Police woman smelt cannabis as car overtook her on M65 A SOLICITOR questioned a police officer s sensitivity after she claimed to have smelled cannabis as a car passed her on the M65 motorway.
Blackburn magistrates heard the driver was over the limit for cannabis but Gareth Price suggested a young man driving at 12.50am was an obvious target for the officer. The officer was driving on the motorway when her car was overtaken by the defendant s car and apparently she could smell cannabis, remarkable, said Mr Price. Phillip Sutton, 30, of Moss Hall Road, Accrington, pleaded guilty to drug driving. He was fined £323 with £85 costs and £34 victim surcharge and banned from driving for 12 months.
Fire crews begin second day at Bury landfill site as road closure remains
Residents are being reassured they can go about their business safely
Smoke coming from the fire at the landfill site in Pilsworth on Monday (Image: ABNM Photography)
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Fire crews battling blaze the size of a football pitch at Bury landfill site as major incident declared
Smoke from the fire is billowing over the M66 motorway and can be seen for miles around
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GREATER Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) has warned a huge blaze at a Bury landfill site could burn for several days before it is extinguished. A Major Incident was declared by GMFRS at around 5.40am this morning after the fire at Viridor Recycling Centre on Pilsworth Road in Bury caused huge plumes of smoke across the surrounding area. The blaze is believed to have started after a section of household waste measuring around 150m x 100m started burning at roughly 00.15am this morning (Monday, April 26). The significant amount of smoke, along with the location of the incident which is adjacent to Junction 3 of the M66, prompted GMFRS to declare the Major Incident with a number of surrounding roads cloased and residents advised to keep their windows closed.