The first 73-mile stretch between Watford and Rugby was completed on Monday 2 November 1959 having taken 19 months to ...

Its arrival in the East Midlands came in the 1960s, and many residents remembered its construction. One has even unearthed ...

Amir Safi, who claimed before he died to be aged 16, was seen by a witness “ambling” up an M1 slip road in Nottinghamshire ...

AA president Edmund King said: “The M1 has been the backbone of British motoring for 65 years. “Whilst it has its issues, ...

M1 road closures over the next two nights are among the list of motorway works likely to cause delays near Watford.

Mr Safi, who died a week later in hospital, had called the result of his age review an "injustice", after claiming he was 16.

Britain's first major motorway, the M1, celebrates its 65th anniversary today (Saturday, November 2), marking six and a half ...

“The M1 transformed mobility in the UK – it enabled families to visit relatives in far-flung parts of the country which would ...

ONE of Europe’s most wanted rapists has been caught by the Gardai, the Irish Sun can reveal. Evil sex attacker Dmitri Ceban, 31, has been on the run since 2021 after he failed to turn up at ...

There has been a road traffic collision on the M2 motorway heading towards Belfast, with delays expected for south-bound ...

This weekend marks a major milestone for the nation's road network. It is 65 years to the day that the M1 - the UK's first cross-country motorway - officially opened and welcomed traffic to its tarmac ...

The UK’s first cross-country motorway is set to mark a major milestone on Saturday with 65 years since the road welcomed traffic for the first time. The M1 project to link London to Leeds was ...