Pub opening at M40 motorway service station is "at…
A new pub being opened at a motorway service station today was “at odds” with public opinion which was firmly against the move, according to road safety campaigners.
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon said its Hope And Champion will be open from 4am to 1am, seven days a week, in the Extra Motorway Service Area at junction 2 of the M40 in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.
The company has spent more than £1.1 million on the pub – the first to be opened at a motorway service area – which will…
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'Committed' to improving strategic road
'Committed' to improving strategic road
wdnews@b-nm.co.ukDavid Cameron has said the Government is “committed” to ending the traffic nightmare on the A303 cross-country road between the South West and London.In a letter to Devon MP Neil Parish, the Prime Minister moved to allay fears that efforts to ease problems on the notorious A303-A30-A358 bottleneck had been kicked into the long grass.Last summer, ministers announced, as part of a £100 billion Government commitment to new infrastructure, a study of the options…
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Pictured: The moment a 15ft hay lorry became stuck under an East…
Pictured: The moment a 15ft hay lorry became stuck under an East…
This picture shows the moment a lorry carrying bales of hay became stuck in a petrol station on an East Devon road.
The driver of the vehicle had a bad start to the week on Monday when the 15ft tall load got lodged under the canopy of the BP garage in Honiton.
The driver attempted to reverse to free the vehicle but only managed to dislodge part of the canopy in the process.
Fran Evans co-owner of the garage said: “We heard a big cracking sound and the underneath layer of the canopy had…
Accident on M4 eastbound between M5 and M32 causes traffic chaos
Accident on M4 eastbound between M5 and M32 causes traffic chaos
Motorists are facing long delays this morning due to an accident on the M4 Bristol, eastbound between M5 [M4 junction 20] and M32 [M4 junction 19].
There is slow traffic on M4 eastbound between J20, M5 (Almondsbury Interchange) and J19, M32 (Bristol), because of the accident, which is now on the hard shoulder. Congestion on M5 to J16, A38 (Aztec West) and to J21 M48.