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Police conducted a temporary road closure on the A55 Eastbound between Dobshill and Broughton while they dealt with a HGV truck on fire.
Traffic Wales North & Mid reported at 2:53pm that: “#A55 Eastbound J35 Dobs Hill – J36 Broughton.
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A man was airlifted to hospital after three lorries crashed shutting a road for 18 hours. Emergency services were called to the “serious collision” on the A40 in Carmarthenshire, in the early hours of Wednesday, November 9.
Police have launched an appe…
A former forklift truck driver who survived a near-fatal brush with Covid-19 and pneumonia last year has been found dead at home. Much loved and hugely popular Gavin Florence, 32, was discovered by friends at his flat in Powell Road, Buckley, Flintshir…
Plans are in place to deal with the potential impact of winter weather on HGVs travelling to and from Anglesey while there are weight restrictions on the Menai Suspension bridge. In severe storms, when the wind exceeds a certain speed, the Britannia Br…
Rail freight has another UK first. Traditional Welsh slate aggregate is being transported by rail to Luton, just north of London, in a significant modal shift. The development is a joint initiative between the infrastructure agency Network Rail, constr…
A few weeks ago, a new rail freight flow opened up in North Wales when GB Railfreight transported a train of Welsh slate aggregate from Llandudno Junction to Luton in Bedfordshire.
The freight flow has been made possible through a joint initiative betw…
Drivers experienced major delays on the A55 and A494 following separate incidents. Long delays built up on the A55 due to a lorry crash.
One lane of the eastbound carriageway was shut between junction 33A for Northop Hall and junction 34 for the Ewloe …
A tragedy on a Gwynedd beach was narrowly avoided when beachgoers rescued a struggling young swimmer as her head slipped underwater in strong currents. Sunday’s incident has prompted calls for a review of warden services – and for RNLI-trained lifeguar…
A roadside site with planning in place is on the market with the deadline for bids about to close. Watkin Jones secured outline permission for the development just off the A55 near Llangefni on Anglesey.
The site includes permission for a petrol foreco…
It became compulsory for speed limiters to be fitted to all new vehicles made in the EU last week. The systems use Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) technology to warn drivers to slow down if they go above speed limits.
If drivers don’t reduce their s…