A proposed design for Magor and Undy station, released by Transport for Wales, and inset Cllr Frances Taylor who wants the station to be the first to be built of five proposed for the South Wales Mainline. (Image: Transport for Wales / Monmouthshire Co…
Welsh Government owned not-for-profit firm Transport for Wales is running a consultation until January 14 on five new stations planned between Cardiff Central and Severn Tunnel Junction as well as increased cross border train services.
It has produced…
Activists and residents listened to Ted Hand and Phil Inskip, both leading figures in the successful Magor campaign, before voting overwhelmingly to campaign for a new station of their own.
The former Caerleon station, which is still visible below the …
Plans to create a second gypsy site in a Somerset village have been approved.
The green light has been given to a new traveller site at Pitney, near Langport. Somerset Council has approved an application on behalf of Dale Smith seeking to build a new g…
Efforts to connect a major Somerset employment site to the national rail network remain in the balance until plans for a new ‘gigafactory’ are signed off. The Gravity enterprise zone lies on the former Royal Ordnance factory site between the villages o…
The drivers, snared on the M5 during Operation Tempo, were all breaching the speed limit.
PC Dan Cox of the force called on motorists to reflect on the impact of their conduct.
Speaking to the BBC, he said: “Speed causes serious injuries.
“The more you…
Last week, Transport for Wales unveiled designs for new stations[1] in Cardiff East (Newport Road), Newport West, Somerton, Llanwern, and Magor and Undy.
The last time passengers boarded a train at Caerleon was in 1962 and it is still possible to see t…
KALLUM JEAVONS, 28, of no fixed abode, Newport was jailed for 21 weeks after he pleaded guilty to affray and possession of an offensive weapon – a builder’s trowel – on Commercial Street on July 31.
He must pay £620 costs following his release from pri…
The owners of Jaguar Land Rover[1] will expect Rishi Sunak[2] to stick to his plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the UK by 2030[3] in return for building a £4bn electric car battery factory in Somerset[4], insiders have said.
While …
Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats has told people in Somerton & Frome that it’s a choice between them and Conservatives as he launched the by-election campaign in Castle Cary yesterday.
Sir Ed Davey introduced the prospective parliamentary …