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Storm Babet has brought travel chaos to Wales and the south west of England with trains cancelled, passengers advised not to travel and the M4 gridlocked on the other side of the Severn Bridges after a serious crash.
All mainline services in south Wale…
Welsh Government will only overrule councils who want to change 20mph roads back to 30mph if they make a “glaringly obvious” breach of guidance. The new default speed limit for restricted roads – residential or built up areas – came into force on Septe…
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to “reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new transport projects in the North and the Midlands across the country” after cutting HS2 north of Birmingham.
During his Tory conference speech in Man…
A man has been arrested on suspicion of drug driving after a crash involving a car and lorry on the A55. The collision occurred just before 12.50pm near junction 38 over the border by Eccleston, Chester.
A lane on the westbound carriageway was closed f…
A man who died in a crash on the A55 was a talented musician who previously played bass in metal band Cradle of Filth. Jon Kennedy, from Buckley[1], died in a single-vehicle crash[2] on the A55[3], near Broughton[4] last week.
The 46-year-old was drivi…
An Audi driver who feared he would lose his licence for doing just over 70mph on a dual carriageway at night panicked and made off from police at 152mph. Iwan Thomas, 26, a bricklayer, of Hartington Street, Chester, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving …
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The Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland has put 17 of 28 planned road schemes on pause, citing financial and environmental constraints
Citing the department’s “challenging budgetary position”, as well as “constrained r…
The moment a car burst into flames on the A55[1] in Flintshire[2] has been captured on camera. The eastbound carriageway was brought to a standstill[3] at Pentre Halkyn, after the fire broke out, causing long delays today.
Thankfully nobody was hurt in…
A lorry driver has admitted causing the death of a “fun-loving” man in a crash on the A55 by driving carelessly. Ian Owen, of Tyn Rhos[1] in Gaerwen[2], pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving at Caernarfon[3] Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
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On paper, it seems like a policy masterstroke. Investing £1.5bn of public money into creaking and defunct Welsh rail infrastructure to achieve the dual goal of greater economic gro…
A ‘gunman’ known as Wayne Ddrwg, cannabis growers and motorway fugitives were among offenders locked up in North Wales in July. Nicknamed “Bad Wayne” in English, this criminal, whose real name is Karl Jones, brandished a fake pistol.
In Bangor, two men…
A “pro-growth” campaign group has launched a campaign for a third Menai Strait crossing after Welsh Government’s roads review halted the project. Britain Remade wants Ministers in Cardiff to reverse the decision as well as restore other roads schemes a…
Stretches of two major motorways have been named among the most dangerous routes for potentially deadly carriageway debris in the UK.
New research names the M6 and the M62 – and reveals an alarming number of reported incidents across the country’s road…