Traffic, travel and weather latest: Updates as storm hits with…
9.20 update: Bath Spa Station departures

8.25pm update: Delays of an hour commonplace and in one case almost three for passengers at Bath Spa Station tonight.
8.15pm update: Flooding has closed two lanes of the A4 Bath Road at the Hicks Gate Roundabout in Keynsham.
7.30pm update: Severe disruption on First Great Western services. Some trains from Bath to Bristol Temple Meads, Frome and Portsmouth Harbour cancelled tonight and others facing delays.
5.30pm update: The A431 Kelston Road is just…

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Author: ChronReports
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Video: Storms, floods, travel disruption . . . and for some even…
Gales, lashing rain and flooding are all promised in the next few days . . . and some of us may even get a white Christmas.
The recent storms that have battered the region are set to continue with warnings of the potential for serious disruption to travel just as people are heading home for Christmas.
The Met Office said another storm with winds of 70mph is set to hit the Bath area again on Monday and last into Tuesday.
Temperatures across the country are then set to drop with showers turning…

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Author: ChronReports
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Mobile speed camera locations in Bath and north east Somerset…
Avon and Somerset Police’s speed enforcement unit have released where its mobile cameras will be placed over the coming week.

Please note that mobile enforcement may still take place at other locations with the force area.

A36 Warminster Road, Bath (30mph)
A362 Farrington Gurney (30mph)
A367 Wellsway, Bath (30mph)
A37 Pensford Hill (40mph)
A37 Temple Cloud (30mph)
A39 Bath Road, Farmborough (30mph)
A4 Batheaston Bypass (50mph)
A4 Newbridge Road, Bath (30mph)
A431 Kelston Road, Bath…

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Author: Bath Chronicle
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Wednesday: Latest traffic, travel and weather update
A wet and windy day ahead for the middle of the week but so far, at least, there are no disruptions to traffic and travel this morning in and around Bath.
The are no major problems to report on the roads and the trains are running on time.
The weather is a different matter.
Gales are due to hit the region this afternoon with patchy rain this morning turning heavier as the day goes on and becoming torrential later. – Read More.

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Author: ChronReports
http://www.somersetguardian.co.uk/Drink-driving-elderly-motorists-rise/story-19930283-detail/story.html