A303 and West Country rail improvement shunned in Government… The A303 and rail electrification to the far South West are notable exceptions on a £36 billion list of infrastructure projects announced by the Government yesterday, as engineers warned the winter floods and decades of under-investment has left the South West’s read more…
Villages near Swindon fear summer of traffic misery Villages near Swindon are anticipating a big traffic headache when roadworks close a major A road for seven weeks this summer. Oxfordshire County Council is closing the A420 at Shrivenhan, near the MoD’s Defence Academy from July 21, to carry out roadworks. read more…
Saltford has appetite for return of railway People in Saltford, between Bristol and Bath, have voiced overwhelming support for the re-opening of the village’s railway station. In a survey carried out by Bath and North East Somerset Council, two-thirds of respondents said they were in favour of the move, while read more…
Woman hit by friend's car in Plymouth as both hunted stray cat A woman from Plymouth was hit by by her friend’s car – while they both searched for the same missing cat. Gemma White, 30, and her friend Stephanie Lake, 33, were trying to find the owners of the read more…
