Tag Archives: Traffic and Travel

All primary schools in Neath Port Talbot are shutting from Tuesday next week Pupils in primary and special needs schools across the Neath Port Talbot county borough will be closing early for Christmas as the county continues to have one of the highest coronavirus case rates in Wales. Schools will …

Tributes to woman following alleged murder The family of a woman who was found dead at a house in Caerphilly has described her as “much-loved” and “bubbly” by her family. Police named the woman who was found dead at a property in Dol-Yr-Eos, Caerphilly, as 43-year-old Adell Cowan. Officers launched …

In the biggest change to the country’s railways in a quarter of a century, the Government scrapping of franchises to restructure services has been welcomed by local train operator Greater Anglia. On Monday (Sept 21), Transport Secretary Grant Shapps confirmed the privatisation model which has operated for the past 25 …

A Royal Mail lorry driver was taken to hospital after a collision with a car in Warwickshire which saw the other driver flee the scene. All three emergency services were called to the scene of the crash on the A423 Oxford Road between Princethorpe and Ryton-on-Dunsmore in the early hours …

Development in Reading is a hot topic. On the one hand, people are concerned about the amount of flats being built, the lack of family homes and the effect on the local roads and infrastructure. On the other, Reading Borough Council has steep government targets to meet, a growing population, …

Plans for a huge new development in Reading now contain no affordable housing after the developer submitted an amended plan. Hermes Property Unit Trust had submitted plans for more than 600 homes on the site of the empty former Royal Mail depot in Caversham Road. Initially, it was proposed the …

Road safety concerns are being raised about plans for a pair of giant LED advertising screens facing the traffic in both directions on Chester’s Hoole bridge. Alight Media has applied for consent to display an advertisement in the form of two screens each measuring six metres in width and three …

A new section of a ‘no stopping’ red route in Reading town centre will go live this month. The double red lines, which aim to help speed up journey times for buses, mean drivers cannot stop along the route and will be fined if they do. The red route, which …

Reading is a vastly changing town. Huge housing developments are popping up all around the town centre, many unused offices are being converted into homes and more projects to build new, better offices are also being carried out. What this means is that the town will look very different over …

Finding a pricey yellow ticket sitting on your windscreen will inevitably place traffic wardens on your list of most disliked people. Everyone knows that sinking feeling it brings to the pit of the stomach, made all the worse when we feel it’s unjustified. However, we should all remember when we’ve …