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Speed cameras could be switched back on by the end of the year

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Speed cameras could be switched back on by the end of the year
Fixed speed cameras in the Bath area could be switched back on by the end of the year.
Avon and Somerset Chief Constable Nick Gargan is determined to reactivate the yellow boxes, which have stood idle since April 2011.
No date has been set and the actual numbers are dependent on co-operation with local councils.
If the chief constable gets his way, just two are likely to be switched on in Bath and North East Somerset.
These are on the A4 at Saltford and on the A37 at Pensford.
The remaining…

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

Warning of abnormal load on B&NES roads this weekend

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Warning of abnormal load on B&NES roads this weekend
Police are giving people advance warning of a series of abnormal loads which will be travelling through Bath and north east Somerset this weekend.
The loads are almost 100m long and 5m wide, weigh around 640 tonnes and will travel at around 10mph – and more slowly on uphill stretches.
Allelys Heavy Haulage of Studley are transporting transformers from Didcot power station to Avonmouth Docks.
As the load is too heavy for the M4 near junction 19, it will use A roads on part of its journey…

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Author: Siobhan24
http://www.somersetguardian.co.uk/Drink-driving-elderly-motorists-rise/story-19930283-detail/story.html

Return Great Western rail franchise to public ownership

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Return Great Western rail franchise to public ownership, says…
The Great Western rail franchise should be returned to public ownership, the Green Party has said.

Transport giant First Group will carry on running the service until September 2015 before bidding starts for a new long-term franchise.

The decision was made earlier this month after the Government’s awarding of longer-term rail deals ran into trouble last year following problems in the tendering process for the West Coast Main Line.

Now the South West Green Party wants the contract… – Read More.

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

Thousands of homes still without power after storms

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Thousands of homes still without power after storms
Tens of thousands of people across the West remained without power yesterday 36 hours after the St Jude’s Day storm battered the region with 90mph winds.

And while most people got back to normal and enjoyed spells of sunshine and calmer winds, the problems caused by Sunday night’s storm still affected many villages and towns.

Southern Electric admitted some people were still suffering new power cuts – even if they had not lost power when the storm struck in the early hours of Monday…

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Go to Somerset Guardian
Author: Western Daily Press
http://www.somersetguardian.co.uk/Drink-driving-elderly-motorists-rise/story-19930283-detail/story.html