To say nothing of the delay at passport control, the ‘improved’ M27 proved a disaster. I wonder if this is what we can expect in the future.
First of all, leaving Portsmouth was absolutely fine on M271.
Then came the M27 where there are still bits of …
A man who posed for selfies while piloting a small boat with 50 migrants on board has been jailed. Egyptian-national Reda Hamoud Abdurabou, 25, ‘gloated’ as he took charge of a dangerously overcrowded small boat during an attempt to reach the UK illega…
Rail passengers are being urged only to travel if ‘absolutely necessary’ during train strikes planned for next month. South Western Railway (SWR) there will be major disruption[1] to its services due to strike action on September 1 and 2.
The action by…
A drink driving soldier was caught napping in the middle of a crossroads in Wiltshire.
Alinafe Mulenga parked his Dacia Sandero in the road near Porton Down and fell asleep – only to be woken by police officers at around 3am on 28 July this year.
The 3…
Josh Salisbury
25 August 2023 at 8:04 am
A passenger at Waterloo train station in London (PA) (PA Wire)
Revellers flocking to Notting Hill Carnival[1] and Reading Festival[2] face travel misery this bank holiday weekend due to train strikes.
Around …
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Suspects broke into Deacons Truck and Trailer Yard, at Rollestone Crossroads, between 6pm on August 5 and 8am on August 6.
Various car parts from commercial vehicles were stolen before the suspects were disturbed by a member of the public at around 11….
The woman, who was in her 70s, was involved in a collision between an HGV and two cars on the A36 near Upton Scudamore, at around 2pm on Friday, August 11.
A man in his 30s and a woman in her 20s suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries in th…
The improvement works include widening pavements, introducing new street lighting, enhancing landscaping, improving street furniture and wayfinding, and introducing continuous footpaths at junctions to enhance pedestrian priority.
The work will be carr…
Temporary Road Closures due to Works
Wiltshire Council intends to make Orders to close temporarily to all traffic:
Portway), Laverstock and Ford; from its roundabout junction with A345 to its roundabout junction with Ramsbury Drive to enable Wiltshire …
Police have launched an investigation into the death of an 11-year-old boy who was killed when a car crashed into a parked lorry near Stonehenge.Charles Cobbe died from multiple traumatic injuries following the crash between a black BMW and a lorr…
At around 7.30pm on Saturday, July 8, a black BMW travelling westbound from the Countess Roundabout towards Stonehenge, A303, crashed into a lorry parked in a layby.
An 11-year-old boy from London was declared dead at the scene.
The driver of the car, …
Pokesdown railway stationA TRAIN station in Bournemouth[1] has been named a ‘hotspot’ for incidents of trespassing on railway tracks.New figures show there were 1,556 trespass incidents across Network Rail’s Wessex route in the last financial year (202…
Business owners have their say about theFisherton Gateway Project (Image: Spencer Mulholland)
BUSINESS owners on Fisherton Street have been sharing their thoughts on the upcoming development project.
Construction costing around £9 million is going …