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CTV News
a day ago
- Climate
- CTV News
OPP close 401 near Chatham due to oil spill
OPP closed Highway 401 near Chatham on Saturday, May 31, 2025 for several hours due to an oil spill (Robert Lothian/CTV News Windsor) An oil spill on Highway 401 will cause heavy delays on Saturday afternoon. Police say that a single vehicle collision that took place just after 10:00 a.m. prompted a police response in the area, which uncovered a previously undiscovered and substantial amount of oil on the highway, where an unknown vehicle had previously spilled. Presently the highway is closed to westbound traffic between Bloomfield Road and Queens Line. 053125_windsor oil spill chatham 401 highway traffic detour OPP closed Highway 401 near Chatham on Saturday, May 31, 2025 for several hours due to an oil spill (Robert Lothian/CTV News Windsor) Police have issued an advisory that motorists avoid the area, one lane is expected to open in the next couple of hours as crews clean the spill. No injuries were reported. 053125_windsor oil spill chatham 401 highway traffic detour OPP closed Highway 401 near Chatham on Saturday, May 31, 2025 for several hours due to an oil spill (Robert Lothian/CTV News Windsor)
CTV News
2 days ago
- Climate
- CTV News
OPP reduces lanes on 401 near Chatham due to oil spill
An oil spill on Highway 401 will cause heavy delays on Saturday afternoon. Lane reductions are in place along five kilometers of Highway 401westbound south of Chatham from Bloomfield Road as cleanup and containment efforts begin. Police have issued an advisory that motorists use caution in the area. This is a developing story, more information will be provided as it becomes available.
CTV News
2 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Chatham-Kent police close Queens Line for serious collision
Chatham-Kent Police Service is asking the public to avoid the area of Bloomfield Road and Richmond Street in Chatham due to a serious collision. Police say that the investigation is ongoing, but Queen's Line from Bloomfield Road to Dillon Road is closed in both directions until further notice. The public is asked to avoid the area, updates will be provided as they are made abvailable.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
The Southeastern trains cancelled this last weekend of May
Several Southeastern trains will be cancelled, diverted, or replaced by buses this last weekend of May. The changes are due to engineering work and will affect trains on Saturday and Sunday (May 31 to June 1). We have outlined and simplified the details so you can plan your journey this weekend. Saturday and Sunday (May 31 to June 1): Engineering work is taking place in the London Victoria area, closing all lines used by Southeastern services. Sole Street Line: Trains between London Victoria and Ramsgate or Dover Priory via Chatham will run from London Cannon Street instead. These trains will run non-stop between London Bridge and St Mary Cray (Saturday only) or between London Bridge and Rochester / Bromley South (Sunday). Stopping services between London Victoria and Gillingham will not run on Saturday. Maidstone East Line: Trains between London Victoria and Ashford International via Maidstone East will run from: London Charing Cross on Saturday, running non-stop between London Bridge and St Mary Cray. London Cannon Street on Sunday, also running non-stop between London Bridge and St Mary Cray. Bromley South Line: Trains between London Victoria and Orpington will run from London Blackfriars, calling additionally at Elephant & Castle on both days. Bexleyheath Line: Trains between London Victoria and Gravesend or Dartford via Bexleyheath will not run. Additional services will run between London Charing Cross and Dartford via Bexleyheath on Saturday. Additional Services: Trains will run between London Blackfriars and Orpington via Denmark Hill, Lewisham, and Bromley South. Brixton Station: Closed all weekend. Use London Underground for travel to/from Brixton.
BBC News
3 days ago
- General
- BBC News
The Repair Shop approached to fix stolen Chatham WW1 memorial
A Kent priest says she has asked BBC programme The Repair Shop to help restore her church's damaged World War One Church Luton in Chatham reported to the police on Saturday that two plaques commemorating 163 people from the parish who died in the war were Police recovered both plaques from separate Essex scrapyards by Thursday but one is substantially in charge the Reverend Andrea Leonard told BBC Radio Kent she had "applied to The Repair Shop to see if they might be able to help" repair the damage. "We will definitely either have it mended or get a replacement at some point because that plaque can't just disappear forever, just because of someone's thoughtlessness," she 93kg (205lbs) plaques, which are 105 years old, are now back in possession of the church, but one has been partly cut up."It will be a jigsaw for someone and a bit of restoration work, but I'm sure it must be possible," Ms Leonard said. Eighth arrest made Kent Police arrested seven men aged between 22 and 51 from the Dartford and Medway areas in connection with the theft, who have since been bailed.A 38-year-old man from Chatham became the eight person arrested over the matter on have also seized a Range Rover, the force Alanya Spiller said Kent Police had been "really focused on recovering these two items" and work on "bringing those responsible for the theft to justice" was Leonard praised the efforts of said: "Some of them worked four hours beyond their shift to get that plaque."They rushed to a scrapyard and just stopped it from going on a shipment elsewhere."
