Flint

The tiny Kent village now only 70 minutes from London by train

The new Thanet Parkway Station between Ramsgate and Minster takes passengers to London on the train in 70 minutes and has opened up leisure destinations across Kent. It opened last July, with 10 trains a day on weekdays to and from London Bridge, Chari…

Where are the busiest train stations in Flintshire? | The Leader

Office for Rail and Road (ORR) data looks at the number of people entering and exiting every train station in the country, including the nine stations for which data was collected in Flintshire.
Its figures show Liverpool Street in London overtook Wate…

Moving home in the past in Watford, Bushey and Chorleywood

There was no shortage of house, land and estate agents in Watford in the early 1900s. For the sale of land, estates and large houses, Humbert & Flint, with offices in St. Albans Road, a sale yard in Marlborough Road and premises in Lincoln’s Inn, was a…

Drivers are fined in court for speeding in County Durham

The cases were heard at Peterlee[1] Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, November 7.
Bartosz Podstawa, 39, of Barberry Drive, Bridgwater, Somerset, exceeded 70 mph limit in a Kia on a dual A19 southbound April 21. Pleased guilty and fined £100, surcharge £40…

Air ambulance lands on playing field as emergency services …

An air ambulance and three ambulances were called to an incident this morning. It happened near the the Nine Acres playing field, located by Westminster Drive in Wrexham.
People took to social media to report they had seen multiple ambulances heading t…

Travel firm opens new high street store in North Wales town

Jones Holidays, part of Alpine Travel, has relocated its Flint store to the high street. The company had been located on Chester Road for many years but has now moved to Church Street in a move it hopes will improve the service it can offer customers.

M5 Gloucester Services due to feature in new Channel 4 show

The popular services, which are located between junctions 11 and 12, first opened their doors in 2014 and are set to appear in a new show called Cotswold Farmshop.
The six-part documentary takes viewers behind the scenes at the unique motorway services…

M5 Gloucester Services set to feature in new Channel 4 show

The popular services, which are located between junctions 11 and 12, first opened their doors in 2014 and are set to appear in a new show called Cotswold Farmshop.
The six-part documentary takes viewers behind the scenes at the unique motorway services…