Dawlish railway to reopen 2 weeks earlier than planned
The railway line at Dawlish in Devon, badly damaged when the sea wall was breached in the recent storms, is to reopen almost two weeks earlier than planned.
After first saying it hoped the coast-hugging line would be repaired around mid-March, Network Rail (NR) put back the proposed reopening date to mid-April following further damage from the severe storm on St Valentine’s Day.
But NR has now been able to announce a reopening date of Friday April 4, meaning the line, a key link to the far south…

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First bus trapped in hole in Milton Road, Weston-super-Mare
A First bus has driven into a metre-wide hole that appeared in Milton Road in Weston-super-Mare this morning and has become trapped.

The driver of the single deck bus who looks “in distress” cannot move and the road is now flooding according to eyewitness Elizabeth Island.
She said: “The drain must have subsided. He cannot move and the road is now flooding”.

The police have closed Milton Road.

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The A431 Kelston Road near Bath to stay shut for SIX months due…
Kelston Road, a major route, linking Bristol and Bath will be closed until at least September, it emerged this afternoon.
Bath and North East Somerset Council revealed the road – the A431 – will be closed for at least another six months.
In a statement it said: “Following the closure of the Kelston Road in mid-February, the ground remains unstable and the landslip is still active.
“The Council is sparing no effort to establish exactly what underground damage is being caused by water…

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