Transport and Logistics Network
As people all across the country – and world – begin their pilgrimage to Glastonbury Festival[1] this week, there are a few rules of the road[2] you should remember. The festival will be opening its doors on Wednesday (June 25) morning, but many people…
The crash
Devon and Somerset fire control and rescue services received a call from the Avon and Somerset police requesting their attendance to a Road Traffic Collision involving a lorry that had overturned on the A361 near to Frome on December 28.
Fire…
A lorry driver has been cut free from his cab after the vehicle overturned on a carriageway this morning (December 28). The incident happened on the A361 near Frome around 7am and the driver is receiving medical attention.
Avon and Somerset Police were…
A 27-year-old-man from Glastonbury is fighting for his life after being involved in a horrific cycling accident in Spain earlier this month. Kai Rawnsley received very serious multiple injuries and is still in hospital in Bilbao, Spain after he was in …
A “foam party orgy”, oil wrestling on a bouncy castle and a seminar on erotic massage. All this and more was on offer at Swingathon, Britain’s biggest sex festival, held last weekend[1]. More than 1,000 people turned up for the four-day event, hos…
Bristol is a city famous for its blue glass, but the beautiful Large Blue butterfly, once almost extinct, is perhaps lesser known.
Bristol is a city famous for its blue glass, but the beautiful Large Blue butterfly, once almost extinct, is perhaps less…
Four people have been injured in a serious crash in Somerset this morning (Wednesday, June 26). The A371 at Wincanton is currently closed in both directions, sparking delays.
The two-vehicle crash involved a lorry and a van. One of the four injured peo…
Building a new junction on the M5 is “not the answer” to delivering better transport links to Somerset’s new ‘gigafactory’, a prominent transport campaigner has said. Agratas, which is part of the Tata group, confirmed in late-February that it would be…
Motorists have been issued a warning regarding the M5 as the Glastonbury Festival is set to see hundreds of thousands take to the roads. Significant travel disruptions are anticipated next week, including on the M5.
The five-day event, commencing on Ju…
Glastonbury-based business Sparks Transport has taken delivery of a Volvo FM Electric 4×2 tractor unit after a successful period trialling its local Volvo dealer’s electric demonstrator. Supplied by Russell Woof, Area Sales Manager, Truck and Bus Wales…