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The Sun
4 days ago
- Automotive
- The Sun
Major motorway grinds to a halt with 6.5 miles of congestion and drivers facing delays of an hour after crash
A MAJOR motorway has ground to a halt with over six miles of congestion and drivers facing hour-long delays after a crash. Drivers hitting the roads for their summer holiday have been urged to plan ahead as traffic mounts. 1 Drivers on the M6 are facing long delays and miles of congestion following an accident on the southbound carriageway. The crash happened between Junction 19, Knutsford, and Junction 18 at Holmes Chapel. National Highways say a queue of more than six miles has formed through the area. A spokesperson for the agency said: "One lane is closed on the M6 southbound between J19 Tabley and J18 Holmes Chapel due to a collision. "Delays in excess of one hour, approx. 6.5 miles of congestion." Traffic has also been spreading to nearby A-roads with queues forming on the A50 through Knutsford as drivers try to avoid the long M6 tailbacks. Delays have also been reported on the A556 and A559 near Northwich. Further details about the nature of the collision are yet to be confirmed by the authorities.
BBC News
27-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Quest for heaviest gooseberry celebrates 200 years
Holmes Chapel may be better known for its more famous export - the singer Harry Styles - but it also has a niche tradition of seeking out the heaviest year marks the Cheshire village's bicentennial gooseberry fair, at which contestants compete for the prized "premier berry" award, bestowed upon the grower of the most weighty its peak, the prize was the equivalent of a month's wages but organisers now describe it as just "a quirky and frivolous activity".Holmes Chapel Gooseberry Society vice secretary Andy Anderson said: "If you look back at what's happened over the last 200 years - all the different world events - people have got together on the last weekend in July and weighed off some gooseberries and had a few beers." Read more stories from Cheshire on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC North West on X. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
Forbes
27-06-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Can Elon Musk's Change To Ads Save X?
HOLMES-CHAPEL, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 16: Elon Musk account on Twitter X is displayed on a smartphone on ... More October 16, 2023 in Holmes Chapel, United Kingdom. Elon Musk took to X to talk about the size of ads on the social media site. Musk posted on June 26, '𝕏 is moving to charging for ads based on vertical size, so an ad that takes up the whole screen would cost more than an ad that takes up 1/4 of the screen, otherwise the incentive is to create giant ads that impair the user experience.' For frequent users of the site, formerly known as Twitter, large ads have become more commonplace. Advertisers often post rectangular video and carousel ads with a ratio of 1.91:1. These ads take up more of the feed than the traditional 16:9 ads, which used to be more common on the site. Later in the night on the 26, Musk also posted, 'Starting tomorrow, the esthetic (sic) nightmare that is hashtags will be banned from ads on 𝕏.' It is unclear if 'Hashmojis,' previously known as branded hashtags, will be part of this ban or when it will take effect. While Musk stated that larger ads 'impair the user experience,' it may not be that simple. In a 2024 study, researchers from Stanford, Carnegie Mellon and Meta found that the presence of ads didn't significantly affect Facebook users' experience, 'suggesting that either the harmful effects of ads are relatively small or that certain benefits offset the harms.' At the same time, limiting ads feels like a good thing for users. X has seen a decline in users in several markets. In April 2025, X released a report that it had lost over 11 million users in the EU. In 2024, NBC News reported, 'On the day after the election, Nov. 6, X experienced its largest user exodus since Elon Musk bought the platform in 2022.' Since Musk bought X in 2022, users have complained about everything from the rise of the Alt-Right on the platform to outages. While a change to ads won't fix these problems, it may help revenue and possibly even the user experience.
