Here are the details of all road closures affecting the M4, A470 and other main in the coming week (beginning Saturday, February 10), with motorists being warned to avoid the area during closures. Several sections of the road are either fully or partia…
A truck carrying a huge abnormal load will pass through a number of Welsh towns and cause travel disruption. A transformer, a turbine and a generator will each be transported during three weekends in January.
The trailer used to transport the load will…
Quakers Yard Station in Merthyr Tydfil – TfW.
Emily Price
A revamped train station plagued by delays and planning issues is finally set to reopen to passengers next week.
In April 2023 Transport for Wales (TfW) closed Quakers Yard station in Merthyr T…
The operator of an opencast mine which has been ordered to stop its operations has confirmed it will close later this year.
Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd, which runs Ffos-y-Fran in Merthyr Tydfil, has submitted a notification to the Welsh Government[1] con…
Brits are set to be battered by thunderstorms and heavy rain today with the Met Office[1] issuing seven yellow weather[2] warnings across the UK.
As the rest of Europe endures an extreme heatwave with recorded temperatures as high as 48C, the UK is goi…
The Met Office has issued a Yellow Weather warning for Saturday, July 15, as an “unseasonably windy day is likely” which could cause damage to trees and leave households without power.
The weather warning will be in place from 9am tomorrow until midnig…
The Met Office has issued a Yellow Weather warning for Saturday, July 15 as an “unseasonably windy day is likely” which could cause damage to trees and leave households without power.
The weather warning will be in place from 9am tomorrow until midnigh…
The Blaenavon Heritage Railway has announced that London and North Western Railway ‘Coal Tank’ No.1054 will be visiting the line for its Annual Steam Gala from Friday 8th to Sunday 10th September.
The locomotive previously visited the line for its stea…
An A&E doctor has avoided being struck off after an “aggressive” and “derogatory” rant at a colleague. Dr Sebastian Johns’ outburst came after he turned up for work at Haverfordwest’s Withybush Hospital in a sleep-deprived state, a medical tribunal hea…
The family of a grandad, who died in a van crash in South Wales[1], have paid tribute to him, saying he was ‘well-loved’ and ‘will be missed deeply’.
Gwent Police were called to the crash on the A472, near Tredomen, at around 2.20pm on Tuesday June 6. …
The damaged embankment near Pentrebach Railway Station in Merthyr Tydfil – Images: TfW
Transport for Wales (TfW) was forced to perform a U-turn on plans to re-open the Merthyr Tydfil line at the weekend following major engineering works.
The decision…
A 56-year-old man has died following a fatal collision in Ystrad Mynach on Tuesday. Gwent Police[1] said that they received a report of a road traffic collision on the A472 near Tredomen at around 2.20pm on Tuesday, June 6.
The police force said office…
The Met Office has extended a yellow weather warning as a spell of strong winds is expected to cause potential disruption. The weather warning for Wales was extended to Tuesday evening and remains in place on Wednesday.
It is expected that there could …