West set for stormy bank holiday weekend
The bank holiday weekend is set to be a washout for the South West with showers predicted for Saturday and Sunday while the AA has warned the region’s roads may come to a standstill with the extra holiday traffic.Despite hopes for a repeat of last weekend’s heat wave the misery of rain and traffic jams seemed likely as the bad weather first struck yesterday. Thunder storms were so extreme in Gloucester fire crews were called when lightening struck a house causing it to catch fire at…
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Bank Holiday getaway: Congested roads and buses instead of trains
Bank Holiday getaway: Congested roads and buses instead of trains
Drivers will face congested roads while rail passengers will have to contend with disruption on some routes as millions move off on a bank holiday weekend promising to be a mixture of sunshine and showers.
The Highways Agency has completed a number of roadworks and suspended others over the holiday, but works remain on some key routes.
The AA and traffic information company Trafficmaster have predicted that as many as 17 million cars could take to the roads over the weekend, with numbers swelled…
Eight week ban for lorry driver who killed three horses
Eight week ban for lorry driver who killed three horses
A lorry driver from Wiltshire has been fined and banned from driving for eight weeks after he caused a crash which killed three horses.
David Cordey, from Shelley Way, Warminster, was driving an HGV which crashed into a huge horse transporter containing ten horses on the A303 on the Wiltshire-Hampshire border at Thruxton.
The crash, on July 23 last year, caused horrific scenes as firefighters struggled to free injured horses from the trailer, which turned onto its side.
Crews cut away the back…
Cat found in campervan engine four days after going missing
Cat found in campervan engine four days after going missing
A cat hid undiscovered inside the engine of a campervan for four days – despite it undergoing an MoT and a service. The feline called Oliver was snuggled under the bonnet – but was missed by mechanics in Plymouth. When the van returned home the family’s other cat Benji began sniffing the bonnet and Oliver was found deep beneath the engine block
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