem".She said that the health minister should "get a grip" of the added that the delay had come at a time when there other problems at the hospital and asked the Health Committee would "this scandal of wasting public money" be within the the remit for "special measures", she said she was told no."I think clearly that the health minister should consider this a matter for special measures."She said that people "deserve much better" and patient safety should be paramount."It is outrageous that we don't know whether it will be 28 months or longer."The responsibility for the failure in relation to this lies squarely with the Belfast Trust," she speaking on the programme, Patricia McKeown from the union UNISON said that she was "cynical by the frustrations of politicians" when it comes to the added that the collapse of devolution for long periods since proposed maternity services should be located in a new hospital on the Royal Hospital site in 1999 had not helped. During last Thursday's health committee, it emerged that the health trust faced three options to try and fix the water included:Ongoing testing of individual water taps across the buildingInstalling a "discreet checking system" for high-risk areas including the neonatal unitPulling out the entire water system, which was described by management as "excessive" The new maternity hospital, which is based in the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, is already 10 years behind schedule and has cost £97m so present management has chosen the second option which they said was the "safest" way to proceed as vulnerable babies would be protected. The trust took possession of the five-storey building in March 2024 and began a "clinical commissioning phase" - a process of ensuring a safe transition of service to the new a few months later in July, the trust said that during testing of water outlets, high levels of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were discovered in the water infection killed three babies at Belfast's Royal Jubilee Hospital in infection does not usually affect healthy people but infants and people with weakened immune systems are vulnerable. A spokesperson for the Belfast Trust said the significant delays were "deeply" frustrating for everyone involved in the project, but it was vital the water safety issues were addressed before vulnerable patients were cared added that their proposed solution to the problem was arrived at after a review of all "available information regarding the water systems within the new Maternity Hospital"."The work included in the preferred option will take, in total, 24 months and then four months to move staff, patients, and services into the new hospital."
BBC News
3 days ago
- Automotive
- BBC News
Two-hour delays on westbound M62 motorway due to damaged viaduct
Delays of up to two hours have been reported on the M62 in West Yorkshire due to emergency repairs on a motorway Highways said there were "severe delays" westbound on Tuesday afternoon and into the evening between junction 24 for Huddersfield and junction 22 for Denshaw in Greater Manchester. The agency said damaged bridge joints on the Rakewood Viaduct required repair, with two of three lanes closed nearby.A full carriageway closure at the location will be implemented overnight to carry out the repairs in full, National Highways added. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
CBS News
4 days ago
- CBS News
Metro experiences delays in South Los Angeles after a body was found on train tracks
The Metro K Line is experiencing delays on Monday morning after a person was found dead on the tracks in South Los Angeles, officials confirmed. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the body was found at about 7:02 a.m. on the tracks at the Leimert Park Station platform. As of 8 a.m., it wasn't yet clear if the person was hit by a train or if they died from other circumstances. The identity of the deceased wasn't immediately made clear. No additional details were immediately made available.
