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Travel chaos for holidaymakers returning home on Easter Monday

Easter Monday brought travel chaos for millions of people as those returning home from the long weekend were met with traffic jams and train cancellations.
An estimated two million holidaymakers were making return journeys on bank holiday Monday, with …

Man killed in M4 crash involving car and lorry

Tributes have been paid to a man who died in an M4 crash that saw the motorway closed for more than 15 hours.[1] The family of Stephen Abbott, 56, say he will be “greatly missed by his family, friends and colleagues”.
The crash involving a car and a lo…

Road closures in Wales due to Storm Fergus

Wet and windy weather has been affecting much of the UK on Sunday, with widespread disruption caused by a low pressure named by Irish forecasting service Met Éireann as Storm Fergus. It came less than a day after Storm Elin brought winds as high as 81m…

M4 delays after two rush hour crashes

There was queuing traffic on the M4 after two crashes on Tuesday mroning. The incidents were separate from each other, with one on the westbound carriageway between Junction 43 A465 (Llandarcy) and Junction 44 A4230 Peniel Green Road (Llansamlet), and …

Two crashes on M4 causing major delays near Bridgend

A total of six cars crashed in two pile-ups on the M4 near Bridgend. There were “two accidents in the same stretch” of westbound motorway, according to traffic monitoring service Inrix.
In an update at 5.31pm on Wednesday Inrix said: “Heavy traffic and…

93-year-old Newport man Jake Healey’s funeral and procession

John Healey, who died in October aged 93, was laid to rest today, Wednesday, with his funeral held at St Stephen’s Church in Pill, before his coffin was taken on the back of a 1950s lorry to St Woolos Cemetery.
Hundreds were in attendance to bid farewe…

Next steps revealed for railway footbridge scheme

The next steps for a railway footbridge scheme have been revealed now that the new bridge has been put in place.
The new Llanharan railway footbridge was installed on the weekend of 14-15 October as part of works which local businesses previously said …

Gridserve launches Electric Freightway | News

Gridserve is leading a government-backed consortium to help decarbonise the UK’s road freight sector under a project it is calling Electric Freightway.
The news comes as the government announced details of £200m-worth of funding for demonstration pro…