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 road, rail and industrial network in a perilous state.
David Cameron and George Osborne yesterday trumpeted the national investment programme, which they claim will create 150,000 jobs on Government-backed projects including 31 …

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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. Surrounding villages fear they will be overrun, as 17,000-20,000 vehicles per day use other routes rather than the main road between Swindon and Oxford.
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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 a total of nearly 75 per cent said they would either walk or cycle to the station. The response has given a lift to the campaign to re-open the station, which has been closed since 1970. Rob Taylor, a Saltford resident and member of…
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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 stray pet by knocking on doors in their neighbourhood.

But the mischievous moggy suddenly bolted and Stephanie gave chase on foot while Gemma jumped behind the wheel of her car.

Eventually, Ms Lake spotted the mischievous cat and ran out into the road – where she was hit by Ms White’s passing…
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