Motorists from CV-19 hotspots in England will be stopped on Welsh roads from 6pm today, says the Welsh Government. FM Mark Drakeford has asked PM Boris Johnson to ban the move out of hotspots into other areas, including Wales, but so far the response has been only advisory and Wales will now introduce its own devolved legislation to stop transmission rates rising but police are not sure how they … [Read more...]
Newslines 24 January
A record number of drivers were caught illegally using mobile phones during a police crackdown. Almost 8,000 fixed penalty notices were handed out during a week-long campaign in November - the highest figure yet for a seven-day National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) crackdown on "distraction driving" and the totals for the three previous initiatives were 2,690 in May 2015, 2,276 in September … [Read more...]