Another severe winter with flooding and frosts this year could see the forcing of road closures in several places in the UK with roads becoming unusable. The roads are already costing the economy massively with £5bn being poured into fixing the roads yearly. Last years attempt to fix the backlog of needed repairs as 1 in 5 of Britain’s roads are classified as being in a poor condition has been unsuccessful, last year councils fixed 2.2 million potholes which is around 500,000 more than in previous years. (more…)
Yorkshire Air Ambulance Reach Landmark
The heroes of the skies the Yorkshire air ambulance service have recorded their 5,000th rescue mission just this last Friday where they saved the musician Chris Parr who was airlifted to a local hospital after a head on collision road accident. Chris suffered fractured ribs, a fractured breast bone and a fractured knee when he was airlifted to Leeds General Infirmary (LGI). The only disappointing part of the Yorkshire air ambulance is the cost of running the service which totals £3.6 million per year, a hefty amount given that it’s funded by a charity. (more…)
Low-Level Traffic Offences See Changes
Low-level traffic offences can often take longer for the police to complete than the larger scale traffic offences. Taking a longer time to complete wastes a lot of the police’s valuable time could use to be tackling major traffic offences and this is a big issue with most traffic offences being low profile cases. This method has been reviewed and there is set to be changes in the way traffic offences are to be dealt with in the near future. (more…)
Matt Completes The Leeds Half Marathon
Matt Carter finished the Leeds Half Marathon in 2.08.38 a respectable time seeing as little training was done and he finished with plenty to spare, ready for his 2nd full marathon in October.
Matt took over the mantle from our director Cherie Carter who was due to run this time but could not seeing as she is 3 months pregnant with their second child.
This year the race was expanded to include 6000 participants and for sure there were more supporters than the previous 7 years he has taken part, more of a carnival atmosphere.
This is the start of many fundraising event for Indigo Car Hire’s chosen local charity ‘St Gemma’s Hospice’ which provide incredible care for the terminally ill. Click here to read more about them and the other events we have planned.
If you would like to show your support to Matt, Cherie and St Gemma’s Hospice then please click here.
RAF Church Fenton Closure
RAF Church Fenton located about 4 miles south east of the small town of Tadcaster has been open from 1937 where it saw its peak activity during the Second World War. The base was used to protect the largely populated regions of Leeds, Bradford, Humberside and Sheffield. There has been a rich history involving the RAF base in the past giving it its rightful mark in the history books. (more…)