There are serious delays on the M5 this afternoon[1] after a crash caused traffic to be halted in both directions. Drivers heading towards Bristol were stopped between junctions 24 and 23 near Bridgwater at around 3.30pm today, Wednesday, February 14.
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Where we can drive our cars has been a major conversation in Bath and North East Somerset in 2023.
Key debates have ranged from issues such Bath and North East Somerset Council’s rollout of low traffic neighbourhoods[1], and the anti-terror bollards in…
An investigation has been launched after a man was stabbed three times by another man in Weston-super-Mare[1]. Avon and Somerset Police say the incident took place in Ellenborough Crescent at around 9.30pm on Sunday, October 22.
The victim, a man in hi…
A Somerset road has been closed after a car struck a generator which had become disconnected from the vehicle pulling it. Emergency services were called to the crash on the A39 Bath Road[1] in Stawell just before 1pm today (Friday, November 17).
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The Gravity enterprise zone lies on the former Royal Ordnance factory site between the villages of Puriton and Woolavington, east of the M5 near Bridgwater[1].
Sedgemoor District Council and its successor Somerset Council have been working to deliver t…
Efforts to connect a major Somerset employment site to the national rail network remain in the balance until plans for a new ‘gigafactory’ are signed off. The Gravity enterprise zone lies on the former Royal Ordnance factory site between the villages o…
Mobile speed camera units will be out in force across Somerset this week as part of efforts to clamp down on dangerous driving. Police will be carrying out patrols in all corners of the county as they attempt to improve road safety in the county.
Mobil…
All traffic was held on the M5 following a crash in Somerset this afternoon (October 6). There was slow traffic building heading towards Bristol.
Motorway traffic cameras showed a large 999 presence following the crash, which led to fuel and debris bei…
The two drivers involved in a crash which injured Hinkley Point C bus passengers will face no further action from the police.
A major incident was declared in the early hours of January 17[1] after a motorcycle collided with a double-decker bus on the …
Upgrades to a vital roundabout near the M5 in Somerset may be delayed as a result of inflationary pressures.
The Dunball roundabout links junction 23 of the M5 to Bridgwater[1] town centre via the A38 Bristol Road, as well as handling traffic from the …
Posted on 11 August 2023, at 16:10 in Roads[1]
Barry Hammond with his grandchildren Ellis and Millie
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Tributes have been paid to a man who died in a fatal collision in Somerset earlier this week.
Barry Hammond…
The M5 is blocked southbound through Somerset after a car crashed and spun on the busy motorway[1]. Traffic and travel service Inrix reports that the vehicle is ‘facing oncoming traffic on the hard shoulder’.
A lane is closed between Junction 23 and 24…
The M5 was blocked southbound through Somerset this afternoon after a car crashed and spun on the busy motorway[1]. Traffic and travel service Inrix reports that the vehicle is ‘facing oncoming traffic on the hard shoulder’.
A lane was closed between J…
Motorists have been advised to plan their routes carefully ahead of this week’s Bristol Balloon Fiesta. The M5 and other roads in Somerset are expected to be busy as an expected 100,000 people per day flock to the city in time for the world famous even…